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I woke up to the kind of view that makes you forget to breathe for a moment — the Matterhorn, standing proud and impossibly perfect, framed right outside our hotel window. My coffee steamed gently in my hand, but I hardly noticed. It’s not every day you wake up to the mountain from the Toblerone bar logo, and I wasn’t about to rush it.

Our 9-day European road trip began in Budapest, the car packed with excitement, a playlist ready for the open road, and a route that promised a mix of mountains, cities, and coastline. The first stop was Maribor, Slovenia’s second-largest city, where cobbled streets met the gentle flow of the Drava River. It was the perfect warm-up...