Cinque Torri

While trying to prolong our Labor Day trip as long as possible, we took the long way driving home and stopped at a few other interesting spots before leaving the mountains.  One of these was Cinque Torri, a group of five rock towers.  Nowadays, this area is popular for skiing in the winter and hiking and rock climbing in the summer.  During WWI however, this was the site of some harsh battles between the Italian and Austrian troops.  Many of the structures built by the Italian army have been reconstructed into a museum of sorts.  We spent a couple hours walking around, with Donovan lamenting his lack of climbing gear the whole time.  Luckily it's close enough that we can easily come back next summer.

A Weekend in the Mountains

One of these days, I'll get the hang of posting about things in a timely manner and not four weeks later.  

Over the Labor Day weekend we headed north to the Dolomites.  These mountains are a favorite hangout of ours, especially for skiing, but this time we enjoyed the end of summer with some hiking.  The weather was perfect, the views were incredible, and Baby B climbed his first mountain (with momma doing all the work).

It looks deceiving, but I promise mine is apple juice

Weekend in the Dolomites

Spring is in full swing here in the Veneto.  The trees are all in bloom, everything is green, and we're enjoying beautiful, warm weather.  I, for one, am not complaining!  Bring on summer...

This past weekend we took full advantage of the pleasant weather and took my parents up to the Dolomites for a couple days of hiking.  Of course, I'm a little partial to being in the mountains, but these ones are truly incredible.  Definitely some amazing views.

And now we're getting ready for our next expedition...Paris!  We'll be spending four days exploring the city, which will hopefully be adequate time to see all the museums as well as soak in the Parisian atmosphere.  Time to get our culture on!

Ski Weekend

Last weekend we took advantage of an extra day (apparently the Superbowl is a valid reason to get Monday off) and took a little ski vacay.  We headed a couple hours north to Alpe di Suisi in the Dolomites, which is absolutely gorgeous.  The views were incredible and the skiing/snowboarding wasn't so bad either.

And of course no ski day is complete without a hot chocolate break.

For our second day on the slopes we moved a little further down the valley to a different ski area.

Another awesome weekend enjoying this amazing place we live!