Friday, May 4: Northern Italy Dairy Farm and waterfalls

Normally there are several waterfalls but because it was early spring, waterfalls had sprung up all over the valley.

When I went for my early  morning walk I found a waterfall which had sprung up spontaneously.
 

In the morning we played around the dairy farm, watching the automatic milking machine, and went for a short walk

In the afternoon while the kids napped Stephen and I went for a long walk along a path towards 3 waterfalls--Even at the start of the path we saw more than 3 waterfalls, but an avalanche had taken out a significant chunk of the path, so we did exploring on rocks and snow instead.

To the left is the area wiped out by an avalanche

. Then we went for a drive,

winding up in the nearby city for dinner at a pizza place. Up until this point it felt more like Switzerland since everyone spoke German, but here the waiters spoke to us in Italian, and we ate Italian food, so it felt more like being in Italy.