Ah Bolzano!

bon jorno (that is misspelled beyond belief, sorry)
we are in bolzano again today, nestled in a warm valley between the dolomites and the alps. weather, muggy and high 80's. ride, easy 50k through the valley. a small road running between pear orchards about 4 bikes wide (or one bike and one big truck). all flat and easy tempo. a great way to recover the legs which surprisingly are feeling like legs again.
we've done a little shopping, eaten well, and allison as expected is visiting the ice-man. one thing about bolzano that was readily apparent - there are more beautiful women per city block than anywhere in the world. both classic italian and german / austrian blonde hair blue eyes, but they're everywhere. if i come back to italy with a date - we'll go to lake garda. if i come back with nathan - we're straight to bolzano!
as we're nestled in this valley, that means there is only one way to get out - so tomorrow is back to business. we'll climb another classic, the passo stelvia and then saturday is the motorolo. another tour stage there and the third hardest climb in europe. great. tomorrow's climb has 10k that average over 12%. i wouldn't think it was possible if we hadn't already done what we've done. still ain't gonna be easy.
rest of today is napping, watch the tour in german or italian, and have some dinner...keeping off the feet as much as possible.
ciao!