The last time we visited Montepulciano, I had some really good pasta with meat sauce, along with a plate of salami and cheese served with honey and jam. I really enjoyed the combination of the salty cheese with the sweet toppings, and it made me quite interested in Tuscan food. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t very good on that trip, so we gave up on exploring more of the area. ...
Yesterday, after finishing our hike, we drove from Bozen to Verona and stayed there for the night. Today, we continued south towards Tuscany. We didn’t really have a detailed plan for Tuscany. We just wanted to drive around, eat good food, see some countryside, and visit a few cities along the way. But even before reaching Tuscany, Verona already felt quite different from Bozen. The way people talked felt more lively and expressive, and the food had changed too. We were no longer eating things like schnitzel. Pizza and pasta had taken over. ...
Yesterday, we saw Rosengarten from a distance while driving to Sassolungo. It looked quite impressive, and since it was also close to our hotel, we decided to go and have a closer look today. The night before, I checked the Carezza website and found that a day pass was only €39. It covered all the lifts in the area, so it seemed like a good deal. There was also free parking at the Welschnofen cable car station. ...
Today we went to Forcella del Sassolungo to try the small cable cars, which are nicknamed “coffin cable cars.” We were staying at a hotel in Nova Levante, so getting there meant quite a lot of driving through the mountains. The road was beautiful, especially on the way to Canazei. I turned on my camera and started recording the winding roads. When we finally reached the top, I thought I had recorded enough, so I turned it off. ...