9 day road trip around the alps
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Went on a road trip around the alps with J. Wrote about it in detail on my Japanese blog here.
- Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
- Innsbruck - Finale Ligure - Verdon Gorge - Mont Ventoux - Grenoble - Annecy - Chamonix - Furkapass - Vaduz
- Spent a day climbing in Ligure visiting C & P from Berlin, a really cute town and great rocks
- Visited J’s friend and did a multi-pitch in Verdon Gorge in France. It was a rappel-first 8 pitch multi-pitch 5b. Didn’t realise how sandbagged the grading was in France and cried & got pulled my way up. Very bad idea esp. when recovering from a nerve injury. There was a group of highliners from Marseille and a 400m highline - that looked very cool
- Night-hike Mont Ventoux - For J and his dad
- Grenoble - visiting J’s friends living in Grenoble. Cool city, not sure if I want to live here though
- Annecy - very cute, stayed in a tiny but super central Airbnb. Loved the city compared to Grenoble.
- Chamonix - touristy, did a small hike up to the glaciers
- Furkapass - another small hike up with a view to the glaciers
- A quick pass through Liechtenstein and back to Innsbruck
- Things I learned
- Was fun but only because of good company
- Highlights were bathing in lakes at night, camping out under the stars
- Prefer bike packing over road trips probably
- Spent around 650 EUR for gas + food + accommodation probably
