Switzerland to Italy
Sailing from Ancona St Moritz (Switzerland) - Castelnovo di Sotto, Italy: circa 200 miles Castelnovo di Sotto - Ancona: circa 200 miles We packed, shared a coffee with Bash, then turned south to chase the sun. The idea was breakfast in Italy, where we also needed to book a ferry for our crossing of the Adriatic in two days' time. Today marks the point of no return into Italy, taking longer to turn around than to move forward. Traversing mountain passes in the morning in inclement weather, we fell into convoy with two large trucks. I performed a dodgy overtake on my underpowered motorcycle and, shortly afterwards, the truck was engulfed in a cloud of smoke or steam and had to stop, with Sarah behind it. (I assume it wasn't related to my passing?!) Below, the train directly on the road. Bernina Express - the moutain train. At the risk of sounding like a football pundit, today was a game of two halves, a dramatic change from Alpine weather to Mediterranean heat. We descended bac...
