Blogs from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Under de sidste fotodage har vi været igennem alle udgaver af metrologiske fænomener. En morgen kørte vi op igennem regn og tåge som til sidst gik over i sne. Oppe på toppen af bjerget klarede skyerne op hele området var dækket af det smukkeste snelag. Skyerne gik i løbet af morgenen i opløsning og de enkelt bjergformationer begyndte at vise sig. Morgenen efter nåede vi op i højderne så vi kunne overvære en smuk solopgang bag bjergene.... read more

Cortina d’Ampezzo to Switzerland and Germany. 13th July to 22nd July 2012. Friday 13th July 2012. We head off for a very long drive to Lucerne. We are caught up in traffic due to roadwork’s. When we left this morning the GPS estimated we would take 4 hours. After 1 hour, it still said 4 hours – going nowhere fast. Eventually we hit Austria – it was €8.50 for each stretch of Autobahn and there were 2 stretches. We went through the longest tunnel we have been through so far. It was 10.4km long. So many mountains – we go through lots of tunnels. We also were held up for another 45 minutes with an accident. Then into Switzerland and stopped at the border. We ... read more

Another fabulous day in Italy! Fellow Fall Liners have spent a couple of days in wine country, amother couple are heading to Venice today, others are going to a Prosecco Wine tour and the remaining will be tearing it up on the slopes. It seems that time is flying by but we are having a fabulous vacation! Ciao for now!... read more

Today we went skiing at Tofana which was a beautiful ski area with spectacular views. We took two trams to go up and after skiing and a wonderful lunch did a Tram Crawl back down to Cortina. It was a beautiful spring skiing day!... read more

We spent the morning boarding before rondavuing with the ski club for a mountain lunch. the lunch was held at approx 7,400 feet up the mountain and a quaint little restaurant. After we ate and drank a bit we decided to embark higher up the mountain to take some pics. We only managed to get to approx 8,500 feet up as the lift to the highest point (approx 10,000 feet) was closed due to high winds. We spent a while up there in the cold, windy conditions taking pictures and looking down on the town as well as observing the most famous of the Dolomite peaks. On our way back into town we stopped by the Cortina ice rink in hopes to score some hockey tickets for Saturday nights game, but the Cortina team was eliminated ... read more