I have dreamed of the Dolomites for almost twenty years but for various reasons it has not materialised. This has of course built up an expectation of great proportions, not least as the net is full of absolutely incomparable pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(This is part two of our trip to the Dolomites. You can read Part 1<\/a>, Part 3<\/a>, Part 4<\/a> and Part 5<\/a> here.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then there's the weather in the Alps. It can be thirty degrees hot and in an instant it changes to freezing cold. This was also exactly what we experienced on our first day of hiking. In the morning there was really dense fog and once it lifted, the weather alternated between downpours and bright sunshine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the day, I jokingly said: \"Well, it's nice to have seen all kinds of weather in one day.<\/em>\" About 30 seconds after that comment, it started to hail so intensely that we had to take cover. In other words, there was at least one weather type that we missed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n