2017 - here we go again!

So we arrived after a long travel from Stockholm. The first part through Sweden with the (biogas)car went well, but we were happy that we had margins as there were a few stop and go situations and we used up most of the extra 2 h we thought we had to arrive to the ferry.

Blondie checking out the view on the ferry from Sweden to Germany

Day 2 was waiting for the train in Hamburg, which was exciting as there had been a terrible storm the night before where lots of people got stranded and no trains left Hamburg whatsoever. But our car-on-train company assured us they were planning to leave as planned so we stacked up on provisions and got ourselves into position to check in. As people started to arrive we got entertained by the ensuing chaos but in the end all go onto the train and we were on our way - or so we thought. Because 200m from the station the train came to a screeching halt. And did not leave until late at night and with firebrigades involved. Turned out that two of the car carrier trains had defects on the brakes and two of them had to be left behind, including the passengers, which got woken up at 2am in order to get off the train. That was not us. Luckily, or so we thought, but this was not the end of trouble for this train ride. To make a long story short, in the end and after spending the whole day on the train we did not arrive in Verona but got driven to Villach in Austria.

Yes it was a long day on the train but the coolest cats found good sleeping places

We had to drive quite a long way on day 4 after a night in a Hotel in Austria, first through torrential rains which made it dark at 10am and then through blistering heat, but the amazing travel cats did not complain and when we finally arrived in Casario, they recognised all immediately.

once arrived the inspection immediately begins

and the view is still stunning
 

And so did we - sort of. The house looked just like we left it and there was no visible signs after the terrible floods last November which apparently also had our wine cellar flooded. The garden and the land totally overgrown with 2 meter high grass. Everything  very very dry. Just to get hands onto the tools to clean both indoors and outdoors and then we can start!. And after the first week we seem to have fixed stable Internet.

weed never sleeps