Sunday, our first ski day in Italy

Let me back up just a bit as I didn’t blog yesterday. We ( Ellen, Pam, Maureen, Rob & I ) started our day with a 4 mile walk through the streets of Venice. While no one would admit we were ever lost in this city, it sure felt like it at times. We stopped for our morning cappuccino & croissant and eventually found our way back to our hotel. With Jim joining us we walked around a bit more and eventually made our way to the airport via the waterbus. 

We met our group at the airport and by 4:30 we were on our way to the town of Modena, in the Dolomites. After dinner the group got together for introductions and a briefing on details for the week. 

Our drive to Moena 

This morning we woke to a beautiful blue sky day. Once again, thanks to Jim, Maureen & Rob our day was planned and we caught a ski bus to an area called Alpe Lusia. The skiing here is challenging as all of the snow is man made and so while we’re not skiing on ice , the packed powder has an icy feel to it and is crazy fast! Rob clocked in at 44 mph 😳, and I suspect I had to be doing at least half that speed! But at least we could see the runs, and it was not terribly crowded. After 3 hours I called it a day and took the Gondola down. Rob, Maureen & Pam did a couple more runs before meeting me at the bottom. 

Bus ride this morning, as you can see it is pretty brown 😔
But the mountain top views are spectacular 






The view from our room tonight 😍



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