Italy #13
Today we had an uneventful trip by a fairly high speed train to Bolzano then transferred to a bus. Had 0 minutes to spare! Wait time would have been 30 minutes so no problem if we missed it. Interesting thing here -- we open up the bottom of the bus and put our own bags on and off. As we got near the mountains on the train the whole feel of the country changed. We went from Italy to ``Austria``. The views from the bus as we travelled up to Castelrotto were stunning. It was a 50 minute trip of constant jaw dropping views. We got here at 2 then tried to find something to eat. Everything was closed it seemed. Finally found a nice place where we had coffee and dessert. Eleanor was very sensible and had yogurt and fruit. I had some sort of torte. We later went for an early supper so we could spend the evening walking. (Also had nothing to eat since breakfast except for the snack). I had an appetizer (spaetzle with mushrooms and ham) which was big enough for a full meal. How would anyone eat that and dinner. With a salad it was plenty.Eleanor had pork and salad. Good German food. Hear lots of German spoken as well.
Our room is amazing. We have two rooms each with a king size bed! It`s done the Austrian way with a comforter and no top sheet. We have a sitting area inside plus a nice sized balcony. All this for E41 per nite each. This includes breakfast.
Alysson -- thank you, thank you for telling your mother that we had to come here. Already our bruised souls from three days in Florence are healing.(A bit dramatic.) This is our kind of world.
The town is Tyrolian with some of the Dolamites above. Wonderful picture taking opportunities this evening with the good light.
Happy Birthday Shannon. Will be late as I don't plan on getting on the internet until tomorrow nite.