Good Times

Roughly an hour from our home, still in the province of Vicenza, sits the alpine town of Asiago. Heard of it? (Uh, me neither before moving here.)
Seem a bit familiar? Perhaps you've had the cheese.

Monday was a holiday for us, and so I learned, a great day for sledding without the crowds and traffic associated with Asiago and other towns of the altopiano.

Fun in the snow is completely new to me, so I feel a need to explain this outing to my family in the South.

Step 1: Dress appropriately to include -- long johns or any type of polyester long underwear; good snow boots, hats, gloves, scarves; sunglasses; snow pants (adults may get by without them & suffer the cold wet); waterproof coat; wool socks. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

Step 2: Rent sleds and buy ticket to ride. I also rented helmets for Maddy and neighbor Bambino M, who we brought along for the day.

Step 3: Hop upon the conveyor belt to the top. Funny. I know.


Step 4: Let it rip! And don't forget to use the breaks.




We were invited by a friend to join the group, and by the end of the morning several other familiar families arrived. I suppose lots of people are aware of the sledding on Monday morning tip.




This is actually Mr. Duncan and our friendly neighbor guy.



Some friends loving the ride --


I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this activity, nor how much I wish I could share it with my sister and her family. The screaming? Totally for the thrill effect. Totally.


Step 5: Repeat as many times as possible before 13:00 when the ticket to ride expires.


Maddy went down twice before hanging it up for the day.
I suppose it was just way too scary for her.

She found other adventures.


She did have a great time playing on a smaller hill nearby with some buddies.



And when she almost hit a bench, she asked to put her helmet back on.
Who does this cautious child belong to?

Maddy actually snapped this shot.
I rarely post pics of me here -- but dang. . .
I have to tell you, it was just that kind of day.

Life is good.

(Thanks, new friend, for letting us in on the Monday sledding adventure. And big thanks to friendly neighbor guy and his brave son for helping out with the unstoppable Bambino M.)