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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
... forth but with all the ice my boots just could not get any grip and so I then had to simply sit on the seat and use both feet and engine to turn it around. It took about 8 reverses to get it turned..............and I never even dropped it;-))
It was now getting late and I knew I had to get down from this pass before it gets any colder. The sun had gone down and the temp was now showing 0.3 Celsius and I knew it was only a matter of time before the whole pass would be under ...
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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 ...
Return to Forni di Sopra
... It was a crisp morning and the view from the porch of the Dolomites towering above us was spectacular. That day we spent just relaxing, planning and booking our tickets to India, and went for a short walk around Forni. It was quite a planning and coordination feat since we had to figure out where and when to park the car, how to get from there to London, from London to Bangalore and back, where to stay in London both times, and then how to get from London ...
Forni di Sopra, a quick visit
We packed up camp (Dad & Tan for the last time) and headed up to Forni di Sopra to spend the night with Sue & Dino. Unfortunately we could only stay for the night, but we said we'd be back for a longer visit in a few weeks if that worked for them. We arrived in time for lunch and Sue had made a delicious risotto which I had raved about to Tan earlier. After lunch we went out for a walk around town and down to ...
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