Quick Update

Hi all, I am just writing quickly to let you know what we have been up to. Monday was mostly spent traveling from Monterosso to Ortesei. It took a long time. We had a short time to sit on the beach in Monterosso before traveling and then a little time to see the Alpine city of Ortesei once we arrive. Tuesday we did some excellent hiking and that took most of the day. Today (Wed), we hiked a little more, then took a bus down to Bolzano and spent a few hours. We then took a train to Firenze (Florence) that was scheduled for 2.5 hours, but took 5 due to inclement weather in the mountains. We had wonderful pizza tonight and must wake early tomorrow to see a couple museums (my conference starts in the afternoon). I will elaborate on the Dolomites in a later post. Auf Wiedersehen (I was able to use some of my Deutsch from high school in the Dolomites)! Now for some Italian - Bueno Noche!