Update!

Zürich.

We are now in zürich, enjoying good times with relatives for a couple of days before going back on the road.

We had a total of 70hrs of paddling around italy. Far from our original plan, but since we only did the best parts of the coast we are more than happy.

We have seen beautiful parts of the coast, including Parco Nazionale Del Cilento, Amalfi, Cinque Terre and Como Lake. After doing half of Lago Di Como we ran into a thunderstorm and with no place to camp we had to go back to the starting point.

The weather looks bad for the next week so we figured we would try our luck climbing and kayaking aruond Interlaken here in Switzerland. The beautiful valley around the town includes views of the Eiger Nord Wand and other beautiful mountains. There are many nice climbing areas that offer sport routes between grade 4-6 and that in perfect for this wet weather.

One of our best days was by far the coast along the Cinque Terre (5 villages). It's located just north of La Spezia in nothern Italy. We had 30 degrees, sunshine, no wind and 9 hours of great paddling. A place we really recommend. Cilento national park was another highlight with water visibility of around 40 meters, beautiful rocky coast, caves and jelly fish. We will post photos and detailed info about this when we get back home.

We also would like to thank Hilleberg again for providing the tarp that we sleep under each night. With a tent, this trip would have been hard for sure, with no room for a real tent the tarp is great with it's gazillions ways of pitching over uneven ground. It even served as a great rock fall shelter one night.

Maxim's energy bars is a life saver. When paddling along stretches like Amalfi, with no place to land, it's great to have a high enery snack to bite into. So, thanks again to Hilleberg and Maxim/Intersport.

Now we drive to Interlaken and start a week of climbing/kayaking. We'll keep you updated when we can.

ciao from Marcus & Johan.