Corvara in Badia, Italy

So Corvara in Badia. If I haven't mentioned it the previous post detailing our journey here, the trip to Corvara in Badia is for my cousin Colin's wedding. He's marrying Ron the first Saturday in September and he's the only member of the Behmke family that's really able to clean the rest of us up. Black tie, baby.

So, Corvara. Where do I even start...

This is what it looks like when I wake up.

I open the windows in our hotel room and my body instinctively shoves my torso out the window and starts singing "The hills are aliiive with the sound of muuuusiccc!!!" I don't want to take credit for that as those aren't my own lyrics as I'm sure you know. They're lyrics to a song from Moulin Rouge. Not sure if it's applicable here in Italy this close to the Austrian border, cuz I know Moulin Rouge was set in Paris. It just seems right though.

So here's what bicycles look like. They're the inspiration behind those awesome multi-colored pinwheel hats you dress your kids in to make them look ridiculous and get a good laugh.

Here's what it looks like when you take a gondola up Alta Badia. A true chrome-dome.


This is what it looks like down the backside of the mountain. It's probably the inspiration behind The Lion King. If you look closely, you can see Rafiki holding Simba at the top of that mountain.

Pride Rock

This is what it looks like if you dump a non-working bathtub at the top of a mountain (literally dumping garbage), hand-paint a crude sign, and use it as a water trough for animals.

It's vietato, baby.

In hind-sight I actually have no idea what this is for. I really really wanted to get naked and sit in that disgusting bathtub on the mountaintop. When in Rome. I mean, it just seems like a very Italian thing to do, right? Thanks to Google Translate on my phone held up to the sign, I learned that "VIETATO" means "FORBIDDEN" and "FARE IL BAGNO" has something to do with bathing, so I didn't. I figured it's a water trough for horses. My phone's camera couldn't quite figure out what AI CANI or AL CANI meant. Using Google Translate on my computer now, this sign supposedly means it's forbidden to bathe dogs here. Or something like that. Maybe it is for human use after all?

Or maybe it was for these awesome goats just a little further down the path.

Yes, that's a tiny goat marching towards you.

It's coming for you.

And here it's found you.

This is what it looks like if you just sit on a bench. Literally, if you just sit on a bench.

man and woman on bench

This is what dessert looks like on a mountaintop. 

This is what golf looks like.


This is what the best filet in the Dolomites looks like. Yea, I went full-carnivore at this wedding.


This is what cars look like.


This is what it looks like if you lean against a car.

man leaning on car

The hosts are straight out of every storybook in the world.

This is what it looks like when my cousin Colin gets married.

Wedding Crashers

And this is what Amanda and I look like when my cousin Colin gets married.

The End. Drop the mic. See you later.

P.S. We're coming back here in the Winter to ski.

P.P.S. Amanda doesn't know it yet.

P.P.P.S. Amanda hates skiing.