Simon in Dolomites

In 1998 I decided that family Christmases were too DULL, too PAINFUL and generally speaking a BLOODY BAD THING !!

When Page "&" Moy's "Christmas Holidays" brochure dropped on my mat, I saw the chance to combine my love of moutains with my need for a "Christmassy Christmas".  I booked to go to a European mountain region which I did not know; The Dolomites.  We stayed at the community of Fiera del Primiero which is a collection of six hamlets

In the far north of Italy, close to the Austrian border lie the magnificent bare mountain rocks of the Dolomites, so unique in form that the only thing they resemble is The Dolomites.  Much of this area belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1919 and even today there is a wonderful conjoining of Austrian and Italian cultures.

On this Christmas trip, I made my first visit to Bolzano (and went again in Sept 2000).

In September 2000 I stayed at Lake Garda (again with Page "&" Moy) and enjoyed further excursions into this region, including a visit to Bolzano and a trip to see the Marmolata Glacier.

For Christmas 2001 I flew again with Page & Moy, this year staying in The Dolomites at the town of Dobbiaco.  Excursions took us to Bolzano (again), The Dolomites, and Innsbruck amongst others.

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In 2003 I returned again to The Dolomites.  Staying with my sister Biddi at Limone on Lake Garda, I had the chance to take a day excursion to Sass Pordoi.  Two days before our trip the lake had played host to a night long thunderstorm that caused floods next day down in Venice.  But the rain that wet Venice whitened the Dolomites and we had an amazing journey up 28 hairpin bends before stopping to see glorious bright fresh snowfields let by October sunshine.

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Christmas Day 1998 on
St. Martino

The Dolomites near Candini (2001)

Tre Cimes, near Cortina d'Amprezzo (2001)
 

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