One day, four countries

How often can you do that? Definitely a first for me. We began the day in Salzburg, Austria and picked up a rental car for this week's journey through Switzerland and back to France. The route to our destination in Switzerland took us briefly out of Austria and into Bavaria in Germany. It then went back into Austria and through a whole series of long tunnels as we cut through parts of the Alps -- the longest tunnel was 6.4 miles!

Along the way we also went through a small Austrian town that was hosting a parade. We arrived just prior to the parade and in the opposite direction so got to see the streets lined with people and then the floats, pulled by tractors and made out of flowers, as they started to come into town.

Next, we cut through Liechtenstein, the very small but beautiful alpine country. Cross another country off the list!

Finally we entered Switzerland and drove through more beautiful alpine settings before arriving for the night in Lucerne.