Our hotel, the Luna Mondschein, is situated only a short walk from one of the two gondolas that lift you up to the pistes, and if you are wearing ski boots and carrying skis there is the option of a shuttle bus to take you along the road. This morning the other three of our party were going to the Seceda lift, so I jumped into the minibus with them and then walked down (through a handy tunnel with inclined moving walkways) into the village, pausing for a quick visit to the main Ortisei Church, which has an Italian Baroque onion dome on top and some pretty painted plaster and wooden statues within, as well as stained glass windows which portray the twelve apostles. I sauntered through the attractive pedestrianised area of the town, and couldn’t resist visiting a couple of shops. There are lots of woodwork artefacts for sale, with an emphasis on religious scenes. There are also bakeries, stationery shops, clothes shops and cafés. I made my way to the swimming pool and that’s where I am now, having swum a modest but hopefully beneficial 500 metres. It’s snowy today, and I can see the mountains and the softly falling snow from the large floor to ceiling windows.
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