We woke up on Sunday and enjoyed breakfast at our hotel. Speaking of hotels, we stayed at an amazing location in Ortisei. Hotel Garni Snaltnerhof was really steps away from everything. They offered a great breakfast and the staff was super friendly.
Anyways, after breakfast, we took the bus to the next valley, Val di Funes. We wanted to see a few of the churches that the Dolomites are famous for.
The bus ride down the mountain from Ortisei was less than amazing. It was quite hot with the sun beating down on us and it was pretty windy. I was not a huge fan and was relieved when we made it to our stop to see the first church, San Giovanni.
San Giovanni. This is one of the more famous views in the Dolomites.
The church is also known as St. Johann or the Church of St. John. It was beautiful to see in person.
We walked through the village to see the next church, Church of St. Magdalena. It was a pretty hot day, but we walked all of the way up to the viewpoint to see it from the best angle. I do not think that Mike particularly loved the walk, but we had taken the windy bus ride, so we had to get to the viewpoint!
Our view walking up to the viewpoint to see the church
We made it to the church and had to continue walking past it uphill to get the amazing view we wanted.
The inside of the Church of St. Magdalena
We continued uphill towards the viewpoint. Halfway up the hill was pretty gorgeous as well so we stopped for a few photos. Honestly, the photo I took halfway up was probably my favorite.
The Church of St. Magdalena.
It was a hot but albeit gorgeous day
Beautiful St. Magdalena
We made it up to the viewpoint and I had the strangest encounter with a European lady. She asked me to take a photo of her and her husband, which was fine. I took several photos and he left. She then proceeded to have me take multiple photos of her in multiple different poses. She was full-on having a modeling session. It was insane. She did agree to take a photo of the four of us, but then I had to take about 30 more photos of her.
The four of us in the Dolomites
Ken was so excited to get to see both churches
The Church of St. Magdalena
We walked back down to the village and enjoyed a few drinks. The European lady showed up at the same restaurant and I was fearful she was going to ask for another photo shoot...
We rode the bus back to Ortisei and went shopping for a bit. There was a beer festival being held right outside of our hotel with live music. We ordered drinks at a restaurant in the town square and listened to the music. We also opened a bottle of wine on the deck of our hotel and listened to the music for a bit.
Beautiful Ortisei
Ortisei beer festival and "It's Raining Men!"
It was overall a pretty hot day. We were not expecting it to be so hot in the Dolomites, but a heat wave had other plans. Our hotel did not have air conditioning because it is not usually needed. Sleeping was a little difficult, but we made the best of it!
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