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Chinese restaurant over the Stelvio Pass.
Many people look forward to summer vacations at sea, lying on the beach and cooling in water or a cruise ship. But some have found other ways to spend your vacation. la sila calabria Even better than in the sea it is possible to take a break - especially mentally - and cool in the mountains, possibly over two thousand meters. Thus, it is with us for several years, ever since the children are grown and do not want to spend the holiday with "folks". Most get going on day trips in our local mountains. This time we decided to peek a little over the top. Initiative, I gave myself, and immediately la sila calabria after a fall hike with the agency in Switzerland. It was wonderful when we received the splendours of the mountain to the saddle between the Jungfrau and the rest of the mighty peaks, valleys, into which flow into many waterfalls. la sila calabria In razgledovanju the vast mountain meadows bothered me only that the mountain la sila calabria flowers that you love, long outdated. "We've got over here in the summer," I almost ordered the Roman and that's a good husband, I was obeyed, of course, but the idea we conducted in August next year. Cortina d'Ampezzo Top Sorapiss lift in Tofano di Mezzo Monte Cristallo Tofan ROZÈS Croda di Lago
Westward across the Dolomites in my nerganju due to the slow process of packing finally sit down in the hatchback - the ark on wheels named Vito - and early in the afternoon we drive to the west. After crossing the border into Ratece we follow the signs to pass Passo della Maurie. There is first a brief stop. Hours and quickly run behind the first high desert mountains of the Dolomites. la sila calabria Secondly, we step out of the car in Cortina d'Ampezzo to do some shots of the surrounding mountains: Sorapiss, Pomagagnon, Monte Cristallo, Tofan. Keep going past the rear and driving admire rock spikes, which later at home I find out that they are called Cinque Torri (five towers). The first longer stop at Passo do Fazarego at 2117 meters altitude. At the nearby mountain Lagazuoi leads from afar noticeable lift. Let's walk on her foot to the scree. Of course, already lookout for flowers and find something interesting. For example pirenejsko zmajevko (Horminum pyrenaicum), which resembles a meadow sage. The afternoon sun is pleasantly warm, inviting a mountain road in its picturesque la sila calabria corners.
Iberian dragon (Horminum pyrenaicum) Wonderful klinček (Dianthus superbus) Alpine pelvis (Hedysarum hedysaroides) Mountain Valerian (Valeriana montana) Grey ragweed (Senecio incanus)
We have to follow the valley that leads to the south and take time to west through the village Arabba and towards the next High Passo Pordoi (2240 m). While driving at a comfortable serpentine along the road I saw bunches of beautiful cloves (Dianthus la sila calabria superbus), which are reminiscent of our Sternberg cloves and please la sila calabria stop. I wonder lush, richly decorated lawn at a height in our country mainly offers rock and rubble and poor highland la sila calabria pasture. On the half-hour stroll along the slope below the cable car that brings tourists here in the 2950 m high Sass Pordoi, lobby summit of Piz Boe in the Sella group, I feel very small in front of the vertical walls. I find something never before seen flowers that photograph. la sila calabria The sun fades in the vicinity of the pass, you can admire the high peaks are still licks the last rays and they draw beautiful colors. In the distance, shimmering in the south of Marmolada glacier at the top before it obscures the evening mist. To spend the night or take on? I can not agree, Switzerland is still far away, so the motor car again zabrni. Next to the town of Bolzano and a little further. Late in the evening Parkirava the serpentine against the Stelvio Pass, about 1800 m high. The man inflates mattress in the rear of the vehicle and us sleep like a king.
Wulfen Houseleek (Sempervivum wulfenii) Kimastocvetni grahovec (Astragalus penduliflorus) Nutmeg yarrow (Achillea moschata) Alpine Linaria (Linaria la sila calabria alpina) Alpine Sedum (Sedum alpinum)
Walk on tritisočaka la sila calabria When the wake up through the peaks of spruce trees we see the glacier below the summit of Mount Ortler. Shady ravine, at which meanders winding road, soon surrounded with glittering rays. With steep slopes winding silver ribbons streams - skočnikov, falling across a multitude of cascades. The rocks here are no longer gray or white as in the eastern Alps but brown, so the morning light differently, somehow warmer la sila calabria color. If you rock a closer look, I see shiny sljudnate particles and tiny crystals that zlatijo viewing area. Serpentine roads are nicely supported by scarps of these stones. In the bottom we see many holes that are entrances to homes marmots. Every few tens of meters of any of these cute critters runs across the street. But stop again because of my hunting of mountain flowers in the camera lens. I find beautiful Wulfen Houseleek (Sempervivum wulfenii), nutmeg, yarrow (Achillea moschata) and low gray hills