We declared our second day of hiking to be an "easy day" and so we headed to some alpine meadows near Villandro and wandered around in them. These meadows are at 1,800 - 2,000 meters elevation and give you a great view of some Dolomites in the distance. The trails are all wide and well-maintained, with gentle inclines and declines. You could push a stroller or a wheelchair on most of them.
Below are some pictures from the trails, the hut we stopped at for lunch, and us relaxing towards the end of the hike and just enjoying the view.
This is the hut we stopped at for lunch. We were served very large portions of pasta in a tomato cream sauce and cheese knödel in some butter and could barely move afterwards. The restaurant was run by a family, even their 10-year-old son was helping to bring out dishes to the tables, and at the end of the meal the father brought us inside and gave us free homemade schnapps (mine came out of an old coke bottle). People in this region sure do love sharing their schnapps, as we've learned over the years.
Here's Martin relaxing in a meadow with a great view:
After leaving this hike, we wandered around the village of Villandro a bit and hit the grocery store there. We found this enormous jar of nutella. When Martin picked it up an older woman told him it would make him fat, so we put it back. :)
On a side note, the flowers in this region were amazing. I don't know what all kind of flowers people had on all their balconies, but my flowers have never and will never look as good as everybody's in Südtirol did. The picture below doesn't even do the flowers justice. Some of the buildings we saw just had end-to-end explosions of flowers.
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