Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The Song In The Aj's Fine Foods Commercial

Face to face with the grouse on the mountain

Sunday scorsa, il tempo incerto e avvilente ci ha indotto a rinunciare alla salita con gli amici Franca e Giacomo alla Steinzgeralm, sopra il lago di Anterselva e ai piedi della Rote Wand. Il luogo, sia d'estate che d'inverno, merita una giornata serena soprattutto per il contesto ambientale in cui si trova, e ci pareva che il lungo trasferimento non giustificasse una salita, breve ma probabilmente immersa nella foschia. Ci siamo quindi concessi la partenza a tarda ora, come semplici turisti, per andare a pranzo a Malga Rinbianco, sotto le Tre Cime. D'inverno, l'accesso a piedi alla frequentata malga richiede mezz'ora, e quindi dal punto di vista escursionistico we felt "exonerated." Once delivered, however, we found the room crowded as never before, for lunch, should have been the arm of ticket (!) And wait for your turn to guess an hour was not enough. Fast and almost immediate about-face consultation; unconvinced tasting at the restaurant on Lago di Landro, also packed on the day tasteless and sad homecoming, however, where we refresh yourself with a nice risotto. Before getting into the car, in the garden facing the house Zangiacomi, a few meters from the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Defense, along with some curious people we could admire and photograph a grouse, which now appears as the initial image this blog. With all that I've been around the mountains in more than forty years, was only the third time that I was face to face with a grouse, among other things without fear. It is uncommon today to see these birds, and it seems that this "common" for some time the valley, especially in Crignes a house, where he finds something to eat. What surprised to meet him in the center of Cortina, in broad daylight, in through traffic, in this winter does not know that winter: quirks of nature!

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