COLICO DAY 6+7 647 kms 19 hrs. 26-5-26

LONGEST DAY RIDING EVER

The hostel in Annecy was super nice and had room to myself. (€40) There is a huge garden area with seating for over a hundred  people and it was packed as they have food and a selection of beer.
 Got off to a 6 am start to Chamonix de Mont Blanc which was rather impressive then crossed into Switzerland  🇨🇭  to Martigny. The idea was to hit all four major passes in Switzerland starting with Nufenen Pass only to discover it is still closed and so are all the others. Happen to see the car train which was about to leave so jumped on that with my bike (€33) and takes you all in a tunnel to the other side of the pass at the beginning  of Furka Passa, so you can continue on. Furka is also closed. 
So my next plan was to head to Lake Como, Italy 🇮🇹as I stayed there last time but for some reason I thought it was on the southern end. Was a long hot ride to Lugano where I turned t east to Lake Como and the ferry was boarding as I arrived ,so rode right on with no ticket. Menaggio to Verenna, then I headed south to Lecco and the hotel only to realize it was at the end of the lake in the north and should have just headed up there and then.But no I dickered around trying to find a place to stay and everyone was full and would refer me to another and they were either closed or full and I kept going south almost to Monza like an idiot. Then I decided to just go to Calico, by now it was 10:45 pm . Then got to the highway and it was closed from 11pm till 5am , I could not believe it . I went back down the hill and came across a dive pizza place and stopped for a big beer and a pizza. Two locals decided they wanted sit with me aswell, misery loves company. The owner eventually told us to leave so I continued  on the lake road and did find  the hotel but of course at 1:15 am there is nobody around.
I sat on a plastic chair outside and nodded off a hundred times till sunrise and put my boots back on and went to a coffee  shop and cheered up.

    Chamonix de Mont Blanc

   Furka Pass

    Train ride due to passes being closed

   Ferry across Lake Como


   CALICO   DAY 7    28 May 2026   34°C

After the night in the chair went and grabbed some coffee  and went back to hotel and checked in, showered and did laundry and had a nap. Ventured down to the lake  and what a gorgeous  setting overlooking  the lake and the backdrop with towering  green mountains. 


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