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Wed 20.04.2011 - We packed up and headed off for the Dolomites, which is a mountain range in the northern regions of Italy that border Austria. It is unique for its mountain structure and beauty. It also has beaut bike roads and that is what takes us there.
Our initial destination was Pozza Di Fassa and a small, affordable hotel called Hotel Nes Crepes that we found on the net and decided to stay for two days so we could dedicate a full day to riding to Cortina (the heartland of the Dolomite group) and back.
The ride up took us part the way on the Autostrada but when we reached Trento we decided we had had enough of high speed traffic and decided to take the longer, albeit more scenic routes being Route 12 which paralleled the Austostrada northbound and then onto Route 48.
We were suitabley rewarded as some of the photos included will attest. It is such a beautiful part of the world that around every corner is another, "My God, look at that?" photo opportunity awaiting.
This most difficult part of this travel Blog is deciding which photos to EXCLUDE. With the age of the digital camera we work on the theory of take 100 photos to get one good one.
The trouble is there are so many picturesque scenes that this theory does not work here – it seems that take 10 and get one brilliant shot is a better ratio. Anyway, Kerrie is doing a grand job from the back of the moving P-D as most of the photos of scenery we use in the Blog are “on the go” so to speak.
We reached Pozza Di Fassa at about 4.50 pm to find a note on the hotel door saying "back at 4.30 pm" with a phone number underneath.
By 5.10 pm no one had showed so Greg called the number left on the note and was told they would be back in 5 minutes. 30 minutes later they arrived and we checked in to our frigid room. Being an alpine region there is no air con in any room, just piped hot water to warm the rooms which is strictly controlled by management who begrudgingly turn it on to remove the chill and then just as soon turn it off. By the time it went off, never mind, we were tucked up in a warm bed. The next morning, we discovered a nice spread for breaky that could feed six, but we were the only guests. We tucked in!
Our initial destination was Pozza Di Fassa and a small, affordable hotel called Hotel Nes Crepes that we found on the net and decided to stay for two days so we could dedicate a full day to riding to Cortina (the heartland of the Dolomite group) and back.
The ride up took us part the way on the Autostrada but when we reached Trento we decided we had had enough of high speed traffic and decided to take the longer, albeit more scenic routes being Route 12 which paralleled the Austostrada northbound and then onto Route 48.
We were suitabley rewarded as some of the photos included will attest. It is such a beautiful part of the world that around every corner is another, "My God, look at that?" photo opportunity awaiting.
This most difficult part of this travel Blog is deciding which photos to EXCLUDE. With the age of the digital camera we work on the theory of take 100 photos to get one good one.
The trouble is there are so many picturesque scenes that this theory does not work here – it seems that take 10 and get one brilliant shot is a better ratio. Anyway, Kerrie is doing a grand job from the back of the moving P-D as most of the photos of scenery we use in the Blog are “on the go” so to speak.
We reached Pozza Di Fassa at about 4.50 pm to find a note on the hotel door saying "back at 4.30 pm" with a phone number underneath.
By 5.10 pm no one had showed so Greg called the number left on the note and was told they would be back in 5 minutes. 30 minutes later they arrived and we checked in to our frigid room. Being an alpine region there is no air con in any room, just piped hot water to warm the rooms which is strictly controlled by management who begrudgingly turn it on to remove the chill and then just as soon turn it off. By the time it went off, never mind, we were tucked up in a warm bed. The next morning, we discovered a nice spread for breaky that could feed six, but we were the only guests. We tucked in!
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