Every route we sell started as a trip one of us took without a booking. This one was a single road over a mountain pass, four days and a rule: stop whenever something looks interesting.
Day one: we stopped eleven times
A bakery, a viewpoint, a river you could swim in, a man selling honey from the back of a van. We covered forty kilometres. It was the best day.
Day two: the plan we didn’t have
By the afternoon the rule had a flaw. The only guesthouse in the valley was full, and the next one was two hours on. We slept well, but late, and missed the light on the pass.
What made it into the route
- Two nights in one place early on, so the first day can be as slow as it wants.
- Rooms booked, days open. The beds are fixed. Everything between breakfast and dinner is yours.
- The honey van. He is there on Tuesdays and Fridays. We checked.
What didn’t
The eleventh stop. Some things are better found than planned.