"Thank you for the wonderful hospitality. Our two days in Valbruna were the highlight of our trip to northern Italy and Austria. The mountains are beautiful, the people in town are warm and friendly, the Inn is fantastic, and the staff is great. The Valbruna Inn is first class. My expectations were high after looking at the website and they were exceeded in all respects. Definitely the place to be for "tourists" who want to experience Italy without the "tourist" atmosphere."
Matt Novak,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA / Attorney
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Valbruna ski trip 2004.
from Gray Ringsby
Hi guys,
I really enjoyed Europe and have to say that you were all fun to be with. My thanks to Marco for pulling off a first class trip. Some of the highlights for me were, the night that Enrico played guitar for us, "I love undies" and then we sledded down after another excellent meal. Sorry Pete blew out his knee on the decent. I also enjoyed all of the "off piste" adventures and thank Chris for his guidance and also to the local guide Paolo, who brought out the climbing ropes for one traverse to a chute, that was cool.
The night on top of Mt. Lussari was also a highlight... Yuri is the man on the accordion! Dance party until 4am...yes! The night skiing was fun with just the right amount of grappa in the body for warmth. The lunch with Hans was also one of the best. "hunte heeta, hunte heeta, oi,oi,oi!!! Also, big thanks to the lovely Carlotta and her supposedly, f... pelata. Alex was fun to ski with also. Ernie, the 70 year old ski maniac, was inspiring.
The snow was hard packed but well "smashed" and any lack of snow was made up for with many macchiatos, much speck, a lot of vino rosso, grappa, jagertea, obst, and cappuccini. The Valbruna Inn was top notch, best croissants ever, and skiing down to it from Mt. Lussari was another fun adventure. The week seemed to fly by but we managed to do a lot of fun things; Ice go carts, Mikey got a stuffed weasel, the cave hike, it just went by too fast. The last dinner in Valbruna with the huge barman, Pete's soul brother, was classic also.
Valbruna, and Europe in general, was a great place to be with so much history and culture. That was a great eating and drinking trip, oh yeah and we skied too!
Ciao! Gray
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Valbruna ski trip 2004
from Mark Vanliere
Hey Marco,
Thanks for being on the trip. Your presence made the experience the best I've had. I look forward to making it back soon. Grappa in Vail sounds great!
Ciao- Mark
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Valbruna ski trip 2004
from Megan Frigon and Amanda Precourt
Hi Marco,
Wanted to just re-iterate what a marvelous trip both Amanda & I had with all of you in Italy. As I said to Chris, the skiing was marvelous, every day was a new adventure, the trip was well organized and the food/wine/grappa was something to cherish. But, the trip would not have been nearly as successful were it not for the chemistry of the "crew". I really enjoyed meeting all of you and I thank you for taking such good care of the "girls". I hope we stay in touch. The stories & memories are engrained - although I do wish the Weasel would stay out of my dreams....
Megan & Amanda
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Valbruna ski trip 2004
from Tom Hilb
Chris and Marco, This was truly a great trip, filled with fun and excitement at every turn. I avoided injury by skipping the sled and ice cart racing. You guys did a great job. "keeping up with this fantastic ski group was quite a challenge, but I loved every minute of it." (thanks for waiting once in awhile).
Regards, Tom
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Valbruna ski trip 2004
from Amanda Precourt
Hi everyone!
Need less to say, I had such a wonderful time in Italy playing and skiing with you all. I want to extend a BIG thanks to Chris and Marco for making it such a wonderful, once in a lifetime experience for us all! I am already looking forward to the "Reunion" trip in 2005. I hope to see you all this winter on the slopes--Megan and I will take the lead on planning a reunion in Vail in a month or so. Until then, good luck to everyone and remember the great fun we all had in Valbruna!
Amanda
