Cycling and hiking through the breathtaking Dolomites in Italy

Morning. It's a new day and yesterday was quite a challenge. Yesterday afternoon, evening actually. I had to follow a cycle path but as you saw it was really impossible. It was just pure ice. Anyways I made it and today I'm going to Cortina d'Ampezzo and then afterwards continue my way to the valley and let's see about the Dolomiti because I'm really excited about that. I'm currently cycling in the valley of Cortina d'Ampezzo and look at these beauties everywhere. Everywhere you look. Man, it feels like this entire mountain is about to fall. It is view after view after view. Beautiful mountains, beautiful mountains, beautiful mountains. And there we have our first glimpse of Tre Cime. Well, did some shopping for the day, for the night. We're off to the hike but it's not a good start. I had to take a bus to the town up in the mountains and apparently the bus left at 9 30. It's 10 30 now and the next one goes at three o'clock. So I just started walking, try to hitchhike if it's possible. Already steep. All right, that was my first hitchhike up the mountain. Francesco in his old jeep took me halfway, halfway to Misurina. That's where I have to go and then continue my way to Tre Cime. Let's see if I can score another another ride or that I have to walk all the way up. Sick! Unfortunately they've been really nice to me. I enjoyed them a lot but it's time to continue. Yesterday I was planning on skiing but eventually we were on our way to the ski lift but the car broke down. So yeah, unfortunately no skiing for me. Not right now, maybe in some other mountains but unfortunately not in the Dolomites. I will continue my way to Vittorio Veneto today. It's mostly downhill. It's a beautiful day, it's cold but I'll be warm as soon as I cycle. So so And at the end of my descent I could get one last glimpse of the astonishing Alps. And with a backpack full of new experiences and stories I could proudly look back at a challenging but successful mountain crossing. And so it's time to look forward to the rest of Italy and the Balkan countries. But that's it for this week and I'll see you in the next one.