Week-end in Trento

25-26 August

I completely forgot to mention a 2-day visiting and conoeing in Trento...

being splashed under the fountain, Trento

I drove from Turin Saturday morning and reached Trento in the afternoon, when I met with my friends there and had a short visit of the town just before dinner.

The day after, Sunday, we had a canoe trip planned in Val di Non - it was the first time I sat on a canoe and I absolutely loved it! It was one of those sit-on-top kayaks and I teamed up with my friend Paola, who took the pictures while I was paddling. A thoroughly enjoyable day, and certainly an experience to be repeated!

paddling on...

In the afternoon we took the opportunity to visit some sights in Val di Non, like the St. Romedio sanctuary, where they also had a captive bear, the animal that is always represented with the saint. A really sad sight, I must say - I think it’s a totally unnecessary add to the place…

Tortel

Later on we also visited Thun castle and we concluded the day with a typical local dish, the Tortel -fried potato patties-.




I came back to Turin the day after -Monday- driving all along the Lake Garda -some spectacular views- and using the motorway just after arriving in Brescia, where the plains started…
All in all, a great week-end, with good company and good food.

Thanks to all who helped me visit the town and were so kind in putting me up for these 2 days!

[pix on google+]

Massello Valley, Val Germanasca

13 August 2015

Last night Rosie and I stopped for the night in Ghigo, in our Quber, so we could sleep in fresh temperatures...

Waldensian Trail

Today we moved to an adjacent valley, the Vallone di Massello, where we followed a trail up to the Pis waterfall, a fall that freezes and can be climbed in winter. The area is connected with the Waldensian Return in 1689.
The day was great, we thoroughly enjoyed the walk that took us some 3 hrs altogether - the trail went on for 5.4 km return.
The weather has been good as well, even if some clouds started gathering around 2pm.

Rosie

my feet enjoyed a splash in the pool

Other pix on my google+ page - like yesterday I only had my cellphone with me so the pix are quite poor...

13 Lakes, Ghigo di Prali

12 August 2015

my new backpack

Today I tested my new Deuter Puez 32 backpack -
it's quite comfortable, with plenty of room for all essentials and a bit more.
Today we are walking along the valley of the 13 (glacial) lakes, we did quite a comprehensive tour, with a very steep descent, which my knees didn't like that much... anyway, around 7 km in length for some 5 hrs walk.
With us (Rosie and I) were two other friends.
The weather has been good and splashing in one of the lakes where we had stopped for lunch was a real treat for my feet ;-)

lunch-lake

The photos of the day are on my google+ page. Unfortunately I only had my cellphone with me and it shows in the poor quality of the pix...