NORTH ITALY on Motorcycle:-Day 3 23.08.2017

NORTH ITALY on Motorcycle:-Day 3 : 23.08.2017 Wednesday
           212 km

I woke up at 07:30 and went down for breakfast. The check-out time is 11:00 o'clock.

Right after the breakfast, around 09:00 I started to walk heading Archaeological Museum of Bolzano. There is the section for  Ötzi which is the mummy of the man found in 1998 on the Ötztaler Alps. I had read about this discovery ten or fifteen years ago. I want to see now him in the museum.

When I reached to the Ötzi Museum I learnt that the museum opens at 10:00. I started to walk in the city. I took some pictures of the town. 

Piazza Erbe/Obstplatz

Houses at the Sparkassenstrasse

Corner of the Obstplatz and Via della Roggia

When I came back to the Museum around 09:40 there was a queue at the entrance. The museum has been opened at 10:00 punctually and I was in the second group of visitors and I bought my ticket (9.-Euro).

I went directly to the first floor where the Ötzi was showed in a protected and conditioned room. The visitors could only look through small window. Inside is the mummy of Ötzi.

Ötzi said to be 150-160 cm tall and should be weighing 50-60 kg. Then I looked around and watched different primitive tools and clothing of Ötzi.

Then I came down to the Museum Shop and bought some gifts for my son Omer and some friends. I left the Museum around 10:45 and walked directly to my Hotel Post. At 11:00 I came to my room and packed all my stuff and went down for check-out. I paid 106.-Euro and I departed at 11:15 from the Hotel.

My route is in the direction of Klausen but without using the high way. My aim is to ride among the Dolomites today. The east part of Bolzano is mainly famous with Dolomite Mountains.

Langkofel (?)

Sellagroup 

 About 40 kms just before Klausen the road made a right turn and I passed through St. Ulrich and Wolkenstein and then I rode through Sellagr. The sky is again blue and open and the temperature is around 25-27 deg C. It is wonderful to ride under these conditions. There are a lot of people who are wandering and walking around. Elder people do have their trekking sticks and there are also many people in the bars and cafe shops.

View from Grödner Pass

View from the Frara Berghaus:- Grödnerpass

View from the Frara Berghaus:- Grödnerpass

I passed first Gardena Pass (2,137 m) and a few kms later the Campolongo  Pass (1,878m). At the Campolongo Pass, on the top there is a restaurant with a view over Dolomites. I sat there and took a Cappucino. I met a lady from USA and we chat a little bit.

At the bottom of the Campolongo there is the town Arabba. Right in the middle at the round about there is a restaurant called Al Tablé. I ate casunziei di spinaci and took a Warsteiner beer.I paid 15.- Euro and left the restaurant around 15:00 o'clock. It is a very slow restaurant I would not recommend ! Sloth like people are working there.

I took the route to Cortina d'Ampezzo. I passed the Valparola Joch (2,199 m) and Falzaregopass (2,105 m). I bought fuel in Cortina (31.61 Euro). I did not stop in Cortina because there was some more way to do. Around 16:15 I sat in a café at the side of the road. The café is called "Drei Zinnen". I bought a Coffee and a bottle of water and sat at the table and watched the Drei Zinnen.

Drei Zinnen looking from Bar Tre Cime Landro-Höhlenstein

View from Bar Drei Zinnen

This road took me to the main street which connects Italy to Austria. When I passed the town Dobbiaco (with the German name Toblach) the traffic on the road got heavier in the opposite direction. It was not a problem for me because I left the main road to the right in the direction of Sesto. After a while I rode on the Kreuzbergpass (1,638 m). The panorama on both sides of the road is wonderful. Full nature and nice villages. After riding on the Passo di Zavo  (1,482 m). I passed the towns Padola and Auronzo and a few lakes. I can suggest this road to every motor rider. It is fantastic between Sexten and Auronzo. I reached to Calalzo di Cadore and found the Hotel Ferrovia to overnight. 

Walking around the Hotel Ferrovia :- View over Calalzo di Cadore

Walking to the town center of Calalzo di Cadore

The Hotel is located at the side of the main street. There is some noise coming from the road. Rooms are also not well cared. After some time in the room I went out and walked around the Hotel. 

Then I decided to walk up to the town center. I climbed approx. 20-25 minutes to the town center Calalzo. There is a pizzeria called "El Gringo". I sat there and ordered a capricciosa pizza and a glass of red wine. I left the restaurant at 20:30 and walked to the town center again. There was a town party in the open air in front of the Municipality Building. A platform and Music boxes had been installed and a small orchestra was playing. Some of the people were dancing on the street in front of the orchestra. The people were taking dance very seriously and were all good. I watched them some time and then I walked to the Wine Shop called "Betola all 'oca bianca". The lady recommended me red wine and I took what she offered. I sat there for half an hour (two glasses of wine 9.20 Euro) and then I started to walk down to my Hotel.

Just before departing from the Hotel Ferrovia:- Ready to go.

It was around 23:00 when I went to my room.