http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Trentino Alto Adige en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 21:31:29 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 21:31:29 +0000 ein kurzer Auflug ins Suedtirol http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Merano/blog-446071.html Friday 2nd OctoberOur final alpine pass in SwitzerlandAlthough we have another mountain road pass the Ofenat 2149 metres to get over today to get to Italy and tonights accommodation it wonrsquot present a great deal of climbing for RR as we are already at about 1800 metres at Silvaplana.This will also be the final mountain pass that we need to negotiate in Switzerland on this adventure.It has http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/blog-442259.html Well this blog won't let me list more than one country but this summer Linda and I along with Wendy Linda's sister and Marlys Linda's mother traveled to London Venice and Northern Italy Croatia Athens and various Greek islands. These islands included Mykkonos Corfu and on the Peleponese Katakolon where we took a train to Olympia and walked around the ruins of the Olympic village http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Trento/blog-428138.html bike trip across 4 passes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Ortisei/blog-426675.html We left Interlaken on the26th May. We had a date to keep. Our youngest son the one with the fractured spine had decided to come to visit us as part of his recuperation. Perhaps a little risky considering his delicate condition and unable to get himself health insurance he nevertheless with the confidence of youth decided to fly to Bergamo airport to spend 10 days with us. Able to walk http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/blog-409031.html When we woke up the next morning in Bolzano the sky was drizzling its last few sprinkles of the day. We went downstairs for a superdelicious breakfast buffethellip lots of strudel and an amazing fresh fruit bar. By the time breakfast was over the rain had stopped and the clouds were being burned off by the sun. We took a long leisurely walk through the town and past the Italian Arch that is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Bolzano/blog-408119.html I forgot to mention that we detoured on the way home past the computer lab at CIMBA. We still hadnrsquot confirmed any of our Saturday and Sunday plans. My colleagues had been offering a bunch of terrific ideasmdashfrom Lake Garda to Slovenia. My dadrsquos typical response to ideas was ldquoItrsquos up to you honey. Irsquom just along for the ride.rdquo But eventually we came acros http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Bolzano/blog-408086.html We woke up with the sun rising over Dolomites. Our hostess had our breakfast ready and her two beautiful kids were running in and out just talking and playing. We took off toward Trento knowing we wanted to find wineries to taste the area wines and cheeses. The first one we came to was the Family Winery of the BB we stayed at Mazarado. It was huge and as we expected very nice. From there w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Trento/blog-401927.html We had breakfast at the hotel and reviewed our plans for today. We decided to hop on the Autostrada and make good time going to Verona. We drove through the Po Valley and it was flat and lots of fields of stuff growing. No Roman ruins that I could see. We made it to Verona before lunch parked the car and headed off to the arena. Veronarsquos Arena is the third largest and is the only one th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Trento/blog-401498.html Levico Terme 4th 10th May 2009We have arrived the Italian Alps. The setting for XCamp2009 my first paragliding competition...but have no fear I'm not that good. I chose this week long ldquocomprdquo because the format is designed for pilots who want to learn more about competing and specifically about long distance flying a.k.a. ldquocrosscountry flyingrdquo or just ldquoX http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Trento/blog-398419.html The loosely knit plan was to go from northern Italy over to Romania hit the Carpathian mountains and follow them back into Slovakia and the Czech Republic then continue to the UK. Unfortunately The Alps were between me Romania. Itrsquos a tough job but someone had to do it. From Parma I headed north to the south shore of Lake Garda. My route took me along the west bank of Lake Garda. Quit http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/blog-394595.html About six months ago our Deputy Head walked into the staffroom and asked if any of the teachers would be willing to go to Italy for the schools first ski trip abroad. Go to Italy for a school ski trip Not the sort of thing that happens in New Zealand very often. Of course it didnrsquot take me more than 2 seconds to sign up for the trip. Other teachers later remarked that lsquono one else ev http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/blog-388226.html Today we arose to a gorgeous day and embarked on about a two hour journey to Bolzano. Bolzano is known primarily for the iceman httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiC396tzitheIceman which is on display there in the museum. Upon arriving we were met up by the most coloful fun and informative guide Luciano. As the bus rounded the bend on the off ramp he was there on his bicycle waving an American http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Bolzano/blog-384072.html At the weekend I took part in the largest student sporting event on the snow in BolzanoBozen. Snowdays 2009 organised by the students of the University of Bolzano for 350 other students from France Germany and Italy. Activities included midnight sledging skiing a snowvolleyball tornament and lots of general celebration. I went with 16 other students from Bologna and we were decidedly the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Bolzano/blog-380568.html At 7am on Friday morning 56 very excited albeit blearyeyed international students met at Bologna bus station to drive to the Dolomites for a funfilled weekend of snow. The journey took less than five hours and passed quickly with the help of ldquoLrsquoera Glacialerdquo Ice Age in Italian and Andrea head of ESN working his magic with the microphone.We arrived a little after midday an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Trento/blog-367026.html Schnes Wetter http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/blog-365457.html I said this about many places but we really didnrsquot intent to go to Italy to go skiing. The closest we ever got to plan a visit in Italy was Kellie's wish to rent a villa in Tuscany and learn cooking from an Italian Nona.Anyway I convinced her that December is not the best time to visit and sit in a cold villa so this plan was off the table. The reason why we went to Italy was me not planning http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Bolzano/blog-362318.html Christmas and New Years Snowboarding in Val GardenaTotal km's snowboarded 143 Total tagliatelle alla funghi eaten by Leanne 9Total mozzarella and ricola pizza's eaten by Glen 14Total Cluedo games won by Damien 0Total red runs done by Casie 16Total spectacular stacks 1 bruised rump by Damien 1 compacted coccys by Glen and 1 starfish backwards slide down the saslong slope by Leanne whilst C http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Ortisei/blog-361381.html Alright this one was incredible. The pics tell the story better than me. So lets just start with how cheap this trip was. Train ticket to Trento 5 euroBus ticket to GiustinoMadonna di Campiglio 4 euro 9 euro to get to the slopesHotel 30 euro a night x 4 120 euroLift passes 25 euro a day x 4 100 euroSkis 25 euro a day x 4 100 euroFood and fun x 4 60 euroSo for the entire trip I s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/Madonna-di-Campiglio/blog-352960.html This is Jorgen's account of the Pergine Castle which we woke up to every morning in Italy. Jeff took the kids one afternoon. I had to sit this one out as I was battling some severe hip pain and knew I wouldn't be able to make the hike in. Just to give you a little background apparently many of the castles in Italy are privately owned as they are expensive to maintain. Many are converted t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Trentino-Alto-Adige/blog-347835.html