2nd day became almost too long and we were extremely tired, We also learn the lesson that we need to keep up our walking tempo more faster.
We've stopped almost every refugio for refreshment, and been taking photos every time the scenery changes (Yes! I have a typical Japanese soul) But at least I have amazing photograph that I can remember these magnificent moment, and I saw this absolutely beautiful moon from our accommodation's balcony.
We stayed Munt de sennes refugio. Staff was very nice, nice food, stunning location and we just needed to sleep there!!
3rd day - we needed to walk through the enormously large and quiet filed. The field took us to the large stone/rocky mountain's valleys, we climb down the rocky mountain to get to our next destination, next to the lake.
Walking down the lime stone, rocky track was very difficult and made me feel scared. Small pebble are very slippery and I needed to concentrate on every steps.
Being cautious made my walking speed so slow again, so again it took much longer than we aimed for but after 5 hours walk, we finally came down and had a homemade sausage and vegetable soup at the Refugio.
Finally found the lake. Simply stunning and so rewarding.
What a lucky cows, who lives here.
Walking walking walking..
and a bit lost...
We kept going up and down, magnificent scenery changes every 30min.
and this solid rock track was not fun. not easy.
After the long long rock track climbing, this landscape welcomed us.
Very quiet.
Finally made it...
We nearly missed our dinner!!!
what a long long day. We start walking at 8am, then got to our 2nd Refugio at 6pm.
We stayed at Refugio Prato Piazza at 1st night.
The food, room, staff, everything was so, so...BUT the location was the best!!
absolutely love this area. We got up early to start early walk - but after about 1 hour walk started, we finally realised that one of the track (no.2 Track) we wanted to go through is closed due to the land slide..
We lost about 1.5 hours to realise this.
Then - we took bus to drove down the mountain to get to another road. This took about 1.5 hours. so we end up lost our very important 3 hours of walking time in the morning.
Hiking Start!
But.. our planned track was closed. Very disappointing.
This is the landslide above the No.2 track.
We could hear the continuous rock sliding sounds... Lucky we realised and went back.
After loosing morning 3 hours, we tried to catch up to our plan, so just kept on climbing for about 2 hours. very steep and long climb, and we had a best little rest at refugio. Surprisingly the food is incredibly delicious and not too expensive.
As you might know, I really love Silvia Trkman and the reason why I own border collies is I was influenced by Silvia. Back in 2006, I started watching Youtube videos for University study break and I learned dogs really give me the best relaxation :)
While I was at Uni, I had a goal - "When I graduate from school and got a job, I will have a Border Collie"
I found Silvia's blog and looking at her hiking photos really made me happy! Hiking at amazing European Alpes also became one of my another dream! We can't bring my dogs to Europe, but we did hike where Silvia was hiking with her dogs! Dolomite in Italy!
Here is a photos of Silvia's Dolomite hiking:
http://www.lolabuland.com/2016/07/08/beautiful-dolomites/#
シルビアのファンでずっと彼女をフォローしているのはご存知かもしれませんが、実はボーダーを飼い始めたのもシルビアの影響を受けたからなのです。 2006年、まだオーストラリアに引っ越して来たばかりの当時、大学の試験や課題の勉強で疲れた時に、犬のビデオを見るとかなりリラックスが出来る事が解り、それから随分と色々なビデオを疲れた時に見ていたのですが、そこではまったのがシルビアのサイトと彼女が犬達とアジリティをしたり、ヨーロッパアルプスをハイキングしている写真達。 大学中、卒業して仕事が持てたらボーダーを飼う！という目標があったから、頑張れたのかもしれません。
その目標のもう一つがヨーロッパのアルプスをハイキングする！でした。 随分と実現までに時間がかかりましたが、やっと ハイキングの夢が叶いました。
Day 1: September 12th Monday
This morning, sadly we said good bye to Gabi, her family and Bono and Big Apple, We left the most relaxed and beautiful town Klagenfurt :(
People's life in Klagenfurt really inspired us. We are very happy to found the life that we are going to aim for! Gabi and Robert, and her children and dogs,
You are such a inspiration to us :)
We drove along the Klagenfurt lake, then drove through numbers of old villages with beautiful architecture, there are so many old churches on top of the hill and it was so beautiful to see the historical buildings.
We kept driving between the alps for about 3.5 hours, then finally got to the first Rifugio Prato Piazza. We really wanted to stay next door Rifugio, but it was all booked.
But no matter we couldn't stay where we wanted to stay, the location was absolutely magnificent!!! What a beautiful landscape. The first thing I notice was silence.
In Australia, we always hear birds sounds in the back ground - but there was no sounds at all here. Just you can hear those beautiful cow's bell from far distance and that is absolutely like an ambient music. Melt our hearts.
We did quick walk until the sunset to look around the area and had a early dinner, which was a little disappointing for Refugio's food, We went to sleep early to fill up our energy for our big day out!
9／12 5日間も滞在させてもらったGabiとファミリーに泣く泣くお別れをして、めざすドロミテまでは約 3時半程のドライブ。ドライブの途中 数えきれない程 丘の上の教会や歴史のある街を見る事ができました。 そして山道をぐんぐんのぼって、やっと ドロミテ山脈へ到着。 初めて見る巨大な岩肌 と大自然に圧巻しました。
第一印象は、とにかく静か。 人や車の音、鳥の声、風邪の音、全くの 無音状態。
たまにとおくから落石の音が聞こえる。
牛についたベルがチリンチリンと まるでアンビエントミュージックのように すごく心地よく 遠くで聞こえる。
こんなに心地のいい静けさを経験したのは 産まれて始めてかもしれない。
初日は夕日まで近所の山の景色をすこし探索、期待していた山小屋の夕食はそれほど美味しくなかったので、翌日のハイキングに向けてエネルギー補給のため早めに就寝しました。
