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Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » La Valle May 2nd 2013

The sun takes a while to pierce the valley as the mountain sides are so steep but when it arrived it had a pleasant warmth to it and you could almost see the spring flowers and leaves growing. While we were walking up to the church yesterday we spied what we thought looked like a road through the forest of pines on the other side of the valley.It appeared to head up towards the end of the valley from where we hope to get an even better view of the big mountain that dominates that end of the valley.If there is a track or road that leads us home by a different route then that would complete a good circuit. We haven't skimped on breakfast recently and it has set us up well for the day ... read more
La Valle soccer stadium
The mountain ahead
The hillside ready for planting and the hand plough

Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » La Valle May 1st 2013

Missing our daily gelatos but there is nothing we can do as there are no stores selling them here! We both woke this morning short of breath and we can only put it down to the altitude of about 1400 mtrs above sea level we are at.Hopefully that won't put us off some walks we have got planned for the next couple of days. When we arrived yesterday the temperature was cold and it is easy to see why spring is only just coming to the area with the flowering trees yet to break their buds and green leaves only just starting to show.However in contrast the grass on the mountainside around the houses is green,very green almost as if the grass has said 'right,now the snow cover has gone I am really going to do ... read more
Skylights of partial underground house
The alpine church built in 1490
Avalanche!

Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » La Valle April 30th 2013

We just love boiled eggs for breakfast and we indulged again this morning before packing up and heading off for the mountains close to the Austrian border.Not that we should be without a facility to cook eggs anyway we want as our next stop is in an apartment with cooking facilities for 3 nights. We had the feeling that the holiday season is starting to show signs of being near as the guest numbers in the Hotel Germania along with the school party was higher than we have had in other places we have stayed.But it is time to leave the thousands of umbrella stands and deck chairs to the incoming throngs and head off for more remote places at least for a few days. Vicky had worked out a route that was certainly shorter in ... read more
Mountains all around
Part way up the Passo di Falzarego
Lucky the snow was heaped on the side of the road




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