Oberalppass....Geschlossen!!!!

From Basel I rode towards Luzern, the lake district in Switzerland I guess. It was a 96 km ride but decided to keep going to approach the Alps a little more, and try to pass the mountains and into Lugano in one day.
Arrived to Schwyz, after 127 km and found a cool backpakers to stay where I chilled out, foun out where I needed to go the next morning and watch the Bayern Munich game with a couple of very excited german dudes.
Next day was a monster day of a ride. 200 km, up the Oberalppass which wasn't ferme ferme like the passes in France, it was one solid Geschlossen!!!. So this time I didn't even ask, or try to convice myself it was doable. I just looked at the webcam and saw the road was clear, early wake up next day and at 7 am I was up and riding south along Lake Luzern into Altdorf where the easy climb started and then into the proper climbing. 34 km up the Oberalp, which as internet shown was no problem to ride through. Down to Disentis and up again to Lockmanier pass, another 900 m above, and then down into italian Switzerland to finish the 9 hours 30 minutes ride passing Monte Ceneri and into Lugano. Around 2700 m climbed, a really tough day of cycling, specially with the head winds I got starting to climb Lockmanier all the way to the end.
At Lugano, found this youth hostel, great staff, a few people wandering to go for an aperitivo and dinner, and even a pool.
Breakfast was epic, and chatting with this couple of swiss girls, also cyclists, and told of my ride. Of the 4000 km I have done so far, of the Pyrenees, of the killer ride from previous day, and of the guy I found up at the Oberalp. As I got to the top of the pass, I stopped for a few photos, a look around, and preparing to start my way down (shoe covers, beanie, neck cover, snowboarding gloves).
There I met this swiss man who asked me where I was going to and other things, in german, so comunication was sort of difficult.
Then he asked "you where from?"
"Venezuela mate!"
"Venezuelaaaa!! ohh!! donde vienes?"
"de Schwyz"
"y ahora Disentis?"
"Si, Disentis, y luego Lockmanier, y Lugano!"
"Luganoooo!!! hahahaha...y luego?"
"manana, Italia, Genova, Venezia, no lo se todavia"
Then he finished, with a cheeky grim in his face and his funny german gringo accent: "hahahahaa....TU GRANDEI TIGREEE!!! haaaahaaaahahaa! Auf wiedersehen!"
And right there, at 2048 meters above sea level, definitly by far one of the highest moments of Le Tour...
And we laughed at breakfast with the "Grandei Tigre" story, and laughed at how they understood why I was traveling alone, and at my cutted-in-half toothbrush to save weight. And off I went, into Italy, on thursday. Where to? I didn't know, just head south and maybe east. I'll just ride, it's all easy now.