Summer!

We have started our summer out with a bang! Emmy and Eric arrived a week after school got out. After a fun evening in Rome, we went straight to the Dolomiti (with Jess and Maria also). We spent 3 nights in the Dolomiti hiking, eating and staying at the refugios (high mountain huts/lodges). There was more snow than we expected but we had a good anyways. After the Dolomiti, we went down to Lake Garda. While Emmy & Eric went mtn. biking (the area is famous for it), Andy and I discovered some cool hiking trails. We were all sad to leave. Now we're on our way to Venice for our next adventure! 

This is Andy in front of a snack shack that was on top of a mountain by Lake Garda. We had fun sitting by the fire, drinking coffee and wine, and talking to the owner. Hiking in Italy is way better than hiking in the U.S. 

This was the view from one of our refugios in the Dolomites. 

Polenta is a local specialty in the Dolomites! Very delicious!