The Dolomites
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| view of the Dolomites from our porch |
Lunch in Santa Magdalena
We drove south from Bressanone to hike up toward the mountains we see from our porch. We turned off the main road at Tiso & passed through Villnoss (where Reinhold Messner grew up!) & came to the beautiful valley where the resort town of Santa Magdalena sits. The town is almost deserted this time of year & we asked the 2 people we saw about a restaurant. We found a resort restaurant but it looked closed. It turns out they were open, just completely empty.Gasthof Edelweiss. The waitress looked like she had just woken up from a nap & it took her a few minutes for her to warm up to us. She informed us that all they had right now was pasta, omelettes, & wiener schnitzel. We got some of each & finished it all! Wiener schnitzel is a flat piece of breaded pork, not the hotdog we seem to think of. In the Midwest this is what they call a "pork tenderloin." We didn't have any room for dessert so we headed on up the valley for our hike.
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| pasta, omelettes & wiener schnitzel at Gasthof Edelweiss |
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| Cannon with his pasta |
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| the cute napkins with "Edelweiss" |
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| Are we in Austria already? |
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| gymnastics on the front steps |
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| fed & ready for a hike! |
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| Cannon & the mountain peaks beyond |
Day Hike in the Dolomites
I think we only hiked up half the distance we first intended, but we found the perfect mountain pasture with a close up view of the peaks we came to see... |
| looking back down the valley toward Santa Magdalena |
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| trailhead pic |
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| we made it to the pasture! |
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| Avery with a Michael Jordan leap |
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| Kyra soaking up the sun |
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| napping in the pasture |
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| Cannon headed down the hill to explore |
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| Cannon found a pine tree fort! |
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| one last glimpse as we leave the valley |
Water Park in Brixen
We went straight from the hike to the local water park in downtown Bressanone ("Brixen" is the German for "Bressanone"). Our lodging includes the "Brixen Card" which lets us in free to this "Aquarena" which is a couple steps up from the Nampa Rec Center! It has a long water tunnel water slide, a huge fancy hot tub area, access to an outdoor section of the pool & the water is warm... |
| waiting to get into the "Aquarena" |
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| Kyra & Stacia just below the water slide |
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| Cannon on the stairs up to the slide |
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| Cannon coming down the slide |
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| fancy hot tub room |
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| do you really need a picture of us in here, Dad? |
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