Photo by Peter Doucette

When you’ve waited 35 years to go to Italy, the wine, pasta, meat and cheese will be just as good as you imagined.

When you’ve waited 35 yeas to go to Italy, you will likely have overestimated the amount of wine, pasta, meat and cheese that is reasonable to consume.
My Garmin Nuvi has a search setting for “Winery.”

Photo by Peter Doucette

It’s best to only use the Winery search setting on your rest days.

If you are a real South-Tryol Italian, you have your own meat slicer at home.

If you are not a real South Tyrol Italian, but you are visiting one, it is possible to over-speck yourself, at home.

Non-climbing days are key to climbing day success.

Non-non-climbing days seem to also be key to rest day consumption success.

…Off to Falzarego Pass tomorrow. To climb.