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Italy / Austria: Cycling turned into GeoCaching

It was raining all night, tent started to leak so we had to wake up. Cold. I left the tent and went into the car, where I checked the temperature outside. 5 degrees only. We quickly decided, that a plan change is needed, since it will be even colder on the high mountain passes, freezing on descends.

First, we changed cycling into geocaching and second, we decided to return home and not to stay one more day. In Camping Sass Dlacia, they were kind enough, that they didn't charge us for one night stay only (they didn't know that, but thanks anyway) and we were on our way back home.

Chapel for Austrian soldiers

Definitely not for shorts

Angie on Valparola Pass, 2168 m

View to Falzarego Pass, 2105 m

View to Monte Pelmo, 3168 m

Wooden art

This church was built by the Alpine soldiers of A.N.A. Group Cortina d' Ampezzo in memory of soldiers of Europe who faced each other here on the frontlines of the Dolomites during WW1. The original chapel, reconstructed here, was part of a village based in these woods behind the Italian frontline consisting of huts, warehouses and accommodation for the infantry and the Alpine troops stationed along the Lagazuoi and Tofane front. Inside the chapel the Italian, Austro-Hungarian and German battalions based in this area are remembered. The church was built in a spirit of peace and remembrance for the suffering of all the soldiers.

Quick stop by the road

View to Cortina d'Ampezzo

 

Sightseeing in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where we also met Angelo Dibona, one of the greatest pioneers of climbing in the Dolomites and also in Slovenia.

Toblacher See - Lago di Dobbiaco

 

Pasta for lunch on Kartitsch Saddle, 1525 m, a high mountain pass in Austria between the Dolomites and the Carnic Alps.

From South Tyrol (Italy) over Austria (Tyrol, Carinthia) back home

GeoCaches found (all received a visit by trackable items "Flieg, kleine Taube, flieg!", TB56WFE, "Max the pug", TB4YBKF and "Geocaching HQ Tag", TB6Y1MV):
- Cappella di guerra-WW1 (Österr. Soldatenfriedhof), GC1E92G, where I left trackable item "The explorer Sara_LV", TB6KRVT
- Dolomites du Père Noël, GC6R9F4, where I took the trackable item ""Tiruppur, India" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug", TB1APP5 and it stayed with me the rest of the day
- Les Dolomites dla Val Badia, GC1W45K
- Urinstein - Dolomitensupercache #2, GC30WVN
- Passi d'Italia #2# Falzarego, GCVBTY
- 086, GC3VE2D
- 5 torri - Parking, GC2EAY3
- Falco, GC4NXWK
- La Polveriera, GC59AQH
- Toblacher See, GC40CEB
- Kartitscher Sattel 1530m, GC67V1E
- JENIG alte B111, GC3MENN
- Ein Kreuz zum Nachdenken, GC39HG0, where I retreived trackable item "Travel Bug BUZI 2", TB7EHXP and with him I visited also the last cache today
- Kärnten Ungeteilt / Carinthia Undevided, GC5C4FM