Bormio & Pizza

We moved two hours east of Lake Como today. We took a ferry from Bellaggio to Varenna. I had what turned out to be a minor emergency when I thought I'd left my Visa card back at Bellaggio. We thought about going back to get it (would've meant two more ferry rides and at least a wated hour), calling Capital One to cancel it (would've caused other issues with pending transactions and Landon's source of emergency funds).









Then I found the card in my other pocket.









Bormio lacks the Italian character we'd appreciated the last few days. It's more in the mold of Switzerland and Germany--very functional, deliberate, orderly. It's not a bad thing, just not as charming. The people are very nice, and it is pretty. There's just a vibe that seems missing.









The driving's about the same, though.









Pizza: I expected something of a religious experience eating my first pizza from the land of their origin. I've been underwhelmed to date. We have found some very good ones, yesterday, for example, at a joint called "Nick's Place" they had the best Margharita (I think that's how it's spelled). It's just crust, sauce, mozarella cheese, and olive oil.









A couple of the other pizzas we've tried have been as good as the best frozen stuff you can get in the U.S., or on the other extreme an inch thick piece of dough like at Sbarro's. We're still searching.









I like gnocchi, though. I'll be seraching for more of that.









Tomorrow, for June 23 (my son's birthday--20th) the weather's supposed to be good. Stelvio's on tap. Hopefully, Thursday will also be good and we'll tackle Mortirolo and Gavia. We're taking the Stelvio route as described in the Pezcyclingnews link, below.







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelvio_Pass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavia_Pass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortirolo_Pass

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/default.asp?pg=fullstory&id=6588