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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Bouldering with Snakes

The weather here is getting hot and I'm trying to escape from work in the afternoons, for example, to the bouldering place over Haselburg castle.

I already told you that you can meet with scorpions while climbing your favorite piece of rock. This Tuesday I had a company of a dozen of lizards and two long (more than 1 meter) black snakes. I didn't manage to see their heads, so I cannot tell you if they were grass-snakes, which are not poisonous. Anyhow, I've never seen grass-snakes of such a length before. Thus, be careful and watch your feet if you go to pee in the forest!

Bolzano continues to surprise me - each time I'm walking at night I see a hedgehog or a raccoon crossing the street.