October 3, 2011

Italy 2011

London
Sarah, Chris and Glen (our hosts!)
A very special moment at the IFRS building


Mystery lady and Sarah
Very first stop in London
Highlight of the trip

Italy 2011, Sept 9 - 28. Great trip once again. London for 2.5 days with Chris and Glen. That places is crazy ! Lots of people, everywhere we went. We saw the show "Stomp" in a crazy old theater. Then off to Dolomiti, Santa Croce, Palauro, Valbruna, Kobarid for the Italian portion. Chris and Glen joined us for a bit of Italy also. Even hit a beach in Croatia for the day. Pictures aren't really in any order. (sorry)
Bike ride around Sella Rhonda. This was the only day when the weather wasn't perfect.
Passo Gardena ( I think)
Hardly any rain, thank goodness I got an early start.
I finished just when the rain started coming down, big time. 2 hours and 50 minutes to complete the loop, with my stops. Suffering.

Special statue to Simoni, Passo Pordoi, I think

Usually everything in Europe is small, but not this pepper shaker that Glen tests out. Very serious.....

"I'm gonna put pepper in Ratz's TEA !

Across into Slovenia near Passo Predil


Passo Predil area

Kobarid WWI museum

Predjama Castle in Slovenia

Slovenia castle time
Talking to the priest

Going into the cave underneath the castle with the tour guide

In the cave

World War I museum and fort near Cortina

Fantastic lunch
The Fiat

The Ford, Ancka let us use for the trip, THANKS Ancka

Our hosts Stojan and Ancka

Anja and Stojan

A little hiking up near Palauro

Helping with the harvest of potatoes

Testing the quatro malt beer.

Davo gets a kiss from Sarah in La Giostra. This place has the best beer in the entire world. We look forward to him opening a bar with real beer in Vail.

Sarah, Chris and David

Luggage carts in Rome. I could barely get my back-pack in it but very fashionable.

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