German or Italian or Austrian

Until 1919 the South Tyrol was part of Austria when it was ceded to Italy. Indeed you would be forgiven for thinking you were in the Tyrol itself as the churches all have that distinctive green onion dome and the tongue you hear spoken is German.
In fact the cuisine here is superb as it is mixture of Alpine and Mediterranean, during my visit I had some homemade spinach ravioli whilst Deborah tucked in to Kaiserschaam, a cross between a pancake and an omlette that had been cut into strips, covered with sugar and served with home made cranberry jam. Over 300,000 Italians use German or German related languages as their everyday speech, some have their own TV and Radio stations.

The Dolomites

This is Debra our guide when we were walking in the Dolomites.  Although she speaks German like the rest of the the population in the South Tyrol she is an Italian citizen. Although fiercly proud of her Austrian roots these people want to remain in Italy as they have their own radio and TV stations. There are even some valleys where they speak Ladan, an ancient form of Germain Latin. Have a good day now.

South Tyrol

This is the Seiser Alm plateau in the South Tyrol. Although in Italy the local population speak German and one or two valleys speak the original form of Latin. Hope you're all well today. I am rebuilding my website today before going up to the rugby club to photograph the colts.

Take care now.