Today was the day to ascend the Aiguille du Midi. Earlier than the previous day, I met my guide in the hotel l…

The following day was devoted to glacier-walking training on the Mer de Glace. From the railway station for th…

The bus from Geneva was delayed by forty or fifty minutes before departure, which made me rather anxious, but …

Arriving in Bolzano just before noon, I still had some time before my train, scheduled to depart shortly after…

Today marked my final day in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The town was crowded with cars, many of them parked alon…

The next morning, the weather was fine. Right after breakfast, I jumped into the car and headed for Misurina. …

In the morning, I took the city bus I had asked about at the hotel and headed to the rental car office. The of…

Bolzano was a very small town. Yet it was also the central city of the region, an old South Tyrolean town that…

This summer, I returned to the European Alps for the first time in many years. There were some demanding momen…

It is a hot summer, isn’t it? With either extreme heat or torrential rain, it feels as though Japan is no long…