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Milano Cortina 2026
  • Tricia Wendorf
  • Steven Wendorf
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  • Tricia Wendorf
  • Steven Wendorf

Milano Cortina 2026

Chasing Gold in Italy 🇮🇹
A once-in-a-lifetime journey to the Winter Olympics—where excited crowds, breathtaking scenery, and Italian indulgence collide. Milano and Cortina deliver the perfect mix of adrenaline and elegance. Leggi altro
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    🇮🇹 Verona, Italy
    Milano Cortina 2026

    Last few days in LaValle

    11 febbraio, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    So much to love about this part of our trip!
    We’ve been tucked away in sweet little La Valle, waking up each morning surrounded by the quiet beauty of the Dolomites. Ski days in Alta Badia have been nothing short of magical — bluebird skies, perfectly groomed runs, and that crisp mountain air that makes everything feel alive.

    Evenings? Pure Italian bliss. Long, laughter-filled dinners with our favorite crew — incredible food, flowing wine, and the kind of conversations that stretch late into the night.

    Now we’re trading ski boots for train seats, rolling from Venice to Bergamo for two cozy nights before heading onward to Lake Como and Milan. The Olympic energy is building — next up: short track speed skating and hockey! 🇮🇹🏒⛸️

    On to the second leg of our adventure… more memories loading.

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  • Milano Cortina 2026
    11Local Cortina Olympic torchFinal toss that won bronze for italia1112 excited Americans ready for the OlympicsCurling crewPrecious little CortinaLunch bierSwanky swiss set up for evening dj partySwiss house backyard party zone pre djFinish line was about 100 meters up hill and this shows the final 20

    Cortin-AHH!

    10 febbraio, Italia ⋅ 🌫 21 °F

    We are Olympic virgins no more! Our day started at 8:30am with a trip to Cafe for a roll and cappuccino for the road.. Then off to the park and ride. Then shuttle coach bus on a switch back intense final leg into Cortina.

    Our first event-bronze medal mixed doubles curling. Great Britain vs Italy. It came down to the last stone in the last inning and the home crowd rejoiced! The second event was women single luge. With the US taking 3rd. We were in the curling event for 1.5 hours and the same for luge. We didn't get to see the last run for luge due to pending dinner reservations. And we didn't miss much. U literally see them one second, if that. The luge course structure is massive and must have cost a fortune..they basically built I over parts of the 1956 course.

    Lunch at Forst German restaurant and shocker we had pork knuckle! Dinner was at El Vizietto a super small, cozy, inexpensive charmer. Between events we stopped at bar w longtime NHLer Matt Cullen from Fargo jersey hanging over the bar.

    We ran into a US couple that the wife told us about her Olympic miracle on ice account as a college student at Vermont. She decided at the last minute to watch a hockey game w her roomie for the 80 olympics, but didn't have a ticket. Drove over to lake placid. Slept in a basement church and met a random guy at the bar who was impressed w their hockey knowledge and enthusiasm and was able to sneak them in the back door to watch, unbeknownst to them, hockey immortality! Super neat lady.

    Back to La Villa by 1015pm

    Just a super fun day!! Go USA!    Leggi altro

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    Cross Country Downhill Skiing and more

    9 febbraio, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °F

    Downhill skiing here is like no other. We skied a big loop across the region--or cross country. Make sense? It is an intricate web of lifts, small and large gondolas and pommel. You literally can ski to towns all across the area and more. It's not up and back down and repeat. You can do that of course.

    Ski day one we (the guys in the house) skied over 15 miles from our starting point. We ski thru parts of towns on cat walks, around huge ridge lines and valleys. It's amazing.

    Stats day one 23 lifts 34,000ft of elevation and several great tasting refreshments at a few of the over 30+ refugios and ski huts. Day two stats was 30,000ft in elevation w a top speed of 53mph-that wasn't me.

    They think of everything--hospitality, the food and the runs were outstanding. It's just wow!! Skiing costs a third of what costs in Colorado. The cost of the plane tix is where it evens out. We are all like...when are we coming back? This is so unique. You all would enjoy it so much. The scenery stops u in your tracks. Do u ski or just take pics? I have some cool video. I will post soon.    Leggi altro

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  • Milano Cortina 2026
    Outside our air bnb in Funtanacia/LaValleRefugioQuick beverage before our snow walkGnocchi with speckDolomiti beer

    Last few days

    7 febbraio, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F

    Bongiorno! We arrived in the northern region of Italy on Saturday. It’s been hard to catch a moment to write a post so here are some highlights of the last few days. We are staying in the small town of LaValle this week with our group of 6 couples. Nestled on the Dolomites, our chalet is old, quaint and full of charm. We’ve done plenty of eating and began with a dinner in our chalet prepared by a local chef. Arctic char, risotto, beef tenderloin, all fantastico. Some of the group have skied while others enjoyed some snow hiking. Later this week we will take in a few Olympic events in the area. More to come on that.Leggi altro

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    Venice days one and two

    6 febbraio, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    Arrived in Venice a bit bleary eyed but we were excited to get on our water taxi and get into the beautiful city of Venice. So much to see, so many masquerade costumes and visitors from all around the world. The whole city is an architectural masterpiece with even the smallest buildings containing works by some of the greatest artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese. We visited and toured the Doge Palace and St. Marks Basilica and learned more about the art and history of Venice at the Correr museum. It was a full walking day, rainy but still really beautiful. We enjoyed a lovely afternoon wine tasting and placed an order of some of our favorites to be shipped home. Met friends out for dinner before rounding off the night with Venice based music ensemble Interpreti Veneziani. And if course gelato before bed. A lovely first day and a half. Steve will add more too!Leggi altro

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    Inizio del viaggio
    4 febbraio 2026