Take the third exit on to Pustertaler Staatsstraße/Strada Statale 49 della Pusteria.
That was a mouthful.
Good morning, Adventurers!
Hello there!
Our electric campervan roadtrip continues.
And this is the lowest that this thing has gotten so far.
We got to about a quarter tank.
I don't know why I'm saying tank, it's battery.
Quarter battery.
If you didn't catch our last video, we were exploring the Five Lands, Cinque Terre.
We did a bit of a food tour, explored the cities, it was awesome.
Delicious! I'm still dreaming about that seafood ravioli.
- Yeah, that really was a highlight. - Oh my God.
I think we're getting the hang of this electric charging, you guys.
We've been scouting out the stations ahead of time. We make sure to get this,
which is the quick charger.
The super charger.
There's actually 2 other types of chargers here,
and sometimes this one that we need isn't the one that they have.
Which it's either still working, it will just take a lot longer.
Some of them actually won't work, like this one here...
This one doesn't fit, no matter why. We can't make this one fit.
So you have to make sure that you scout out the station that has the right charging plug.
And sometimes, they're either taken or they're broken.
So we try to find a spot that has a few others nearby.
Just so don't we roll up on empty and then we're not able to find another charging station.
Yeah.
This is the first time we've used this Ionity one.
Though there are all kinds of different brands and we have a card specifically for this one.
So this one's gonna work. All is gonna be well. – Fingers crossed it works,
'cause we have all the cards that are supposed to be working everywhere we go,
and they've not been working everywhere we go.
We're gonna get all charged up and then we're heading further east into Italy
and we'll share with you all later what the plans are for this video.
It's gonna be fun, I know that.
We have about 70 kilometers left on our charge,
and it's always tricky to decide:
do we keep driving and run down the charge a little bit further
until you know, maybe there's like 20/30 kilometers?
Then you run the risk of getting to the station, the charger doesn't work or won't accept your card,
and then you're kind of screwed in the middle of nowhere.
Or do you just kind of bite the bullet and charge a little bit earlier than maybe you want to?
And we've been...
charging earlier than maybe we want to, because we really don't want to get stranded.
The good news is, we found a really awesome charger.
It has our type of connector right here.
– Yes. – So we're gonna get all charged up.
Plus: there is an eatery, right over here.
You guys, we spoke too soon.
We have these 3 different cards they gave us to use at the charging stations.
Not a single one of them work. Our credit cards don't work.
I'm actually on hold with this company right here, Evway,
which apparently they have an app where you add payment,
then you can use that to start the charging.
It doesn't work. It gives me an error message every time I try to do it.
She's working through it and trying to start it for me, but I don't think it's gonna happen.
You've been on the phone with her for by half an hour.
And I think we're about to give up.
We were so excited about the electric vehicle in the beginning of our roadtrip.
Everything was working pretty well.
And now we've had several incidences like this, where we counted on a charging station,
it has the right plug, it should work and it just doesn't.
We've lost a whole bunch of time, we have to go find another one.
Hopefully that one works, and then we have to wait another 45 minutes or so for it to be charged.
This day is not off to a good start.
It's already 4 p.m., so we're not making good time because of all this.
No, we were hoping to get to our hotel early and do some sightseeing,
and that will not be happening today.
Yeah, it's alright.
We're gonna hit the road and go to the next station.
Let's go!
Okay, we found an Ionity charger,
we have an Ionity card.
This should all work.
Alright, this one is working.
We are getting charged, finally!
This is so stupid, y'all.
We thought it was gonna be so fun and easy.
We had apps, we had all the right cards with us and it turns out,
there's a lot more than charging a car than I ever would have imagined.
On the plus side though,
this looks like it's going up to 100 kilowatts.
Our first one from this morning maxed out at 50,
so maybe this will go really fast?
We have arrived to our next destination,
in the Treviso province.
We came to Hotel Due Carpini,
and it is a very very special place.
As you can see, it's right smack in the middle of an incredible vineyard.
Vines as far as the eye can see, rolling hills,
epic classing Italian countryside.
So as you guys saw, we had a little bit of car trouble charging our electric vehicle yesterday.
So that means we got in a lot later than we wanted to.
Our plan was to spend a lot more time in this region, because they have obviously really epic winery,
so we were gonna do a wine tasting,
take some time to stroll around the vineyard. Of course, you can get some incredible pictures around here.
But we did manage to get up bright and early, so we can come out, stroll among the vines,
and just take in at least a little bit of the views before we head on.
This is the amazing room we stayed in last night.
This is actually the top level of the old farmhouse
where the farm workers from the vineyard used to live.
It's since been converted into a hotel.
We're absolutely in love with the architecture.
You can see they've got these beautiful stone walls,
they have whole tree trunks through the roof as a support.
It's all raw, it's all beautiful, it's so mighty and rustic.
Sadly, we didn't get to spend as much time here as we wanted to.
As you know, we got in very late last night, we thought we would have the whole day to explore.
And today we have to be off again, we go even further north.
Our ultimate destination is Munich,
but between now and then we are hoping to squeeze in just a few more incredible views.
My advice to you all: get here early!
Because parking is pretty freaking wild.
And maybe don't come on a weekend.
Yeah. That costed 10 euros to park, and I think we got one of the very last spots.
We made it to the lake,
it's absolutely stunning, just like we thought,
and it's so serene. I feel like we have the whole thing to ourselves, you all.
Just kidding. Everyone in the entire world is here.
So...
according to the Internet, they said you can rent these awesome little boats.
And we though, you know, it would be like this.
A little family out there. And it turns out everyone is doing it.
The line is like all the way backed up to the hotel.
I mean, the place is incredible.
It's still amazing, you can still get great views.
You can hike around or walk around the entire lake.
I'm just blown away by the amount of people, it's like almost October,
it's after the high season, so I can't even imagine what this is like in the summertime.
Sorry, sadly no boat today.
But that's okay, we've taken boats out before, no big deal.
So we decided to bail on another lake,
because we didn't really realize how awesome the lake is here at our campsite.
This is it!
This is one our campsite is built around.
This magical thing.
Yeah. It's pretty freaking sweet,
it's nestled in between this epic mountain view, the water is crystal clear and very, very still.
Most importantly,
far, far less people.
Hardly anyone is out right now.
It's essentially the exact same thing, just shrunken down.
And it still has a walking trail completely around it,
which I think we're gonna go explore.
Supposedly, there are some little streams and rivers that pour into this
and that are supposed to be a beautiful blue.
We also might grab a beer or some prosecco for the journey.
Alright, boozy walk, yes!
I think I might have found the most tremendous wood pile
ever crafted by men.
Look at this thing! – I just gotta keep backing up.
I just got this horrible vision of this toppling over right on me.
No, you'll be fine.
Oh my God.
I really wanna climb it, too. But we shouldn't, right?
Yeah, no. That might make it topple over on you.
I bet you guys didn't know that we've been here before.
I wonder what their names are.
Also Eric and Allison, right?
But they did all the hard work for us, that was so nice of them.
We were just about to do it, but it's already done, and a lot better than we ever would.
This is just a little spot where I guess everyone has made their little pictures in the rocks.
Put their initials and stuff.
That is so adorable!
She's officially blown away, you guys.
I love it, I love it so much!
Check this out!
Is that a beautiful stream or what?
I mean, they don't get much more beautiful now. Look at that color.
That's straight from a really cold mountain.
We have made it to what might be the most beautiful charging station of this entire trip.
In the world! – Maybe in the world as well, I don't know.
When we left this morning,
we only had about 100 kilometers and this was...
120 kilometers?
Somehow we made it, though.
We made it, but this is the lowest that our battery has gotten.
We were below a quarter of charge on this thing.
I'm so glad that worked out, cause we actually stopped at others chargers
and they did not work this morning.
So we made our made further into north-eastern Italy.
We are just near the Dolomites,
or Dolomiti, as they would say in Italian.
But they are these epic collection of mountains.
But this is already pretty dang beautiful. We got incredible mountains over there,
we've got...
mountains over there,
and some more mountains behind this charger here.
Not a bad place to stop and charge up, you guys.
Plus, a super charming little mountain town.
Let's put it this way: if this charger doesn't work out, we're just gonna get a hotel, stay here.
This can be fine.
So, we just learned the hard way that you cannot charge other cars
at a Tesla supercharging station, even if the plug fits.
So, nice little lesson.
But the downside of that is, we only have 36 kilometers left on our range,
and there are very few charging stations in the area.
Most of them are not quick charging,
so we're going to one that's like a few kilometers down the road at a hotel.
We'll see if it pins out.
We're just keeping our fingers crossed. If not, there's one like 20 kilometers away, but...
– That would be pushing out. – We might get talked to that one if we tried for it.
Alright, the charging station is real, that's it, right there.
But will it work?
Oh my word!
It's happening, it's working.
Very slowly,
but it appears to be charging.
Oh my gosh.
Y'all, we had 28 kilometers until this thing was empty.
We're below a quarter of a battery charge.
I was sweating, not gonna lie.
That's gonna do it for this leg of our journey.
This one was exciting and stressful, I had a lot of emotions, but...
But we're having fun now, because it's all working out.
Now I'm gonna get the biggest cappuccino and the biggest croissant and just chill.
Alright, we'll see you in the next one.
See ya.