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Italy Trip- Days 9-13- The Dolomites- Part 1

Italy Trip- Days 9-13- The Dolomites- Part 1

I’ll confess right now. The Dolomites are my favorite place I’ve ever been in Europe. I don’t mean the best memories, nor the place I’ll even remember the most. The Dolomites, and specifically Ceves, in Apartment Sassun, where we made our home for four nights, felt like coming home to me.

Buds would randomly glance at me, then burst into laughter at the sheer relaxed bliss on my face. This orderly, clutter-free, flower-covered, stunningly beautiful place…this was my home in some primal way. I know I said last year that I wanted to retire on the Dingle Peninsula and sell ice cream from a food cart. In addition, I want to return to Tschofas-Ceves to hike around all these mountains with Buddie year after year.

First, the apartment tour:

Our apartment balcony, the flowered one on the left.
Our apartment balcony, the flowered one on the left.
The front of the apartment.
The front of the apartment.
The dining table w/benches
The dining table w/benches
The bathroom to the right of the front door.
The bathroom to the right of the front door.
The built-ins under the window.
The built-ins under the window.
The incredibly clever kitchen with perfect spaces for everything.
The incredibly clever kitchen with perfect spaces for everything.
Opposite the built-in cupboards. This is the fold-out couch Buds and I slept on.
Opposite the built-in cupboards. This is the fold-out couch Buds and I slept on.
Note the little steps on the right that lead up to the loft where Buster and Monkey slept. Yessa's bed was tucked under their loft.
Note the little steps on the right that lead up to the loft where Buster and Monkey slept. Yessa’s bed was tucked under their loft.
The peeled log that served as footstool, table, and seat.
The peeled log that served as footstool, table, and seat.
One of the clever built-in displays above the dining room table.
One of the clever built-in displays above the dining room table.

One of the views from our balcony:

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The view out the windows in the kitchen/dining room/bedroom.
The view out the windows in the kitchen/dining room/bedroom.

We truly lived among the clouds for these days. Even the rainy, misty days were amazing.

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Buds and I took a hike on our first morning, and discovered the higher you go, the more amazing it gets.

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It was a little chilly when we started out.
It was a little chilly when we started out.

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Getting a little handstand practice in.
Getting a little handstand practice in.
The view from the Gspoi-Hof- apartments up the road from our apartment.
The view from the Gspoi-Hof- apartments up the road from our apartment.

The Gspoi-Hof apartments, they had goats and chickens and ping-pong. Yessa would have loved staying here, too.

We found a grocery store down the road in Laion/Lajon. I took photos of the view from the grocery store, because they were amazing, too! (I’ll add them after we get home when I can do so.)

This area of Italy is the South Tyrol region. Though in Italy, German is the language spoken here.You can read why this is the case: South Tyrol.

The Dolomites were Buddie’s best shot at having Wiener Schnitzel, so we headed down to a hotel in Laion which had an authentic German restaurant. The Gasthof zur Sonne in Laion is a historic inn with a centuries-old buildings. Not only did we have fantastic food here, but another patron was providing German music which included an accordion and yodeling! (Yes, yodeling.)

Yodeling here.

Buds has had a vision of offering the children a “typical” experience in each place we visit, and this entire part of the trip did that perfectly.

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