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We knew our penultimate day would be tough. We had a long way to go and a suitable amount of time to get there. With the temperature hitting 28 around 9am, a day on the autoroute was the last thing we needed. However, Jase pushed on and we arrived in Luxembourg around lunchtime. The only thing of note being the amount of Lithuanian truckers. Loads of them. Luxembourg City is odd. Firstly, it’s another of those places that wafts its signs in the vague direction of car parks bu

Switzerland always puts on a show with its epic Alps. There’s a real contrast between the serene and dramatic. Idyllic Heidi-style villages of quaint wooden chalets bedecked with colourful blooms set against the most rugged and sharp mountains, snow-capped with waterfalls thundering down to milky-jade rivers. It began almost immediately as we saw snow wedged in shadowed saddles of the Surselva region. That snow soon looked paltry as we began the ascent of the Oberalp Pass. Wi