A sweet day in Vail

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Yesterday we went for a walk at Vail village.
In the summer it really feels like an alpine village filled with Tyrolean style buildings, cosy restaurants and stores displaying their ware under hanging flowers and people strolling with an ice cream or a cocktail.
Vail was celebrating the "Sweet Vail Day" in which restaurants and independent vendors created all sorts of desserts and sweets and sold them in a festive street fair.

The village atmosphere in Vail is created by the fact that you have to park your car and stroll the streets of the village by foot- no cars allowed.


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