Monday

The skies were clear today so we took the opportunity to drive up the Grossglockner road. This steep alpine road is 48km uphill with 36 hairpin bends. Our hire car is a small VW polo and we were in 2nd gear most of the way up so it took us well over 1 hour to reach the top.

I hope the photos will show the view clearly enough and the Pasterze Glacier. In the second photo you can just about make out some small figures. It was the army - I thought practising arctic type conditions but later I saw they were lining up to take turns to slide down a slope!

On the way down we stopped several times to view the excellent exhibitions on the flora, fauna, road building and geology, as well as the views.

There were many motorbikes on the road (it is one of the top 10 motorbike rides in Europe) as well as some super fit cyclists.

Yes we drove up there too -