¬A¬ Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites : [untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys]
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Autor:
Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford / by Amelia B. Edwards
Ort:
London
Verlag:
Routledge
Umfang:
XXIV, 389 S. : Ill., Kt.. - 2. ed.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1872
Signatur:
II 98.318
Intern-ID:
171127
town con- taining an excellent hotel, where traveder» bound for thè mountain, and travellers coming down to thè plains, are wom to rest. Here we parted from our heavy luggage, keeping only a few small bags for use during thè tour. Here also we engaged a carriage to take us on to Como, where we arrived about midday, after a dull and dusty drive of some two hours more. It was our intention to push on that afternoon as far as Bellaggio, and in thè morning to take thè early steamer to Lecco, where
we hoped to catch thè g.25 train reaching Venice at 4.30. Tired as we now were, it was pleasant to learn that thè steamer would not leave till three, and that we might put up for a couple of hours ät thè Hotel Volta—not only thè best in Como, but one of thè best in Italy. Here we rested and took luncheon, and, despite thè noontide blaze out of doors, contrived to get as far as that exquisite little miniature in marble. thè Cathedral. Lingering there till thè last moment, examining thè cameo-like bas