Mountains in the distance

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After the conference (PDC 2006), a group of attendees decided to go for a day hike. The conference was in Trento, Italy which is the largest town in the region of Trentino in Northwest Italy. The city and the surrounding areas are breathtakingly beautiful. Not going on the hike seemed like a crime, so even despite the early 8am hour a group of 8 of us met in the piazza domo and then piled into two cars to head up further into the mountains. It was a good hike, not too challenging but challenging enough to feel sore the next day. We hiked up to a quaint restaurant set on teh top of the mountain and enjoyed a delicious meal including fried cheese (mmmm), mushrooms, sauerkraut, and polenta. Capping off the meal was a complimentary round of grappa which made the majority of the hike on the way down feel like floating.