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The mighty Dolomite Passes
... beat. However once out of the long shaded areas of the cliffs I find myself riding along a rather straight section of road high up in the Dolomites. Right at the end of this long straight the road makes a sharp right turn and immediately starts heading down into what appears as a massive valley floor. Well, the sight I was to see from here was simply out of this world. I pulled up and stopped in a restaurant car park which was right at the top of a cliff looking down ...
Onwards to find the Dolomites
... and a nice hot chocolate but after standing around for over 15 minutes I left and went on the hunt again. In those 15 minutes I never saw a single person in that restaurant. The bar was there with loads of drinks and all!! Was this a come help yourself restaurant or what?? I’m sure I could have had a few free drinks without any problem but being a Scotsman I would not do that;-))
Finally after ages of searching the town I find myself a room for the night. It’s ...
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Left padova train to Verona from there suppose to be a fast train to Bolzano, yes it broke down so were put on normal fast regional train, bugger, only ended up 30mins longer somehow normally 90 mins. From Venice we saw the mountains, on the way to Bolzano we were closer, on the way to castelrotto saw them again, snow on the ground as well, then cable car up to top took 15 mins and amazing all the way. They said it is ...
The Italian Pit Stop
... br> Meanwhile……..we had a little chasse for somewhere to stay in the vicinity of Bolzano, Bozen. It was while we were on this escapade that we began to learn about the curious undertow which was flowing beneath these serene sniffing grounds. On top of the mountains my friend Finn and his mistress addressed us in Ladin, signs to a mountain lake (whose immaculate reflections dogs were not allowed to jump in to and sully) were ...
A fantasia journy
... is becoming a bad wizard...I know I'm 31 already but since I saw this mountain this what I think about them - bad wizards...wa hah ha ha ha!!! After a few minutes the landscape changed to a green forest, I felt safe...I did the hard part!!! Our main thing today is to reach the marmolada, the highest mountain of the Dolomites, there are supposed to be 3 different cable cars leading to its top that is over 3400 m. We finished descending the mountain and reached a valley, everything ...