Sued Tirol, the mountains of Italy and of Reinhold Messner

So we left on Thursday morning to travel to Tirol, specifically Sued Tirol, i.e. South Tirol, which is in Italy. On the way we drove through Innsbruck and then after a steep climb we passed this ruin, in Lake Resia, where the ancient town of Graun, founded in 1147, was flooded in the late 1940's by a dam project. All that remains is this church tower.

Tonight we (Gustav and I) are staying in an old hotel. We are the only guests. Three kilometers away is the tiny alpine town of Sulden, with one of Reinhold Messner's museums, the museum of ice. It was near here where Messner honed his skills as a mountaineer on the Ortler, a massive mountain with glaciers and steep walls.

I hope you all are well.