After two years of COVID postponements, the photo workshops we wanted to do are both in 2022. We’re heading to a photo workshop in the Dolomites with Action Photo Tours, where we’ll be at mountain rifugios. We’re looking forward to dramatic mountaintops lit by sunsets, sunrises and stars…
Trip Diary
- Aug 17 – Waiting for Godot
Here we are waiting for another flight 😀 - Aug 18 Too many airports
TAP Rebooked our flight from Lisbon to Venice via Frankfurt because we were late leaving Boston. Arrived Venice early evening instead of noon. - Aug 19 Venice
We slept in to recover from the long plane flight yesterday. In the late morning we took the local bus on an easy ride to Piazzale Roma, the main entry point for people arriving in … - Aug 20 Venice to Capanna Cervino
Saturday: Our Dolomites Photography trip begins. Mid-morning, we met the Action Photo Tours group at the Marriott, a half km from our hotel. There were two vans for the 10 attendees and 2 leaders. Sam … - Aug 21 Sunday Capanna Cervino to Seceda
We woke up before dawn to photograph again at Baita Segantini and its reflecting pond. Looking downhill into the valley, surrounded by peaks was also a fantastic view. After breakfast we drove twisting mountain roads … - Aug 22 Seceda to Lagazuoi
List of today’s activities:Sunrise in the pastures around the rifugioBreakfastHike out to the Col Raiser gondola, about 40 minutes. We are still getting used to heavy packs on trails with small loose rocks at high … - Aug 23 Lagazuoi to Cinque Torri
Lagazuoi has tremendous views all around. The bluff to the west looked over a lumpy but mostly flat basin about 50 feet down that could have been a volcanic flow in Yellowstone. Maybe it was … - Aug 24 Cinque Torri to Tre Cime di Lavaredo
We photographed at dawn at Cinque Torri, had breakfast, and rode the gondola back to the parking lot. We stopped in the famous resort town of Cortina d’Ampezzo for some sightseeing. It is quainter than … - Aug 25 Tre Cime – Rifugio Auronzo to Rifugio Locatelli
Before dawn, we hiked 30 minutes southeast from Auronzo to a viewpoint of the sharp peaks of Cadini di Misurina. We could also look down onto the town of Misurina too. (We wondered if it … - Aug 26 Locatelli to Halslhütte
We woke up before dawn and photographed until close to breakfast time on the flat area with the veins of white rock – leading lines to the mountain peaks. We planned to manage the hike … - Aug 27 Last morning in the Dolomites
- Aug 27 From Passo delle Erbe back to Venice
We photographed in the Naturpark Puez-Geisler, or Parco naturale Puez-Odle. We walked into the park on a cliffside road amid spruce trees. The mid-distance valley below was filled with layers of fog, and a mountain … - Aug 28 Venice
We slept in and took the #5 bus to Venice at noon. Pam forgot her sunglasses, so we bought another pair at one of the many vendor booths along the main canal. We had an …