Again, we had some miscommunication with the "Mother". I ordered scrambled eggs for myself, and she brought them for both of us. She also brought me black tea, which the daughter had already served. After breakfast, we sat out on the comfy sofa in front of the hotel in the sun. So beautiful.
We had planned to go up in the Col Alto cable car, and had a difficult time finding it. Surprisingly, the town is not well-signposted for tourists, and tourism is its primary reason for existence. We finally parked in a little lot, and I sat on a bench while Ron went to reconnoiter. He came back to report that it was quite a hike (on cobblestones), uphill and thought we should consider other options. There are about a dozen cable cars in the area.
Meanwhile, we sat on a terrace at the Hotel Post Zirm and ordered a beer and wine. They delivered a complimentary tray of finger sandwiches.
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| Proscuitto sandwiches (on the house) |
Most bars and restaurants here serve some kind of little snack (be it olives or chips) when you order a beverage.
Since it was getting to be "lunch time" we decided to try to satisfy Ron's pizza craving at a restaurant I had seen reviewed favorably, La Fornella. It was in a location with convenient parking, an added bonus. It was an attractive place, and I thought the placemats were adorable. You were supposed to find "Homer Simpson's face", which we never did spot.
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| Cute Placemat |
Ron had his usual quattro staggione (four seasons), and I shared a few small pieces.
We then drove to the neighboring town of Colfosco. I am on the email list of the Romantik Hotel Capella in Colfosco, which is what led us to come to Alta Badia in the first place. Capella is a 5-star resort with a Micehlin-starred restaurant, and the prices are in the stratosphere. We stopped to have a look inside, and although it is beautiful, I found it a bit gloomy.
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| Driving to Colfosco |
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| Hotel Capella |
We were looking for the cable car Col Pradat, and it was in another location that was difficult to find. You had to drive up a narrow path through cow gates, and Ron almost decided that it couldn't be correct and that we should turn around. But, we finally came to it. A small 4-person enclosed gondola. We rode up which was very beautiful, but observed that it was a LONG walk to the sun terrace/restaurant. So, we decided to stay on the gondola and go back down. This threw the cable operator for a loop. He was motioning for us to get out, and I said "Bad legs". He asked for our tickets, ran and scanned them into the machine, and down we went.
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| Col Pradat cable car |
We returned to our hotel, and Ron inquired where it might be possible to buy "spirits" (Scotch, in particular). They directed him to the little sports store, Kostner, where we had parked earlier in the day when looking for the cable car. It turns out that beside the tiny sports store, there is an enormous, and very up-market grocery store, and he was able to make his purchase.
Later that evening he said we should get out and about, so we headed up the street to the Hotel Sassongher, which was very lovely. We sat at the bar chatting with the bartender, who had seen a lot of the world working on cruise ships.
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| Hotel Sossongher |
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| Complimentary snack served with drinks |
We then went for a drink to another restaurant, La Perla, in a hotel, probably the most beautiful of all. Pictures can't be posted because I am on the computer at the Emirates lounge and don't have access to photos. May try to add them later. When we left there we ran into a couple we had met earlier at lunch (in another restaurant). They live in Houston, and were both sitting outside puffing on cigars. We chatted awhile, and they told us they had been coming to Corvara for 10-years.
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