The shortcut...

We left Munich early this morning, taking the most direct route back to Milan in preparation for coming home tomorrow. We started I n Germany, drove into Austria, then into The Swiss Alps where we stopped for lunch. The Swiss are such tidy people. I took this photo of a workman across the street from the restaurant weed eating the roadside. The side roads are very narrow and curvy. There's a reason he's wearing all that safety gear.

Then it was onward through the beautiful scenery and through the long San Bernadino tunnel that even the birds use when they migrate. If it's a choice of flying up and over the Alps or taking the shortcut through the tunnel, wouldn't you do the same? Of course, on the other side you have to come down the mountains to get to Italy. I thought you might better appreciate how twisty these roads are if I included a shot of the road as it looked on the GPS. Usually the road appears as a narrow pink line. That big glob of pink is all switchbacks.

However, we finally arrived, safely, at our hotel relatively near the airport and the Johns have gone to return the car and hopefully find the shuttle that will bring them back here. Judi & I refuse to think about how they're making out. We may indulge in a glass of wine before they return...