Our dear friend, Bella (Dolly Goolsby) is on the go again, this time in Italy. She has graciously allowed us to republish her travel blogs. Enjoy!
I am a bit sad today because we had to leave the Dolomites. We had 4 lovely days there. Monday and Tuesday were absolutely wonderful days for hiking. No rain, and the temperature, although a bit cool, made it perfect for hiking. We were in groups of 2, as everyone had their own ideas of what they wanted to do, and that made things easy. Everyone got to do their own thing.
First we took a bus from our hotel to the gondola station at Seiser Alm, and rode the gondola up to Compatsch, a little town at the beginning of the Alpe di Suisi meadow. “Meadow” makes it sound a bit like a cow pasture, but it is actually miles long and wide, with trails and lifts to different areas of the area.
Janis and I took went on a hike that I had done before, but this time we also got to take a chair lift to the top of a mountain, had lunch at Williamshuette, a little refugio. We felt like we were on top of the world. Eveywhere we looked was magnificent. i swear we. Could see 100 miles across the valley, to more mountains. After lunch we took the chair lift back to Saltria, and hiked back to Compatsch.
It was fun to all have dinner together and recount our activities of the day. Although we all did different trails or lifts, we all had a wonderful time. On Tuesday the weather looked threatening, but by the time we finished breakfast, the sun was out, so off we went again.
This time Janis and I took a gondola up to Puflatsch. (Don’t you love these names?) we hiked back down to Compatsch, as the air was so thin up on top, I was having trouble breathing, so we hiked downhill instead. As soon as we got a bit lower, I was fine.
Hiking in the Dolomites was so rewarding: one would have to work at being unhappy. Everywhere we looked was another fantastic vista, or another meadow with wildflowers just starting to bloom. Seeing a dog leading his master along the trail, or seeing fish in a little pond….all these were memorable experiences, and although we were a little tired at the end of the hike, we all felt good about the hikes we took.
Now we are on a train, headed for Lake Como, to the village of Varenna on the lake. That will be another great experience, I know, and in 2 more days, we are going into Switzerland.
I hope you are continuing to enjoy our travels, and I also hope that you will visit these places yourself. If you decide you want to do that, just let me know, and I will probably go with you.
So, ciao for now. Yes, we are back in the part of Italy that speaks Italian. I will write again soon.
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