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August - September 2024
  • Shellie Phillips
Celebrating 60 years of JD-a new wine region, Italian lakes, Dolomites hut to hut hiking and via ferratas. Weiterlesen
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    Vancouver BC to Venice

    25. August 2024 in Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

    Our amazing driver zipped us up to the airport. Again impressed with the kindness of every employee at this airport…including the TSA. We love YVR…and Dawson! Accessing the premium lounge included in our new credit card:) Ciao!Weiterlesen

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    The Dolomites from the plane-hiking there soon
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    Verona

    26.–27. Aug. 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    We made it! Really smooth travel day. Picked up our car, a tiny Fiat, and headed out becoming reacquainted with Italian driving. It’s aggressive and lanes are just suggestions. Our hotel tonight is in old town Verona, a beautiful lantern lit city. It’s hot! Thankful for an air conditioned room. Had a lovely dinner and then a walk to see Juliet’s balcony (alleged:). It’s almost 10 pm here so ready to call it a great first day.Weiterlesen

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    Verona to Lake Orta San Julio

    27.–28. Aug. 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F

    Maybe the best first nights’ sleep traveling to Europe. Our room was quiet, cool, and the bed very comfortable! Out for a morning stroll through Verona trying to beat the heat. Beautiful! Breakfast served in our room, climbed a hill for one last view then headed west. Drove through a very industrial area dotted by wine grapes and gorgeous villages off of the highway. Made it to Stresa, a town on Lake Maggiore. Beautiful. JD went for a swim after lunch and we headed to Orta San Guilo where we are staying. Stunning mountain lake with a an island sanctuary in the middle of it. Checked in and walked through town (so hot, but cooler than Verona!) Decided to paddle board out to the island and swim to cool off.
    I was thinking I wouldn’t fall so kept my lightweight dress on. Famous last thoughts. The water was so refreshing:) Explored the island and just as God does, it was filled with signs encouraging silence and stillness. (Galene!!) We floated for a while on our boards looking at majestic peaks in the distance that we think are Swiss. Watched the sunset, visited a small church, pizza and charcuterie board in a lovely terrace restaurant. Va bene    Weiterlesen

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    Lago di Orta to Barbaresco

    28. Aug.–1. Sept. 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F

    We enjoyed a beautiful breakfast on the terrace of our hotel, overlooking the lake. We drove windy mountainous roads that made us thankful we didn’t have any passengers in the back seat (cough, Davis and Dawson:) Explored a castle, took a few wrong turns, picked up some groceries and made it to our gorgeous place in the middle of Nebbiolo grapes. Our hosts own and run a winery. We will have a tour and tasting tomorrow with Marco the winemaker. We spent the afternoon swimming in the infinity pool overlooking dramatic castle topped hills filled with vines and hazelnut trees. JD is currently sitting on our terrace drawing, using the kit Dawson bought him for Christmas. We all know what a miracle that is. I’m finishing a book and then we are headed into Alba for dinner and to look into renting E-bikes in the next few days.Weiterlesen

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    Barbaresco
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    Barbaresco Day 2

    29. August 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F

    Only vacation JD…I was awake at 6 quietly read. He slept til 7:30:) We went for a walk through the vineyards then back and made breakfast. Off to explore local villages-Barbaresco, Neive (our fave), Alba, La Morra, Barolo where we had a glass of local white-Arneis. Very nice. Back to our place to wine taste with Marco the winemaker. We were in their tasting room for an hour and a half learning all about the area, the grapes, the process. It was incredible. Headed to the pool just outside of the cellar and swam, talking to Marco’s mom Anna and sister Marta. They made reservations for us for dinner tonight and helped plan our next few days:) Love those two! FaceTimed Hannah and got to see the boys, though Burkey was sick:(😢Fun to see Stetson figure out who we were and respond to us. ❤️We just walked four houses down the road and had the most amazing meal. Hot days make for the best evenings to eat outside and walk. Thankful .Weiterlesen

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    1Different vegetation!Hazelnut tour-coffee, spreads, amazing familyMarco's hazelnutsLunch!1Barolo with La Morra aboveMontforte

    Barbaresco Day 3

    30. August 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

    A reminder this morning that vacation does not mean a trouble free time. I’ve been in constant prayer for a dear friend of mine who is in ICU at Harborview. Woke to an email from our water association that we have a HUGE (their words) leak somewhere on our property. Thankful for Davis who is at our place for a wedding this weekend so he is helping to troubleshoot. And thankful for my friend’s amazing life.
    After some phone calls and work on the water leak this am, we had breakfast on the terrace, and headed out to explore the upper Langhe. Last night, after sharing with our hosts our plan for today, they questioned why we were going where we had planned and offered a different itinerary. So happy we listened! We explored Treiso, Borgomale, a darling village decorated with children’s art explaining the legends around their town castle—Nella and her tragic imprisonment. A couple of towns we were in today reminded us of Onati where Fran’s sister Sheila lives. Other villages were Cortemilia, Cravanzana where we met the delightful Marco who is producing and selling hazelnuts/products so proudly with his wife, sons, and daughter in law. Marco opened his doors when they were closed for lunch and treated us to a first class tour and tasting. We fell in love with him. And need to now eat a lot of hazelnut products before we get on the plane:) To Serravalle for lunch overlooking the valley and mountains.
    At our lunch I ate a salad with maybe more honey in the dressing than is good for me:/ ended up resting in the shade at a children’s park in Montforte while JD hiked up the hill to explore. We definitely don’t recommend travel to this region in August. 95 degrees today. Home to immediately get in the pool where we read, rested and guided Davis through water shut off. Anna, the matriarch of the family we are with, recommended a pizzeria for us and it was wonderful.    Weiterlesen

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    View from our bathroom!
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    Barbaresco Day 4

    31. August 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F

    An early morning walk through La Vedetta’s vines and hazelnut groves. Breakfast on the terrace then off to the mountains. We needed some wild nature and cooler air and we found it. An hour and a half west we discovered waterfalls, hiking trails, cows with bells, and jagged mountain peaks. It was beautiful. Mountain villages with slate roofs, stone exteriors and bright flowers in window boxes. It was a perfect day! Back to our place for appertivos on the terrace, a swim, and headed to Neive for dinner at an ivy covered hotel near a beautiful church. Dinner was wonderful. As we were leaving we got word that the leak had been found. Turns out a 31 year old toilet might have issues:) thanking God that it wasn’t a main line or in the sprinkler system which would have been much harder to find. Off to see the Matterhorn from the Italian side tomorrow!Weiterlesen

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    We were driving and noticed these houses built into the rocks!
    1Mountains can be so finicky-grateful it's showing off!2This is called the 'Jeff and Kristen' pose :)

    Turin to Chamois/Breuil-Cervinia

    1.–3. Sept. 2024 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    We left La Vedetta this morning. Most of you know I hate goodbyes…mama Anna and her daughter Marta love them. They got up early to see us off:) Marta cried. So much for my Irish goodbye. Super thankful for our stay with them! Drove to Turin/Torino and didn’t love it. Big, hot, and covered with graffiti. Headed towards the mountains, spotting castles and fortifications everywhere along with stone roofed villages. Made a stop in Verres for a gelato, a quick walk around the village and got to hear a local band playing.❤️ Driving past a beautiful mountain river, we spotted the Matterhorn! We pulled into Chamois, a ski area with summer hiking, found a parking spot, grabbed a ticket and were up the gondola. Almost to the top we spotted three chamois-so beautiful. Jumped on a smaller chair lift that took us to a lake. JD was convinced we could just pop over this one mountain and see the Matterhorn and surrounding peaks. We set off straight uphill, on a barely discernible path, at elevation. We finally saw a sign and it wasn’t for our trail but JD was convinced he could make it to the view. I sit here now under a tree, hearing thunder in the distance and feeling some raindrops, waiting for him to return. He made it back, but unfortunately a cloud was covering Monte Cervino(Italian name for the Matterhorn) 🧐 Hiked back down to the top of the chair and had a beer while listening to thunder and being sprinkled with rain. Rode the lift down to the gondola station. Had panini for dinner/lunch while waiting for the gondola line to die down. On our way to the station, saw a herd of chamois! Drove to our chalet, and didn’t realize it’s at the base of the Matterhorn. Explored the town, Breuil-Cervinia, got groceries and FaceTimed all three boys with the most amazing backdrop of the Matterhorn. Planning a big gondola/hike day tomorrow and praying for good weather.Weiterlesen

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    Two Austrian Snowboard team members

    Breuil-Cervina

    2. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F

    Set an alarm to be at the gondola at 7:30. Cool but clear morning with clouds to be moving in later. Gorgeous views up three separate gondolas where we crossed into Switzerland! We met two Austrian Snowboard team members on our gondola and had so much fun with them! We will be rooting for them to make the Austrian Olympic team-Tanja and Anna! Every person on the gondola was headed up to ski, snowboard or parachute ski—and lots were young kids! The clouds did indeed roll in so we headed down to the first landing station and went for a 7 mile hike around a lake and down to the village. On the way we ran into a massive herd of chamois, and had the big male bark/growl a warning our way. So amazing! It rained a bit on us but the hike was still fun. At one point we heard what at first we thought was thunder and then realized it was a glacier calving/or a cavalanche—JDs new word. Our room is right on a golf course, so we had to check into that:) Down from the mountain at 12 and teed off for a round of 18 at 1. Had a really fun and challenging round of golf and we were both exhausted after. Back to our place to have cheese, focaccia, and a beer and FaceTime with Burkey to hear all about his birthday party! Headed to Val Tournenche for a fabulous pizza dinner at Big Ben’s a locally owned restaurant filled with all the pride that entails. It’s 9:24 and we are ready to sleep!Weiterlesen

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    The Matterhorn to Lake Garda

    3. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F

    The Matterhorn cleared off one more time before we left. Enjoyed coffee and breakfast on our deck though it was quite chilly. Headed down the winding mountain pass to our first stop, the fortress of Bard. Incredible place-we walked through the ancient village but chose not to pay the entrance fee and then ride three funiculars to get to the top:) After lots of tolls on the freeways we made it to Lake Garda, a gorgeous lake with massive mountains surrounding it. The drive was Amalfi-coast-esque, winding, narrow, tunnels so narrow buses needed both ‘lanes’, mopeds and motorcycles scaring the life out of us as they zipped along both sides of us! It was a long drive day so a relief to get to our lovely hotel right on the lake. We headed out to swim and cool off, then walked to town. Lovely sunset and amazing people watching! Sat out on a jetty surrounded by the lake and enjoyed the lovely warm air.Weiterlesen

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