Bob and Ann in Italy 2011

Refuge from the Rain On a Walk on the Cortina Bicycle Path - Julie and Tom Leever with Ann

It had rained overnight and the roads were wet this morning. It looked like it might clear up but the odds of showers during the day were pretty high. I wanted to wait for awhile to decide whether I was going to ride the optional loop. So Ann and I went shopping in the large mall on the main street.

I could see some blue sky and thought that the clouds would burn off, but at noon the black clouds were moving in. Riding looked doubtful. We took a walk with the Leevers instead. Our route took us along a nice bicycle path out of Cortina. We got about 1 km down the path when the skies opened up. We took shelter under the eaves of a house until the rain let up. Then we walked up a steep hill toward a golf course where we expected to find a path through the woods taking us back to town. It started raining again really hard. We took shelter in the caddy shack which turned out to be a tent. The rain let up a little. Instead of finding the path through the woods which would have been muddy, we retraced our steps back to Cortina. We stopped at a cafe and had some snacks – cheese cake for Ann, apple strudel and hot chocolate for me.

Several rain showers passed through during the afternoon. We stayed inside. With our large hotel room, this was not an inconvenience.

Dinner tonight was at the hotel. We had another excellent meal. We started with gnocchi flavored with sage and bacon. The main course was tender pieces of turkey glazed with rustic mustard and accompanied with courgettes flan. Dessert was puff pastry stuffed with apples, pine nuts and walnuts served with vanilla sauce.