Hotel Rosa Vigo di Fassa

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.

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Last night the student association UniParty had a `Rookie Party` in the basement of the museum. This was a lot of fun! Apparently the student associations, which are like clubs in Canada, organize lots of events.

As for school, we just had the info session on how to sign up for classes today, a day after they started! I`ll have to take care of that tomorrow. There aren`t that many classes to choose from though, because only a third are in English and only ...

... The open the door and sit down and begin to question this guy. I have my music playing so I was not really paying attention but I figure this guy has no documents with him. He appears to be fluent in German and wrote down his name, date of birth, phone number and maybe where he originated from. I could kind of hear them talking about some of the places this guy came from but I am not really sure what he did. They got off at the next ...

Today was a slow day. We drove out to Auronzo, which is a small lakeside town that we passed on the way to Cortina from Uldine on Sunday. We hiked around the lake and walked around town some, grabbing ice cream and window shopping at the craft and souvenir stores.

Cortina D'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy brian796

Trey and I did a 30+ mile bike ride from Cortina up to Prato Piazza. The length wasn't difficult, but the 900 meter climb was very strenuous. The ride through the forests, along the river, past a lake, and then up to the top were very scenic. We stopped towards the top to rest and eat our sandwiches. Peanut butter sandwiches never tasted so good after the climb to 2200 meters!

While ...

Today was an easy day. Trey was still suffering from altitude sickness and stayed in the hotel for most of the day.

Cindy, Alycia, and I went up into the Confini del Parco Naturale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo nature preserve north of town and hiked the Number 10 trail to go see the Cascata de Fanes waterfalls. The hike was very nice, including wide paved trails, crushed gravel trails, bridges and lots of elevation changes. It allowed ...

... and mentality are closer to Austrian/Bavarian influence than Italian. The First World War saw Italy and Austria as direct adversaries and it is this region through which the front line ran for most of duration of the Great War. Through 3 harsh Winters Italian and Austrian troops were perched on opposite peaks, dug deep into the landscape. The military mining and continuous bombardment altered the landscape forever. The extreme conditions both forces had to ...

... to our 20 with 1:40 left, on second down they throw a deep comeback at me. #3 runs a good route, drives me off, makes me think he was running the fade, then breaks off to the sideline. I was beat and he was open at about the 7. Unbelievably as he turns to go catch the ball it goes right through his hands. I started to say something to him, but when a man screws up that badly in crunch time, you shouldn’t say a word, so I didn’t. Third down was ...

... months a year. No one in that program worked harder than I did. What that translated to was constantly calling receivers to run routes when otherwise they’d be sitting around. I explain plays and concepts to guys and help them understand their position better. To prepare for the Giants I went down to Chapman for most of January to throw and workout with younger receivers. Even after I was out of the program I was still helping motivate and develop guys. In ...

... we headed west taking a pass from Canazei through to Bolzano. Ouur home for the night is in Tassulo in the south of Valle Di Non. You can see the alps in the distance. The valley is agricultural with thousands of fruit orchards and vineyards. We did a little sight seeing and walked up to the ancient sanctuary of San Romedio. Tomorrow we heaad off west again towards Lake Como. Not sure what we will see there... perhaps the odd celebrity!?