Euro Day 29 - Hello Austria!

Today Jon and I went for one last run around the Bohinj Lake followed by a swim. I swear it's more beautiful every morning. The kiwis must have had the morning off after their pizza and beer the night before as the lake was almost completely empty.

Then it was back to the campsite to pack up, and most excitingly, prepare a box of hiking and camping gear to post home.  We had planned to do it in Austria but I noticed that parcel post was heaps cheaper in Slovenia, and also there was a post office just at the other end of the lake. 

On the subject of camping gear, camping with electricity is a big thing here - there are extension cords running through the forest all over the place.  At this camping ground you have to park your car in one big car park, so each morning sees a procession of people carrying all sorts of stuff past the tents.  We thought we were pretty fancy with our picnic rug and chairs, but people take car-camping to a whole new level here (note the actual fridge of our Czech neighbours).  

Re-loaded we set sail to Salzburg - via the famous 47km Grossglockner high road.

It's a mountain pass road with 38 hairpon bends as it winds it's way up and over the alps.  It was pretty nice although the views were a bit cloudy in sections.  We stopped for lunch (at 3pm) on the way over, and we also checked out a rapidly receding glacier. 

We could have stopped heaps more times for walks and lookouts but we were already running late so we pushed on through to Salzburg, arriving about 7.