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Day 4 - Hello Italy......again.

After a relaxing day on the train the day before, we were feeling refreshed and ready to munch some miles. And every day starts with a good breakfast...





Day 4 would see us tackle two passes in Switzerland before we dropped down into Italy and did two more passes.



The first two passes were Julier Pass and Bernina Pass and then onto the Gavia Pass and Stelvio Pass. Some of you may be familiar with some of those



























A word of warning now. If you plan to tackle the Stelvio via the Gavia Pass, be prepared go slow. The Gavia Pass is in a shocking state. Potholes and crumbling roads and for the most part 30kph limit. The speed is not needed as the road condition is not suitable for anything faster. But the 30kph limit is needed due to the fact that the Gavia pass is mostly single track with appalling visibility.









Poor road condition seems to be common in Italy. I must have lost 10k miles life off my shocks and springs. Seemed they spent their entire road budget on the Stelvio pass! At the top of the Stelvio, it was doing its hardest to snow.



















Little souvenir



Road repairs on the Stelvio



And if the roads couldn't get any worse.....the road outside of our hotel was being resurfaced. Exposed ironworks, sudden changes in tarmac, with some brutal lips. And then my car grounded out slightly when going into the underground car park. On the plus side, the weather was nice and the food even better.

More beer



Total driving time (including stops/fuel ups/food/etc) - 10 hours / 210 miles