Torgnon
Torgnon
The slopes of Torgnon, offer the most stunning views.
Claudia of the Centro Fondo helped us to find other pistes in the area that were open and prepared and not just that, she also organised for us to meet a very old pig, which was super special! We made a new friend and she will visit us in Amsterdam in May😊😊
Even though the slopes were amazing, at some point I flew (unwanted) and landed head first on the slopes. Nothing broken, but with a bruised rib and some other nuisances, I am a bit in pieces. So the next day, we decided not to ski to recover and to have a laundry day in the village called Bionaz. Next to our apartment, they have goats and we were welcome to go and visit them. The lady explained that they make cheese, but that at the moment she hardly had any cheese, because the goats have babies and so she doesn't take the milk, as it is for the baby goats. We asked her if she sells her cheese also to supermarkets, and she said no, because they hardly pay anything for it, and she would not be able to make a living, with the way she keeps her goats. They are indoors in the winter months (this is a regional law in Valle d'Aosta, which says the animals can't stay outdoors in the winter months). Once the snow melts, they all roam free on the hills. She said that some of her goats are 10 years old. So again, it is the supermarkets that squeeze prizes at the cost of animal welfare. And yet, they refuse to take any responsibility for it!
The next morning we carefully skied 17 km on an official European Biathlon slope in Bionaz (I am still recovering from the fall), we said goodbye to Valle d'Aosta with which I fell in love over the past two weeks and we attacked our third region: Lombardia.
Yesterday we arrived in Livigno and had an appointment with an Italian TV reporter and presenter Gloria Massera in Livigno. I assumed it was going to be a 5-minute interview on the slopes, but Gloria picked us up and drove us to the TV studio where we were guest in a talkshow to talk about intensive farming in Italy and in The Netherlands. The programma will be broadcasted in three weeks time. It was the first time ever that Eleonora and I were guests in a TV studio and it is great to see that there the Italian media is very sensitive to this topic. A big thank you to Gloria, an extraordinary person who has made our experience in Livigno a very special one!
We also managed to ski 39.4 km in Livigno (a beautiful place I could definitely live). We were guests at Hotel Adele, owned by the very kind family Bormolini, who offered us a hotel room and a pizza, because they support sporty actions. Their son Maurizio, departed a couple of hours after our arrival, to participate in the world championship of Snowboarding in Korea. The lady said: 'we understand the endurance and the sacrifices people make in order to achieve a goal in sport, so when we read about what you are doing, we decided immediately that we wanted to do something to support this'. It really keeps surprising me how people, who have never met us, go the extra mile to support us.
It really helps to keep the spirits up. A big thank you to this lovely family.
This gentleman (the owner) is one of 15 children. and the youngest is the mayor of Livigno.
Do you also want to support the pigs? We hope to raise 10 euros for every kilometer for a documentary that House of Animals will make about pigs. All costs for this trip are financed by ourselves and in some cases sponsored by companies and hotels. If you also want to support us, know that 100% of your donation goes to House of Animals.
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