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Grappa
... and the structure of towns from that age. It was small but we had good coffee. The only Problem was that we could not find the bus station to go back home. In the end we just stayed at the one and we were lucky, after 10 minutes there was a bus going to Padova. Yeah traffic in italy works a little differently. We found our way back home, and our bikes were waiting for us at the train-station (miracle).
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Ogni Santi
... pretty much their own country. everything is written in german and italian, and most people speak both, at least a bit. But since I don't really look like an italian, they talked in german to me. And the city itself felt very german also, well bavarian. They have a nice tradition in Bolzano, every saturday morning they meet in this one restaurant and have some bread with all kinds of covering and a bianchetto, which is ...
No marmite, just rain
... Giant's pot. Disappointed not to find a large pot of marmite, as my imagination had led me to believe... this site was created by erosion during the ice age, these are little more than deep holes in the rock, one of which requires climbing up a iron ladder and the other is a deep pool of murky water. It was certainly worth the stop, as there was of course a geocache there and on International Earth Cache day... it couldn't be missed ;).
After this we ventured back down ...
Hiking ahead of the marathon
... dry along the route. The climb back down, of course is easier but it is difficult to stay upright with the numerous loose stones underfoot.
Tomorrow Lake Garda hosts a marathon which according to the web is expecting 65,000 visitors and therefore the roads are close around the Northern end of the Lake... so it will be another en foot option for us and hopefully a trip down to Torbole and the Marmite Giant :).
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Otzi the Iceman
As if we havent had enough of trains, we decided to take another one to the nearby Bolzano for a day trip. However, we are now experts at using the Italian rail system, mostly thanks to the DIY electronic ticket booths. They have an English option, our saviour. They are the same all over the country, so easy once you have worked out the timetables and tickets.
Most of the people in the region around us speak German (lots ...