On our second day we took a long hike to the Gotthard pass.
The Gotthard Pass is a historically important connection between north and south Europe. The famous road is filled with cyclists, motorcycles and all kids of interesting cars. You can even take an old timey horse drawn carriage over the pass. If you want to see some fancy cars – old and new – just watch that road. We ate a picnic lunch by this big structure and we couldn't figure out what it was; until Bea looked at Google maps and found that it's an air shaft for the Gotthard Tunnel. The tunnel, opened in 2016, is the longest and deepest tunnel in the world. Kind of crazy to think of the tunnel down deep below our feet.
The pass crosses from the canton of Uri to the canton of Ticino
Here's Bea and Brian at the top of the pass. I, unfortunately, got overly tired and so Claire and I turned back about an hour from the top.
Laowai 
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