After a great New Years celebration we decided to take a trip to Merano (NE corner of Italy) to partake in skiing, hiking, and sight seeing. The first day we decided to walk around the town while we are adjusting to jet lag. Merano has a picturesque promenade called "Tappaneir" and we captured some really pretty sites along the way. Merano sits in a valley and is surrounded by mountain views.
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| Main shopping and strolling area |
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| On the promenade |
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| Christmas Market |
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| This is a goulash soup, a common dish for the area |
Day 2 was meant for hitting the slopes. What I didn't know was that this was the largest skiing weekend in Italy and they did not have any ski equipment left to rent! what?!! Oh well, lessons learned during the expat life! We could not bring our ski equipment in our air shipment (too large for the size requirements) so we have to rent it. But they did offer an alternative and I am a little embarrassed to admit this, but we went sledding down the side of the mountain and it was a little fun (dorky, but fun).... :-)
We finished off the evening with a trip to the Terme di Merano, which are pools with mineral-rich water and then a nice meal.
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