Monday, October 8, 2012

The Dolomites, Austria and Bavaria

After the "Flight with the Balloons"flight, we managed to get one more flight from St. Hilare and then headed to the Dolomite's. By the way, Mik's video had over 26000 views in the first 7 days, which I was very surprised by.
A massive low pressure system moved over Europe and the week for flying in the Dolo's did not look very promising. The tour started with a hike around the 3 Zinnen. The day after we could fly for hours at Col Rodella. Then we had a day of hiking at Fasso Falzarego and the Piz Boe.   Penny, Carrie and Dave spend one day in Venice which was a amazing trip on its own.  Even if you can not fly, the Dolomite's are spectacular and always worth a visit or just a couple hours away from other amazing places like Venice.
Before the tour finished, we still got one more day of great flying and some people managed to fly to the Marmolada and to fly back to the hotel in Arabba. All in all it was a great week.
After the Dolomite's we headed north and visited the main office from Nova near Innsbruck. Dave was very excited to help to get his Ion2 tuned with their computerized tuning system. The days after we flew at the Brauneck (bei Lenggries) and had a good time with our tour guide Mik and his family. Thanks again for your time Mik. The last 3 days we spend in the Allgaeuer Alps to fly and to check out the castle, ruins, food and the last day/night we had a very good time at the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Now I am back in Sillian to get ready for one more week in the Dolomite's.
In the mean time, enjoy the pictures below. 

Dolomite tour


Germany and Austria Tour


Venice tour

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