Hotel Lanerhof San Lorenzo di Sebato

2 planes - 1 bus - 3 trains - 1 taxi later and we arrive in Bressanone. About 40 hrs of transit was well worth it... this place is adorable - its like walking around in a postcard. Have been snowboarding the past 3 days which was lots of fun - bussed up the mountain to Plose ski fields area... have added some pictures and will caption the pictures if we can.

... returning to Cortina, Cindy slept off an upset stomach while the kids relaxed and I did a 10-mile run exploring south of Cortina. We all went on a stroll (hike is a bad word now) afterwards to enjoy the first extended period of sunshine since we arrived in Europe a week ago.

... were gone, Cindy and Alycia walked around town some and went to a market next to the hotel. They grabbed pizza at a new restaurant, which all of us returned to that night for a nice dinner. Trey and I ate several meals apiece in a single sitting to make up for the energy expended during the day. We have a newfound appreciation for the bikers competing daily in the Tour de France this month.

... nice views off of the trails of Rio de Fanes and we then returnied to Alycia, who happened to be right next to the falls we were looking for. It was a 3 hour hike covering about 7 miles going up to 1500 meters or more.

Trey was feeling better late in the day, so the family walked around town a while tonight before eating dinner and calling it a night. Tomorrow will be much more strenuous as Trey and I are planning an all-day bike ride.

... Berlin while we went to Verona from where we were to fly back the next day.

So on the afternoon of day 6 we arrived in Verona, found a very helpful tourist office at the train station that could supply us with accomodation options. We opted for the local university accomodations which were smack bang in the centre and very affordably rented out during the summer break. It was an ancient building with quite a bit of athmosphere to it. And everywhere was just ...

Whew! The last three days have left us breathless and a little sore from hiking. When we first arrived here it was ******* with rain and there were no nountains to be seen. The weather channel said there would be rain storms and possibly flooding. Given the chance that we would probably not be returning to this area we had to at least give it a chance. Trying to find a place to sleep when tourist information is closed and the rain ...

Bad Aussee- Zell am See- Dobbiaco Had a good nights sleep and started the salt mine tour at 9 am. It was well worth doing and finished at lunchtime. The weather has turned good again, so it was my intention to try and cross the alps into Italy via Grosnockler, but when we drove the 10 odd k out from Zell am See to the pass it had been closed because of 10 metres of snow. Tom suggested the next best was through Cortina. You ...

Here there is a map in Google Maps where you will see the cities that we plan to visit this year. All of them are new for us, although we are old Spain travelers. The planned route is the blue one. The red one is called "Plan B" in case of bad weather or other reasons of changing our plans.

... visiting of the cities. I'm not sure if I am able to do it the way I would like and I'm not even sure if I am able to do it till the end. Maybe some comments of some places will fail. So, the first step is already made. I hope that there will be many steps following this one. Let's take a try.

Gisterenavond zijn we nog een wandeling gaan maken door het dorp dat onder een dik sneeuwtapijt lag. Er was wel 35cm gevallen. Alles ligt bedolven onder een dik pak sneeuw waardoor alles er vredig uitziet en de geluiden veel minder luid klinken. Een voorbijrijdende auto lijkt wel te fluisteren ... Vanmorgen was het alweer aan het sneeuwen. In de late voormiddag leek het er dan even op dat het zou gaan uitklaren maar ...