It doesn’t snow in Aci Trezza so for President’s Day Weekend we took a trip to the Italian Alps for some skiing. We flew with our friends Adam, Derrick and Jodi from Catania to Venice and drove up to the town of Cortina. Cortina is in the middle of the Dolomite section of the Alps and is supposed to have some of the best skiing in the world. 
The town itself is a quintessential ski town with hotels, restaurants and upscale shops. Although they are in the same country, Cortina is much different than Aci Trezza in many ways. Cortina was actually a part of Austria until after World War I so the town is looks a little Austrian, German or Swiss and much different then Sicily with its Middle Eastern, Greek and African influences. We ate well on our trip Cortina had exotic foods we hadn’t seen in ages… like beef. 
The slopes were great. It wasn’t too crowded and the weather was nice. I had never skied anything even close to as great as the mountains in the Dolomites. The views were amazing looking out over the range and the ski runs were so long you could ski on and on for what seemed like forever. For lunch we would stop at the chalet on the mountain for some food and some hot chocolate. We would eat outside taking in the views and take some time to relax. Back on the skis I fell about a million times but had lots of fun.
