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Eagle Hill, Canada - 21st November 2015
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
We had a bit more snow this week, but today it was quite clear, so we went for a nice walk in the foothills . Well, actually there was a bit more snow than we expected during the first part of the walk, which caused smaug to be a bit grumpy . Anyway, eventually we reached the top of one of my favourite places in Canada, Eagle Hill , where we had a great view of the valley we just followed…
…and of the Bow Valley gap into the Rockies .
As it happens, the wind was pretty much gale force , so smaug was having some trouble keeping us from taking off and after a couple of near misses, we decided that the inside of the backpack was the place to be in these conditions .
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Posted Dec 20, 2015, 3:38 pm
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Trento, Italy - 14th December 2015
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
I’m back in Italy ! This morning we were all still a bit jet-lagged, so time to have a hearty breakfast and I'll figure out what's new later .
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Posted Jan 3, 2016, 2:33 am
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Trento, Italy - 15th December 2015
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
OK, I explained to my guests that we were planning to do some skiing , but not a single flake of snow (or drop of water for what it matters) has appeared around here in almost two months . As a result, skiing, despite a lot of artificial snow been prepared and a good number of runs available, does not sound as great as it normally would , so, to avoid those breakfasts turning us into little barrels , we are doing a bit of hiking instead . Today we went close to town and we soon stumbled in what seemed to be a pit with stone walls.
As it happens, it appears that in the past it was an oven used to make lime that could eventually be turned into quicklime .
After that it was mostly uphill going without any “cultural” excuse for catching our breath , but at last we reached the summit from where we could enjoy great views west ,…
…, north…
…and east.
South looked great too, but the sun is a bit low this time of the year and it was parked just there. So looking south just ended in my guests getting a few burned retinas , after all only eagles can look directly at the sun ...or so they say .
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Posted Jan 3, 2016, 3:19 am
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Trento, Italy - 23rd December 2015
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
Today we went out for another short walk near town . As we were walking in the forest we came by this boulder. As it happens, it is not just a boulder sitting in the forest . Well technically it is , but it is also an erratic boulder, that has nothing to do with the rocks found in this area and that was probably dropped here by a glacier at the end of the last ice age .
Later on we found another interesting item. This was a rain shelter used by shepherds working in this area a long time ago . It looked frightfully uncomfortable, so we decided against waiting for a rain shower to test how waterproof it is .
On the way we found a summit log, despite the fact that we were barely over halfway to the summit (this is a strange trail indeed ). Nevertheless we decided that, of course, we should sign it .
At last we reached the actual summit. There was no summit log here, but we found a lovely spot to rest and enjoy the sunshine while eating a little treat .
Back home in the afternoon we had a surprise: my friends Landroval and Sigfrido had just arrived home for the holidays . As usual, a long night of chatting followed .
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Posted Jan 6, 2016, 3:37 am
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Frankfurt Airport, Germany - 30th December 2015
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
We have quite a long connection in Frankfurt, but luckily we managed to convince smaug to get a few supplies that will help making the wait less boring .
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Posted Jan 18, 2016, 3:06 am
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Calgary, Canada - 1st January 2016
By: smaug
ciao ciao ciao,
Happy New Year !
We are a still bit too tired and jet-lagged to engage in big celebrations, but at least we still have some of the tasty supplies we grabbed yesterday at the airport .
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Posted Jan 24, 2016, 1:15 am
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