We grabbed a cappuccino and a croissant in the hotel and headed out. We visited the nearby testing center. They advertise a 24 hour result PCR test. Ahhhh… closed. We walked nearly an hour through a pretty unattractive section of Napoli. We finally arrived at the front of the train station facing the Galleria Garibaldi. …
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Third time is the charm.
Third visit to Napoli and FINALLY had some great pizza. Un Posto al Sole (a place in the sun) in the Centro district. Short walk from the hotel. Two pies falling over the edges of 12″ plates, two LARGE beers, 20 euros. What a deal.
Why can’t we have nice things?
I am traveling by train 450 miles from Venice Mestre to Napoli Centrale. Averaging 90 miles an hour, (max I noticed was 160mph) comfortable seat. Lots of legroom. Vending machines. Free WiFi. Power outlets. No TSA. No fee for 2nd bag. Carry my bags on and off. I like trains. Wish we had them in …
Dec 29th. Where’s Waldo?
Kathy and I checked out of Hotel ChristiAnia and caught the Dolomite Express bus to Cortina. Than a second Dolomites Express bus to the Venice Mestre Stazione. Venice Mestre is a mainland borough of Venice. We have booked tickets on a 10am train to Naples tomorrow. It’s a 5 hour train ride. About 450 miles. …
Dec-28th Last ski day in Alta Badia.
We met Filippo at 8:30. He had arranged a taxi to take us to Cortina about an hour over a pass. We came through there on or way up to La Villa a week ago. We arrived at a lift in Cortina. Crazy ski area parking lot action. Crazy million-kids-on-school-vacation-taking-ski-lessons lift line. We rode a …
Sella Ronda Postscript
If we didn’t have a guide, we would not have completed the circuit. At a minimum we would have definitely gotten lost skiing through Val Gardena. The trails are all wide and groomed, BUT… some are pretty steep. Only for advanced skiers I think. It’s a workout. Of course everything is relative. But for this …
Sella Ronda. (Now with photos!)
Today we skied the Sella Ronda. It wasn’t what I expected. I had this quaint vision of a cone shaped mountain with a spiral ski trail winding it’s way top to bottom. What it rally is is a series of lifts and pistes which if taken in the right order lead one around a group …
Dec 26th. Skiing without a guide!
Yesterday was a quiet day of rest. We did take a long walk through this pretty village. Today, we set out to try to ski to the Val Gardena. We weren’t sure which lifts and pistes we needed to take, but there are a ton of “this way to..” signs. We followed signs to Corvara, …
2nd day of skiing out of La Villa. More scenic than last post…
2nd day skiing out of La Villa. 24 lifts.
It’s making a little more sense. It’s like a huge ski area with many base villages (Except these villages are really villages). All interconnected with lifts of various kinds. Today we noted each lift and actually knew where we were some of the time. So 24 lifts, 20? runs. (Some of the lifts were just …
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