After a good breakfast buffet we packed up one last time. On the way out the "Wirt" (owner of the guesthouse) asked us where we came from, he thought the number plates must be from the Dakar Rally. Really? -  the Dakar Rally?

Haha - we felt honored and told the truth. China! 

After we relaxed in Chris home it was time to get moving and bring this adventure to an end. I had the feeling we are on a farewell tour since we arrived in Italy so now it was time to arrive. As we planned from the beginning Chris will join me on the two days ride from Kaltern to my hometown Landshut and then go back by himself. 

To have some excitement we planned to ride over the Jaufenpass a 2030m high mountain pass into Sterzing and from there we will go over the Brenner into Austria.

But first it was time for a few farewells - one farewell for Chris family and especially his mom who was a great host and spoiled us 24 hours a day and then another big goodbye to our friend and partner in crime Mr.Kim.

One last time the three of us sleep in one room together, one last time we enjoy the smell of adventure, of the unknown, the sight of chaos and badassery in our room. One last time we wrench ourselves from the beds and out into a hazy cold morning grey.
One last time, because today we will reach Kaltern, Chris' home!

We left Rome after we had a bit difficulty finding the way out and drove along local roads north into the Tuscany. Weather was good and we planned a short stop at Saturnia where we gonna have a dip in the natural hot springs there. 

We reached the area in the late afternoon and the promising smell of Sulfur was in the air. Ahhhh - good old Sulfur!

Next morning we haeded along the breathtaking Amalfi coast. A road swirls along the steep cliffs with small bays and villages in between. We had luck with the weather and it was a great ride.. Thats how italy was supposed to be. Beautiful winding roads along the mediteranian coastline...

From Bari we crossed the italian boot to the west side where we want to go along the Amalfi coast up to Rome.

From Athens we will go straight to Patras and catch the ferry to Bari - Italy awaits. We said farewell to Martin - this time a final farewell as he will stay in Athens for another week... So if everything goes according to plan we will not cross paths again. But on the other hand, does it ever go according to plan? ... We will see - just 2500 km more to go.

As Kyrsty gave as some tips on sights on The way to Athens we made for Kalambaka next day in the morning. Around Kalambake are some weird Rock formations where crazy people built Monasteries on top. The pictures look very cool...so lets see that stuff in real life.

We went on the highway but left it soon because it was just too boring and we decided to go on local roads - you know, just like the locals do...

When we left istanbul it was raining heavily. We tried to sit it out as long as possible with a looong breakfast but we had no choice. We put our monkeysuit on said farewell to our holland friends and got on the road.