6/16/24
Beck Family Vacation: Italy! Day Eight in the Dolomites/Alps/Auronzo, Italy. Today is Father’s Day and the girls made a special breakfast of scrambled eggs with black truffles, fruit and pastries!
We also gave Sullivan Father’s Day cards and gifts.
Then we held a little family church of sorts with spiritual thoughts and scriptures. It was a beautiful day so we headed out and enjoyed several different excursions. First we walked to the Santuario Romano Del Monte Calvario, an outdoor memorial garden walk less than a mile from our Airbnb. There were crosses along the trail with depictions of Jesus:
The wildflowers were everywhere!
The slugs here are different:
The top of the climb:
Beautiful views at the top:
The wildflowers were so pretty!!
Look at the flower she blew floating over her head:
After the sanctuary we drove to Monte Tudaio, a mountain with World War II relics and bunkers:
It was quite a climb up to the bunkers:
A WWII Bunker:
We were able to go inside and explore the bunkers:
European cave spider:
A stationary bicycle!:
We had the whole place to ourselves:
It was a pretty walk back:
Then we drove to an Archaeological Naturalistic Park that had a beautiful lake:
A great place to relax!:
Finally we drove another 10 minutes to the Tibetan Suspension Bridge.
There was quite a walk to get to it:
Mom loves bridges!
Waterfalls below the bridge:
A little side trail:
One last walk over the bridge:
It was a beautiful and very enjoyable last day in the Alps:
Tomorrow we drive back to Verona and prepare for two full days of travel back to the states.