Vienna - Venice

7:10 o'clock, departure Simmering, Vienna. The tangent is free, but then back-up because of an accident, in which a passenger car came to be to one and a half of the two lanes because of the roof and now it is blocked.

First stop parking lot Triestingtal, second stop: Breakfast in Zoebern. The lunch briefly after Graz. Up to then we advance quickly - apart from the 80's and restrictions of 60's in the building sites and the 100es in the Austrian tunnels.

100 km after Graz a short stop. Over the Italian mountains in the distance rain hangs. We superior briefly, whether we tighten the rain combinations, reject the thought however fast. We are not friends of complete body condoms.

We pass the border to Italy (Arnoldstein) without control. Afterwards it begins actually too drop. We shift an overtaking of LKWs in tunnel, where we go past more dryer - in addition the Italian does to hang to tunnel the speed limits.

Hardly from the landscape beautiful mountains outside, the rain stops. If we would have tightened the rain combinations, we would probably have awarded the effect to them. Thus we learn: They do not have magic forces!




In Italy a tank stop on one of the "arena servicio". There we meet a part of MC Woodquarters, which wants to take itself the curves of the Toscana under the tires. They make themselves fast again on the way, because Venice after 4 p.m. is the traffic hell absolutely.

We concern it more comfortably. The route is well signed. It precedes quickly. Suddenly back-up. There police cars over the side stripe, we descend and put on the 2. Trace of the Autostrada a smoke and a drinking break, observe the sky and do not come to the end: it rains not - however it could be soon.



Straight, when we decide, to drive left at the side stripe, the traffic jam comes again in motion. With 120 km/h it spontaneously, but unfortunately only one piece, continues then again back-up. Now the toll place is the reason. These in the field of view we fight ourselves between the standing vehicles through. We have to pay 10.50 Eus to the man in the duty house per motorcycle, afterwards we enjoy the venezianic back-up in the afternoon.

The exit Venice is insignificant. We are glad not to have overlooked them because of the LKWs which use well the 1-st lane and leave the second one to the passenger cars. Now we let ourselves lead by the signs "Venezia SS11" by roundabouts and street systems.


"Over the Lido, then 1. Traffic light right "is located in our approach road plan. Across the Lido a large bridge with blue-yellow lanterns leads. The 1. Traffic light is not to be surveyed. Afterwards we follow the soil inscription "Ferry Boat", which turns out as error. A friendly driver explains us that we must to the Anek LINES (just as to the Minoan) again retour, again over the small bridge, then in the roundabout right.

Now correct: Over the Lido, 1. Traffic light right, then in the roundabout "straightforward", inside to the jetties of the Minoan (marked) and Anek LINES (still) not marked. The ship is fast found - with its nearly 200 meters is indeterminable it - nevertheless where is the port office, in which we must let our tickets stamp? It is in the building, on which Minoan stands; on the other side the entrance is to the Anek.

When we drive into the ferry, it is short after 17:30 o'clock two of traffic jam and some rain let the travel time for the 626 kilometers fail expected from Vienna to Venice longer than we think.

On the ferry this time the a-wise insist on the fact that the motorcycles on the side stand stop. We are sceptical, add us however their suggestions. Because cycling are bound, we protect our saddles with gloves and an elastic mat.

Over Venice a thunderstorm hangs. Lightnings twitch on the city down. But the weather God holds back the drops. So we can enjoy driving in the city and the passage of the ferry by Venice at deck, without becoming wet. The houses and channels, which work all in such a way, go as if it would be it the window blind of an enormous theatre along - all in all however the departure of the Anek LINES is substantially more interesting in Venice than in Triest.