Day 1 – Washington to Munich

Jan 12, 2020

Today’s Blog Entry

Cindy and I are off to explore the Dolomites in northern Italy via cross-country skis and snowshoes. This lesser known area of the Alps is considered by many to be the most beautiful, so we’re looking forward to our arrival early tomorrow (Monday) afternoon.

We left Washington DC on Saturday evening and arrived in Munich on Sunday afternoon local time. This positioned us for a relatively easy travel day into the Dolomites tomorrow. It also gave us much of the afternoon and evening today to explore Munich (one of our favorite cities in Europe) and to enjoy some of the local fare.

We’ll board a Deutsche Bahn train in Munich tomorrow morning for what promises to be a beautiful ride through Bavaria, across Austria, and into the northeastern corner of Italy. We’ll be staying in Dobbiaco, a small village not far from Cortina d’Ampezzo, site of the 1956 Winter Olympics (and the upcoming 2026 games as well).