Salzburg to Vienna Venice, Italy

20 June
Salzburg to Vienna Venice, Italy

Yip, we were supposed to pop over to Vienna and really wanted to – but decided to leave it for another trip. One of the reasons was that we thought Innsbruck was really close to Venice and we would be doing double the drive to get to Vienna. Italy has always been our major goal. Anyways, one should really leave something else to do in Europe next time, hey?!

Our Salzburg card had a few more hours on it and one more thing on our agenda to do! The Untersberg Cable Car ride to the Untersberg.

It takes you to a peak of 1852m! Highly recommended for an awesome 360 degree view. Oooh! Excitement – there were only 4 of us on the cable trip! This must be good!!!


Note the view was incredible!



A simple understanding of what we saw? Close your eyes – and what do you see? Nothing... Right answer! It was snowing! And seriously overcast. The one thing we did not think we would encounter on our summer camper trip. Needless to say, the lovely young German couple that accompanied us stayed in the peak entrance room. This crazy South African couple, though, at least attempted a walk through the snow and took a few pics of, well, nothing! Thank God Nick went against his holiday promise and actually wore shoes.

Though, one does need to say that there were a group of Germans at the entrance of the cable car premises getting hammered and smoking in a non-smoking area at 9am on a Sunday morning! Something should have told us – something strange was going on. The miserable weather at the bottom should have made us realise how super junk it would be at the top. Yet after judging these guys – we could have done with some hard liquor ourselves. Coffee in the van sufficed and we were on the road again.


It was, unknowingly, a long but gorgeous drive. Again through many a tunnel. We took the toll roads and motorways. Unfortunately though, otherwise we were in for a hectically long ride. Arrived in Treviso to check out a free camp for Motorhomes. Full approval. It even had a loo, but a bad one. As we do not currently have toilet facilities in our van – we took a stroll through the little oldtown and later decided to move on to hygienic facilities . In Treviso though - the funniest little local screamed by with music blaring from his bicycle basket. The entire crowd looked on in wonder! Clearly, what sounded like Phil Collins Italian style, is not cool! But beautiful place – and a lovely intro to Italy.

Found our campsite – Alba d' Oro. Legend! As did the Topdeck Tours Youth decided too! In one night toga parties (doing like the Romans do), parties and lots of short shorts or skirts (or not, whatever floated their boat) and slops, even though it was raining (and only the 2nd night we used a duvet). An absolute laugh and awesome to watch people having an absolute ball. There was love in the air (for some) whilst others were in high spirits and an owl drinking game that kept me giggling on our drinky at the pub (hoot hoot).

Campsite is fully equipped with restaurant, pub, shop, great reception and info, swimming pool and conveniently located next to the airport. Really not badly priced and has a shuttle straight through to Venice at 4 Euro return p.person. Showers are free!!! Nice one. These are valued and you just happen to take extra long to do that final rinse. It's a 4 star and I could get used to this lifestyle. You never know, we might be vanners for the rest of our lives...

Ruby managed to qualify for a camper section where after a bit of Sicilian wine and a Angelo Poretti Birrificio (trans. Beer) we headed for a quiet night.