We got up early today - woken up by the bells, had breakfast at the hotel, and caught a bus up the mountain to Compatch, a small town at the entry to Alpe di Suisi, one of the largest alpine meadows in the world. We then caught another bus to a small stop at the far end of the meadow. on the way we caught a few glimpses of cloud covered mountains, and large open grassy fields with cows and horses. Gram and Papa headed back on the bus to get their car and drive to Milan (to catch their plane to London). The rest of us caught a chair lift further up the mountain. After a short hike, the weather began to clear and we had fantastic views of the surrounding mountains. We headed back to Compatch and caught the next bus back to Castelrotto where we had a nice lunch at a cafe overlooking the valley. We then got in the car and drove down very curvy roads to the town of Bolzano. Following the instructions of our GPS system, we found ourselves in the midst of a street market (no cars allowed). Annoyed at the dumb tourists a couple of police women pointed us in the right direction after much rolling of eyes, and we found parking and enjoyed a walk through the archeaological museum. We saw the iceman, a mesolithic man who was found frozen in a glacier, nearly intact, and saw some of the only evidence of what people wore during that time (including shoes stuffed with grass). After a less eventful trip back to Castelrotto, we stumbled upon some interesting local cuisine which wasn't to all of our liking, but finished up with a great desert. We took a break from Italian and watched an episode of Northern Exposure on DVD (brough from home) and called it a day.
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