Ferlach

We finally made it to Austria. I have wanted to visit its two major cities since we landed almost 7 months ago (among other famous European Cities). The vignette needed to drive on Austria’s highways set us back €8.70 for 10 days use. While traveling through Switzerland we found the highways indispensable. The secondary roads are windy, narrow and extremely slow for our van, the highways offer direct routes at reasonable speeds and it was for this reason that we bought the vignette. We chose the town of Ferlach because it offered electricity with a free spot to park. We both felt the need for electricity to run our heater during our stay in Austria, it is March after all. When we arrived in Austria it was pouring rain and even when we stopped it didn’t stop. After an hour of sitting in the van the sun came out and it was a beautiful day. When we thought of Austria we thought of high mountains and rolling hills, but eastern Austria is fairly flat. We also figured we would encounter snow, but we could only spot it on the mountain tops in the distance. Maybe it won’t be as cold as we first expected.