VRSIC PASS - SLOVENIA TO AUSTRIA 361 kms 1st June 2026

PENIA, ITALY 🇮🇹  TO SLOVENIA  🇸🇮 TO STEINDORF, AUSTRIA 🇦🇹 

Unfortunately Amico didn't  show up for coffee at 7am so I had to leave without saying goodbye. Was an interesting ride through the mountains for hours and quite chilly till I dropped down to the flatlands and into Slovenia 🇸🇮. 
Went south to north up Vrsic Pass and into Austria 🇦🇹 just east of Vallich to Steindorf at a nice guesthouse near the lake (€60) . 


   VRSIC PASS

    At the top of Vrsic

    The river at the start of the pass, the colours are stunning. 


    STEINDORF  Lake.
   Brokwurst and Sauerkraut.


2nd JUNE 2026.  STEINDORF 

Moved to guesthouse next door, Gasthof Laggner, where I got a r9 and we ended up in the same region so we organized to meet here and worked out perfectly. I met Ernst in Namibia four years ago and then ended up storing my bike at his place in Augsburg, Germany and the was invited to his 70th birthday bash in Augsburg two years ago. Then he they were in Cape Town and we were gone and they stayed at our place for a week while they sorted out there Land Cruiser. 
We spent hours going over maps and different routes to Lake Baikal ,where he went by bike from Germany years ago, sounded like an amazing trip through the Stans and Mongolia  🇲🇳. 

    Dinner at the lake with Ernst and    Martina.

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