Italy was the ninth of 10 DXCC Entities that we visited during our Central Europe Trip. Total QSO Statistics for Italy can be seen here.
We were located on the northern part of Italy, just across the border with Lichtenstein.
Day Trip to Italy
We made it through the Alps into Italy…
…the villages are lovely but we want to climb mountains…
…so our GPS sends us in this direction…
… and we start climbing. Half way up we come across this village called Flains. You might think this is a one syllable word but it’s pronounced Fla-ney-is. Anyway, keep driving…
…now we make it to Schmuders …
…this is pretty much as high as we’re going but people actually live here…
… we find a place to park and we’re on the radio.
After getting back down to ground level we see a sky-rail…
…OK, let’s get 2 tickets please…
…climb aboard our little gondolas…
…heading up the mountain…
…Karen is trying to be cool even though she is very frightened…
…the village looks small from here…
… we made it to the top of our 2nd Italian Alp peak of the day.
Martins Getrankemarkt.
Once again back on the ground and I see this sign translating Italian to German.
Then we go inside the shop and Karen chooses this confection.
I preferred some authentic Italian Pizza
Italian Dauer at Schmuders, Italy
Italian Dauer at Schmuders, Italy.
Italian Gentry at Schmuders, Italy
Italian Dauer at Schmuders, Italy.
Time to say good-bye to Italy. It was a fun day.
I/WJ2O and I/K2KAR QSL Card
With the understanding of how the CEPT Licensing Agreement works, we assigned ourselves the callsigns I/WJ2O and I/K2KAR.
We had a rental and placed the whip on the lip of the trunk.
Italy was the 9th country of our Central Europe Trip.
By gondola is the way to travel in the mountains of Northern Italy.