Meet Richard, the Austrian Sausage Seller

On our drive from Lake Como to the Dolomites, we decided to drive through the Stelvio Pass near the Swiss border. This wasn't necessarily the quickest route, but was definitely the most scenic. The pass is 2,757m and one of the highest that you can drive through in Europe. There are a whopping 48 hairpin turns on the eastern side of the pass, the side that we descended. On the way up there are plenty of one car width tunnels to pass through which cause all sorts of headaches with the large amount of tourist traffic heading up. At the top of the pass there are a plethora of souvenir and food stalls, including some genuine German sausage (Wurstal) stalls selling something similar to hot dogs. We happened to purchase one from Richard, an excitable Austrian fellow who made buying sausages fun! The roll, wurst, sauerkraut and sauce was delicious. That's our VW Polo in the background of the photo. After about half an hour of exploring the shops around the pass, we descended the 48 hairpins and headed to the Dolomites, arriving at about 8pm after hitting an traffic jam we were never quite able to work out the cause of.