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Bolzano AND THE TYROL- German or Italian?
Read more: Bolzano AND THE TYROL- German or Italian?Bolzano was the next stop on my European Alpine adventure. Bolzano is a province in the South Tyrol region, located on the northern most tip of Italy. Bolzano is also the gateway to the Dolomites, some of the most stunning mountain ranges and glacial lakes in the world. Admittedly, I didn’t know much about this…
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Monza, but not for Formula 1.
Read more: Monza, but not for Formula 1.A short stop in Monza on the way to Bolzano. Not here for Forumla 1 racing, but the scream of Formula 1 cars was audible even a mile from the famed racetrack. Monza is located in the Lombardy region; it has a rich cultural history, along with obvious prosperity. (You may recall from history that…
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Limelight on Lugano
Read more: Limelight on LuganoI spent just two full days in Lugano, a city in southern Switzerland’s Italian-speaking Ticino region. Though Swiss, Lugano seems as Italian as it is Swiss, and maybe more. Lugano rests on the northern most shore of Lake Lugano. A glacial lake, Lugano has green and olive hues, that sparkle like Venetian glass, as dark…
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Exploring Lago di Carezza and the Dolomites: A Hiker’s Paradise
Read more: Exploring Lago di Carezza and the Dolomites: A Hiker’s ParadiseToday I was fortunate enough to be able to hike part of the Dolomites. On the way to the trailhead, I made a quick stop at Lago di Carezza, a small alpine lake in the South Tyrol region. The emerald water of Carezza, a spring fed lake, sparkles with flecks of rainbow and is framed…
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Wine and Rice
Read more: Wine and RiceArrived in Lugano, Switzerland, Wednesday. On the way, stopped in Gattinara, home to Travaglini, an award winning wine-maker, in Italy’s Piedmont region. Travaglini is famous for its Gattinara wines (made from hand-picked Nebbiolo grapes) and also for the atypical shape of its sediment trapping bottles. Some of its wines are designated DOCG, requiring at least…
