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The mighty Dolomite Passes
... as though I was meant to stop but I just kept plodding on. Just then I noticed in my mirror they were following me and soon as I approached a pull-in their siren went, indicating me to pull over!!
I stopped and this rather angry cop approached me and started shouting everything at me. I simply looked at him and shugged my shoulders "I English, I no understand" were my words.
He was going on about winter snow tyres or something and I simply tried ...
Onwards to find the Dolomites
... to be a glorious day ahead.
As I was getting ready for my days riding I thought to myself, do I need thermals on today??? Then I thought about the passes and the freezing temps I may encounter at the top of these mountains and so I decided to dress up with every bit of kit I have.
Last night just after arriving into Edolo I took a trip up the pass road out of town and noticed a sign saying "pass closed" and so it meant having to take a massive detour. However ...
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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
... and cultures of other humans.
I was gradually realising that this travelling lark was not always going to be a total bundle of squirrels and deer, that I was often going to be discovering collective human behaviour that was not kind, (that makes the tail go down between the legs), however I also knew that I was going to be more frequently touched by the indomitable kindness of individuals and packs of humans, that kindness which is ...
A fantasia journy
... pretty quiet, a few unlucky tourist like us looked for shade in the rain, luckily there where a few stores open, we also found a fancy store for baby cloth, 250€ for a coat!!!! Who would pay this amount for coat that will be good for a few months??? After a very "touristic"strudel in one of the open caffes we decided to buy some food in the mini market and to cook them in our very well equipped apartment. We bought ngucci, ravioli and souces....we are going to eat now!!! Good ...