Day Seven Verona, Italy-We arrived in Verona at dinner time!(for those of you who know me that means it is time to eat now!) There are two things that set me off; the first is a lack of coffee first thing in the morning guarantees a certain level of hell for those around. The next is a lack of food at a normal meal time. Until I get food, all hell will break loose! So back to the story!As we searched for a Rick Steve's suggested restaurant circling several times ...

Day Seven Schlern, Italy-Up at 7, a quick breakfast of bread and coffee and out the door back to Castelrotto, afraid that check out time was at 0900 or 1000. We flew down the trail covering a 4/5 hour hike (per the guide at the Rifugio) in less than 3 hours. We took the Paradise lift down to the main road, waited at a bus stop, caught the bus and arrived in Castelrotto by 1045. We asked what time checkout was and were relived to here it that it was at 1100. We as...

Day Six Schlern, Italy- After a good night of sleep we were off to climb Sasso Piato and the Schlern.Tim voiced concern over staying at the Schlern Rifugio, paying for two rooms and only using one.Grabbed some pastries and another coke as there was no coffee in sight!We, jumped on a bus to Compatsch and another bus to Saltria. We took a lift up to Williams with about 30 people over the age of 60.We blew past these people on the trail up the side of the mountain; ...

Day Six Schlern, Italy- While enjoying a plate of spaghetti with a great Latte', we discussed a plan of attack for the reminder of the day. We had about 5 more hours of hiking and climbing to get to the Schlern summit and another 4 or so hours to get back down to the lift. Tim was very reluctant to continue much further wanting to return tomorrow and approach the Schlern from another route, then return and catch our train to Verona. I objected and offered that he...

Day Five, Castelrotto, Italy- We arrived in Castelrotto and found our Hotel (D Oro). This was by far the most upscale place that we had stayed at. It had a spa, laundry facility, a masseuse, a bar, and a formal dining area. We had asked if we could change our reservation, but were denied and told that we would be charged for the night, hoping to climb to the Schlern upon our arrival. We were also notified by another Hotel that we had failed to cancel a reservatio...