Our travels to and from Italy

Andy and I went wine biking with Heidi and Bo. Heidi and Bo live in Austria so we first went there to get Heidi. Bo, Andy and I rented a car to drive to Italy. I could NOT believe all of the beautiful sights I saw along the way. The mountains in Austria were AMAZING. I honestly could not stop looking at them. I took many pictures so I could remember what they looked like :)

Heidi and Bo live in St. Anton, Austria which is a small ski town. To get there we had to drive through some mountains and I had to close my eyes. I do not like heights so it was very hard to be up there. St. Anton is absolutely gorgeous. It is crazy to think that people live there all year round. It is pretty small :) Heidi and Bo rent a room above a ski shop. Once we picked Heidi up it was time to venture to Italy.

Of course we had to stop and get some pizza first. We went to this random rest stop and it was NOTHING like the rest stops in the U.S. This rest stop was filled with amazing food. We got a pizza made fresh right in front of us in a brick oven. That was one of the best pizzas I have ever eaten. Once we ate we were off to Italy. People drive extremely fast in Europe. If anyone knows me they know I don't like this one bit. You are never supposed to drive in the fast lane except when you are passing people. So there is a lot of weaving in and out.

Along the way we saw a TON of castles. It is so amazing to drive in Europe because history is all around you. There are pill boxes where guns were held during WW11. To just be driving through the hills and seeing this is insane.

On the way home Heidi and Bo went by the waterway with a church right in the middle of it. When Mussalini was in power in Italy a long time ago he wanted power. There was a village but he wanted to destroy the village and make it a dam for power and electricity. I bet no one knew that the church would still be standing in the middle of the dam to this day. Andy and I got some sweet photos of it. Although Heidi's and Bo's are better. They went when the water was frozen over and got to TOUCH the church! For sure one of the coolest things I have seen.

It is so crazy to be driving by and see all these random towns everywhere. For me I cannot believe that people live where they live. I mean what do they do for fun, where do they go shopping, how do they get food?