Ortisei
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June 28, Ortisei Day 7
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The moment you first feel that your trip is soon to end is … a moment. It can give rise to philosophical musing if inclined. Give rise to reflections about what travel does to you: to yourself, to your intimacies… Continue reading
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June 26, Ortisei Day 5
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Today might be considered a lesson in aged traveling. We stayed “in” all day; never left the hotel. We looked at our accumulated photos from our trip and reminisced to each other about remembered and misremembered sights and scenes and… Continue reading
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June 27, Ortisei Day 6
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As we look out from our balcony, everything has a special sparkle from last night’s rain. Each day the menu includes a saying. Here is today’s. We decide at breakfast to motor east to a town named Selva where we’ll… Continue reading
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June 25, Ortisei Day 4
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We take bus 360 with our free Gardena Mobile Pass — different than the pricey lift pass of same name — from the Ortisei town center bus station to Santa Christina and then a free white shuttle van — bit… Continue reading
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June 24, Ortisei Day 3
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Drive to place suggested by Cliff and Nadine: Selva Wolkenstein, more commonly named Dantercepies after the walking trail (Selva is Ladin; Wolkenstein is German). It’s the highest village in the Val Gardena. Free parking right under the gondola lift and… Continue reading
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June 23, Ortisei Day 2
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We’re happy to see the breakfast buffet has not changed since last year: basically, just about anything you could want except Eggs Benedict. Satisfied, we walk into town to get our Gardena Pass 6-day lift tickets and find we have… Continue reading
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June 22, Salzburg to Ortisei
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We pack, we get Eggs Benedict, we get our car with ease and leave town, aiming for the medieval, unbombed town of Hall. But we have to get gas so we stop and David tries his card at the pump,… Continue reading
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June 21, Dolomites – Venice
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Sadly, we brekky together and leave Ortisei, which we understand from vague news reports may now be renamed Ortrumpei by an act of Congress. We pay up, load the car, and drive to Bolzano to see Otsi the Iceman. We… Continue reading
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June 20, Dolomites Day 5
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Friday morning — our penultimate in the Dolomites — is yet another gorgeous day. The four of us brekky together and decide to drive to Sella Pass for a morning lift — we’ve got to amortize our 6-day, 152 euro… Continue reading
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June 19, Dolomites Day 4
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We ablute, check our clothes drying on our balcony furniture, and meet Darrell and Nora for breaky in the dining room. A waitress both immediate and kind asks what beverage we would like and leaves to make cappuccinos, espressos and… Continue reading
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June 18, Dolomites Day 3
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We wake beyond thankful for yet another perfect day: sunny, a gentle zephyr wafting through the valley. Another breakfast of every ingredient you could desire. Already, we cannot thank our friends, Cliff and Nadine, enough for turning us onto Ortisei… Continue reading
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June 17, Dolomites Day 2
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We wake to sharp peaks etched against a misty sky with deep green spruce forests on hillsides below the crags. Beautiful day. Breakfast is self-service on tables that include several varieties of fruit, cheese, breads, eggs, bacon, muesli and a… Continue reading
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June 16, Rome – Dolomites
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Sarah, our house/pet sitter to be calls Cynthia at 1:45 in the morning but we get some sleep. Our taxi was waiting at 7:40 as requested. Freenow is a mobile app for calling official white taxis. Driving to the train… Continue reading
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