From Venice we went north to tour Italy's spectacular Dolomites mountain range. A guy from our hotel told us that if it was raining in Venice it will be snowing in The Dolomites and he was right. We were in a small group with a family from Singapore who had never seen snow.
Cortina has now hosted the Winter Olympics twice. We stopped to see the ski jump used in the 1956 Olympics. It looked to be in rough shape and now had a soccer field at its base. Our guide said that today's ski jumpers fly in the air too far to use it.
After warming up with some coffee at a bakery we walked around downtown Cortina. I'm glad I packed a warm coat and hat.
Lake Antorno
A cassette sticker from
Club 103 which plays Contemporary Hit music and is based in Valle di Cadore, Italy. Programming is heard across the Dolomites and the Veneto region. They went on the air in 1976.
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