11/6/26

Ortisei - Val Gardena - Dolomites, Italy

Drove from Lake Garda to Ortisei which is located in the Val Gardena valley of Italy's Dolomites region. Renowned for its historic woodcarving tradition, pedestrianized town center, and several cable cars to access mountain tops and miles of trails

Our hot wheels car 

Hoppy likes driving the (hare) pin curves


Ortisei


Our hotel, Luna Mondschein


Hoppy’s personal photographer




Hairy coos




Charlotte loves my new hair style


Took a drive to visit the Ice Man museum. Ötzi the Iceman is a well-preserved 5,300-year-old natural mummy discovered by hikers in the Alps along the Italian-Austrian border in 1991. Intensive scientific analysis of his body, clothing, and copper axe revealed that he lived during the Copper Age and ultimately died in the mountains after being shot in the back with an arrow

Took a Sunday drive to the village of Bressanone

Travelers tip #42, if you visit a unfamiliar village and see someone in costume, follow them

Travelers tip #43, if you hear music, walk towards it

Almost everyone was speaking German here

Had no idea that the village’s 25th annual brass band festival was in progres





Well is was Sunday


Alpe di Siusi, Europe’s largest alpine meadow. This rolling plateau spans approximately 21 square miles, making it larger than the island of Manhattan







                                                                Riding up to Alpe di Siusi




Next stop Bologna









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