Blogs from Trentino Alto Adige, Italy, Europe - page 5

An diesem Tag sind wir nach Meran gefahren. Dort haben wir zuerst in einem Café an der Kurpromenade einen Kaffee getrunken bevor wir an der selben und der Passer entlang gegangen sind. Danach waren wir im Meraner Dom und der Altstadt. Anschließend sind wir zum Dorf Tirol und haben dort zu Mittag gegessen. Zuletzt sind wir noch zum Schloß Tirol und haben uns dieses angesehen.... read more

Today was a guessing game of what we were going to do from Selva/Wolkenstein. It gets a bit confusing with the place names as they use Laden, Italian and German names. Selva seems to be the accepted name here for Wolkenstein. Now we have discovered the fancy tunnel and escalator it was a quick trip down to the bus station where we got the Selva bus. We had no idea where to get off and figured that we could have stayed on for another stop. We wanted to get the gondola up to the Gardena Pass which gives access into another valley after twisting it's way up to the Pass. We found the street to the gondola which meant walking uphill to find the hidden seilbahn station. It's all quite straight forward when you know what ... read more

Heute waren meine Mutter und ich mit der Seilbahn auf dem Brunecker Hausberg "Kronplatz" und haben dort das neue Messner-Gebirgs-Museum angesehen und etwas gegessen. Danach sind wir wieder heruntergefahren und haben Bruneck selber angesehen. Wir sind durch die Fussgängerzone in der Altstadt und zur Pfarrkirche, wo allerdings gerade ein Gottesdienst stattfand. Danach haben wir ein Eis gegessen. Zuletzt waren wir dann vor der Brunecker Burg worin sich ein weiteres Messner-Gebirgs-Museum befindet.... read more

Our goal today was to walk in the Alpe di Siusi above Ortisei. We walked down to the village and went by the gondola (holds 15 people a car) straight up the steep mountain face from 1236m to 2005m. From the valley you would have no idea what a beautiful panorama awaits when you step out of the gondola. The Alpe di Siusi is the largest cultivated plateau in Central Europe and is 50 square kilometres in size. It fills a slightly dipping plateau with a drop off to the valley on one side and soaring jagged mountains on the other sides. It is green, farmed and has many walking tracks in all directions. I have never seen so many walkers in one place at one time but they were spread out so it didn't feel ... read more

Today was an orientation day. We are in a new area and have no idea what is where. We had a good read of the brochures then headed off downhill to check out the town. It is a very attractive town with neat streets and buildings. The shopping area is like so many tourist areas - full of sports gear, cafes and souvenirs. Food shops seem to focus on strudel, cheese, salami and prosciutto. We picked up a typical TTAT's lunch (bagel, banana, turkey slices and apple) and headed off on the walk up the valley to St Cristina. The majority of the walk was on an old railway that had been built during 1915 to transport supplies to the Austrian troops. Further up the valley it opens up to a broad panorama of high, vertical ... read more