Moena

the view from our interim hotel window

and from the hotel car park the next day

and from  our week's apartment window

A couple of years ago we stayed in the house that's in the mid distance......one of the very few places we never want to go back to.....we had to keep our bikes in the garage and what was worse was that  there was no hot water after about 10am!!!!!  The hostess was a bit creepy and I didn't like it that she kept my passport for a few days.   There are only 3 places we'd never go back to and the other 2 were more to do with location and mis-represented facilities.

one of the many carved water fountains here in  Moena

strada turchia had many many photo opps

My very own hotel at Predazzo...3 star no less!

came across this on the bike path  near Pradazzo

then I noticed this on the right and I took the bait and turned the handle

turn #1??birthday/month the house was built?

house number??

lady of the house

man of the house..but look closely....ex man of the house??!!

on the way to Canazei

ditto

the Giro was here...the trophy and the pink building tell the tale

Colfosco

In the heart of the dolomiti and where one is definitely at the mercy of the weather and all rides are tough...no nice restful valley rides here.

1st climb of the 4 passes that compromise the Sella Ronda

too many perfect shots...spoilt for choice

climb 2 passo sella

and 3 the pordoi...

the pix from  final climb from Arabba to Passo Campolongo was posted before

the view from our window went from this 

to this

which is when we decided to leave 1 day early as the forecast was dire for the rest of the day

on the drive over we saw this "lady's shopping tour bus" which we thought was a mix of the sublime and the ridiculous

the view from our overnight hotel in Moena..much better weather

and from their carpark