A few days after Christmas, I went to the mountains with my second host family. They have a house in Enego that I had also went to the first week I was in Italy (yes, the same place I got locked in the bathroom before). So my host second host dad came to pick me up at my first house and then we headed to the mountains. As we drove I learned a lot of history about the mountains. We even stopped to see a fort used in World War 1.
One of the trenches near the fort.
The view of the valley from the fort... Yes, we were actually in the clouds!
The outside of the fort
The fort on the inside... I'm not sure how far it actually goes because it was dark and I didn't walk through the whole thing.
A big gun inside the fort
Round Rosie went with me this time!
The view from my window.
One of the things I love most about Italy is that I get to see and be in these places that we learn about in school. The places where history was made, the same place important people stood only a few hundred years ago. Around every corner there is a new story to be told, something new to learn. My host dad also took me to see this statue of the lion of Venice, which was the symbol of the Venice empire. When Napoleon had come to destroy this statue, the people of the mountain had hid it and saved it. I was just in awe as I looked at it, I mean Napoleon had looked for and tried to destroy the same statue I was looking out. I mean how cool is that! When we finally arrived at the house, we ate dinner and then after dinner we headed to the town theater to see a little concert. The next day after we ate lunch, we headed about an hour to another town in the mountains called Asiago. Now, Asiago is a tourist town, but not to long ago was the location of a major battle in WW1. Like most other the mountain towns, Asiago was originally inhabited by Germans and Austrians. During WW1, the town was almost completely destroyed, but was beautifully rebuilt. To add some more awesome history, Earnest Hemingway had fought in the battle in Asiago (also, his town house is in the villas just outside of Bassano)! Asiago is also famous for Asiago cheese, which is probably my favorite cheese I have eaten here so far. As it started to get late, we headed back and stopped in a valley that runs exactly from North to South or East to West (I can't remember). In this valley there was this giant rock with designs drawn on it from some ancient religion. I don't really remember the facts very well because it was explained to me in Italian, but it was really cool to see and I think there are 2 others that form a triangle with the one I saw for something. Finally, before we headed home, we went to the very top of the mountain to see the snow. Yes, I got to touch snow at least once in Italy! Later when we got home, we ate dinner and then headed to the church for a Christmas concert. The next, day I slept most of the day and then after lunch headed home to Bassano.
The rock, it's hard to see the designs in the picture
Beautiful nature
The valley
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