Dolo-MITE *PART 2* We had a roundabout hike path ti start day 4 to avoid a massive drop-off of elevation right at the huts edge. This plus our final plans for the day made it a long and imposing hike for our group. We happily/luckily met up with Kees and Luuk at a pass about 2 hours in and hiked down together to the next valley which took us out of the wild mountains and back to the tourist…
Dolo-MITE (days 1-3) We started our hiking journey by taking 2 trains, first from Nice, FR to Milan, and secondly from Milan to Brixen (aka Bressanone). Mostly uneventful with a few notes: An exceptional Italian seafood restaurant steps away from our Airbnb in Milan- complete with a hilarious joke cracking Asian waiter. Brixen being a beautiful little hamlet with charming architecture, fountains, and shop fronts in an idyllic riverside valley setting. Brixen disappointing us by having ONLY pizza restaurants,…
France – #Duex June absolutely flew by and Europe was just a few sunsets away! We hightailed it to NYC to spend a day or two with Cousin Danielle and Paul before hopping on the plane. Funny enough, not only were Danielle and Paul on our same flight, but so was my brother, Niko and cousins Natasha, John and baby Christos! We hung out in the lounge for a few hours leading up to the flight and overdosed on Lournadunes….