Hotel Luise Riva Del Garda

... the lake. The food produced in this area of Italy is another of the many highlights, the number of cheeses, ham and wines to sample seems infinte. The area has all kinds of diverse scenery and vistas to enjoy. I have been visiting this area for over 5 years and have come to the conclusion that the aesthetic and cultural assets are hard to beat.

... itself, then Malcesine. At least half of traffic seems to be on two wheels: the land of the rider! 35 degrees spotted on thermo.) We find camping we are looking for, but have forgotten how enormous these sites are! Get **** spot, right next to road, but decide to live with it until the morrow.
That night we saunter into Bardolino to eat. Find fine bustling restaurant and opt for a la carte... For the first time in ...

... out some paddle boats which was good fun.
Everyone had a great time at the wedding, weather was brilliant. John was so hungry he even ate a flower, plate decoration and Orla tried to steal the show with her drunken antics.
On our last day in Malcesine we went to the top of a really big hill in a cable car, seen some cows and snow, played some crazy golf at a really late hour and had a few drinks with our friends, the last for a while.

... juliet. There's a statue of her underneath it and crowds of people in line to touch her boob.. apparently it's good luck... so we all took our turns touching juliet's boob and we took pictures of it. The balcony was really awesome. There's also a "tunnel of love" that you have to go through to get to the balcony. You're supposed to write your name on it. So we all wrote our names in permanent marker in the tunnel. On sunday Gaston finally made it!! We were glad he could ...

... few days flew by because we knew that we would have to leave soon. Tuesday arrived which was our last day at the hotel in Dei Normanni. We had class at 9:30 am but it was cut short because it was our last day. After class was when the goodbyes started. We had to say goodbye to Giuseppe and the chef Vincenzo right before our Italian class. During Italian class we were all starting to cry. Our Italian teacher, one of our favorite people here told us ...

... Milano) - Heatthrow (Londra) (British Airways) Heathrow (Londra) - Newark (New York) (British Airways) JFK (New York) - Malpensa (Milano) (American Airlines) La procedura prevede per l'andata il rilascio di un codice di prenotazione che tramite il sito della British Airways (www.ba.com) consente di effettuare a partire da 24 ore prima della ...

... huge. We spent a few hours exploring the foreshore; some of the land holdings were very large as were many of the recreational boats; there must be old money here! Garda must be a very popular family tourist destination if the size of the caravan parks was anything to go by. Tomorrow we head for the Dolomites to get some bush-walking in the Alps and to have a Sound Of Music moment.

... will be leaving too, to go back to their main house in Milano. At 9 we headed out towards Venice and the airport. Since it was now dark we were unable to sightsee. I tried to nap but only closed eyes - one stop for coffee for GP and fuel-(14.08 liters at $20 euros) and arrived at the empty airport at midnight. Maria was reluctant to leave us there alone but we finally sent them off to spend the night at a nearby friends before heading to Milano tomorrow.

... mile to their home. I would guess we have walked about 2 miles today! After 7 we headed out to their house---and got lost. Not too bad though-just missed seeing the house though we had taken the correct side road. Called and she ran out and met us. They had dinner ready- fresh minestrone soup, chicken with spaghetti sauce, bread and some delicious potatoes, then some baked peaches with a chocolate on the top-very good. After dinner we a ...

... and then drove on further through several small towns to a church where Maria and GianPiero and Maria were married 40 years ago. We walked the grounds and spent some time in the church, then drove on to Castle Toblino, where a bishop lived many years ago, now a restaurant and bar. We were only able to peek inside the castle as there was a big wedding going on. We sat down by the lake for coffee - we had watched a demonstration of coffee ...