Italy #14
What a fabulous day we had!!! We went down to the next town by bus then rode the gondola up the Compatch which is a small village on the edge of Alpe di Siusi. This is a huge alpine meadow that would take days and days to hike everywhere. We were taking pictures constantly. The meadows were yellow with flowers -- numerous varieties -- with a few blue and purple ones. Eleanor managed to find the way to a hotel Alysson had stayed in two years ago when she was training with the Canadian team. Neat place way off the beaten path. We had lunch there -- goulash, cappacino and apple strudel. We had a tour of the rooms. It would be quite reasonable to stay there this time of year. A big room with a view was E90 per person and included breakfast and three courses at supper. Also can get a mountain bike to use. We are paying less down here but costs us a lot to go up each day plus have to pay for supper.
After we had our lunch we followed a lovely trail to a refugio where we ate again! And it was only 15 minutes down the trail. And we could still see our lunch spot! But we were sensible and had yogurt and fruit. The yogurt was homemade(delicious) and the fruit fresh with quite a variety. Amazing as in the last two hotels the only fruit we get is canned fruit cocktail!
We had few drops of rain but generally the day was sunny. On our way down the mountain on the bus it poured then while we were eating supper a big thunderstorm rolled through. Supper was venison -- delicious.
The sky has cleared so we enjoyed an evening walk through the village.
Neat things: To boil our eggs for breakfast we put them in little baskets suspended in a tank of boiling water. There was a timer to set. Eleanor was shown how to use a slicer for her whole tomato at the salad buffet tonite. I finally found the buns I remembered from Austria so many years ago. They are soft instead of those hard things down south. I may have mentioned before that E and I haven't enjoyed the bread very much -- quite dry. It's good here -- some nice browns as well.
Found out today that we had been upgraded! That's why our room is so nice. Our balcony is twice the size of some of the others. Anne and Karen -- you would have loved these rooms!!!
The amount of English spoken around here is quite small. Mostly German.