Thursday, May 17, 2018

The Dolomites

We had a fabulous morning celebrating Stinkerbell's first communion on Thursday.  But let's be honest, we had no family in town, we do not speak enough German to enjoy the party they threw for us and it was a 4 day weekend.  We had places to go.  A few weeks before we knew exacly when Stinkerbell's communion would be we decided that we needed to get out and enjoy the Alps.  I looked all over for where we should go and found this great little town just across the Austrian border in Italy.  I snapped up on of the last rooms, called my friend M and asked if she and her family would like to join us and we had a plan.  So,we didn't stick around for long after the communion ceremony was over.  Don't get me wrong, we said our thank you's to everyone involved and took a few group snapshots but as soon as things broke up we hit the road.  We had a few days of hiking and camaraderie ahead of us in Italy that we were really looking forward to.
A few hours after leaving Munich, we were greeted by this view from our hotel room balcony...

Not too shabby!

The next morning the kids were all up bright and early in anticipation of a fun-filled day in the mountains.  We (and by we I mean M) asked about the best things to do in the area.  This is on top of the person he asked the night before about the best things to do in the area.  I jest, but thankfully he did because our plans changed a slight bit and we ended up heading out to a different location for the morning.  


The kids love hanging out together!  S and N are American/Italian/Swiss friends of ours from school.

The first thing we stumbled upon was this gorgeous church.  With its creepy Jesus inside...We kept moving...




And for the rest of the afternoon, we enjoyed the scenery, each others company, and gorgeous sunshine.  It truly could not have been more pleasant in any way...well, maybe if my girls would have stopped arguing with each other but I don't expect that to change for the next 10 years or so...





We made it to the restaurant on top of the mountain and were happy to rest, have some local dishes and work our way back down again for some pool time and dinner.


Of course, I also had to stop and take a picture of the church on the hill in the middle of nowhere...

And we also partook in the free afternoon bubbles provided back at the hotel.  We worked hard for that glass and we would do it again the next day!























































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