The Dolomites

I have always wanted to see the Dolomites, a mountain range in northern Italy.

When Trevor and Sandy and I went to Italy in 2007, we saw the Tuscan region in the northwestish, but the Dolomites are in the northeast. My Nono took his family, including my mom, there when she was 16.  They arrived in Italy by boat.  I wonder if Shawn and Annabeth would have traveled well by boat...

Even though we only saw them through the car window, the Dolomites did not disappoint.  The vineyards on the hills were particularly colourful.

If in danger, go straight up into the hills and get yourself a bottle of good Italian wine.

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As we drove, and as nighttime fell, the mountains became rockier, darker, more like the ranges we had passed through in Austria.  



I love the ominous sky and the lone village in the mountain.

We stopped to get gasoline and coffee.  I found that my language skills popped right back into the forefront of my tired and taxed brain as though I had never left the country.  I was quite proud of myself to have a conversation with the old men at the coffee counter, and to keep the gas attendant from filling up our car and overcharging us for it when we were clearly in the self-serve lane.  You never can trust those Italians, but they sure are beautiful to listen to!