Hotel Sirena Malcesine

So, nun läut der Drahtesel..

Am Mittwoch bin ich noch einen Tag in Zernez geblieben und habe bei einer Winterwanderung noch ein letztes Mal die Schweizer Alpen genossen. Haiaiai, ist das Engadin wunderschön..!! Nach der Trennung von meinem geliebten GA, habe ich dann am Donnerstag morgen den Ofenpass in Angriff genommen. Der Aufstieg w...

Wednesday, December 16, 2009



Basilica di Sant'Anastasia






I attended an awesome concert tonight in a most beautiful setting. The Concert of Santa Lucia was in the Basilica of Santa Anastasia. The church is undergoing some renovation, most of it completed at this point. The result is spectacular. The vibra...

What a great surprise crossing over into Piazza Dante, and finding that the statue of Dante Alighieri was surrounded by well crafted booths in the making of a Christkindl market. Nice display of all things from the SudTirol region , items of clearly high quality, somewhat pricey, not the normal market quality, though.
I walked through the are...

After all my travels throughout the world this beautiful place on lago di garda is without much doubt the most spiritual place I have found. It has a wonderful light and feeling to it. The calming lake and the imposing surrounding mountains give it an other worldy feel I have not encountered before. The small town of Salo' is the most authentic ...

We left Trieste, and set off for Venezia, and to visit some of Dad's friends who had visited Vanuatu a couple of times on sailing trips. Since they have always live on boats, their house was so small and almost looked like living on a boat as well! It was so cute, and very unlike a typical Italian house!! We had lunch there....mmm...moustache fi...

Date: 10/10/2009
Location: Nth Lake Garda, Italy
Beers consumed to date: 466


The last couple of days have been quite interesting. We came to Europe not really expecting to see snow let alone go snow boarding, and yet we have done 2 days. For me it was interesting as ive never gone either skiing or snowboarding before ...

Desenzo del Garda: Up at 5.15am so we could get the car out of their bloody market area as there were NO spaces anywhere at 10pm last night. The place was jumping.

It was most pleasant this morning though, so I guess they did us a good turn. We parked up on the lake front and went for a walk as we waited for day to break. Drove around ...

Verona es serena, rodeada de colinas y atravesada por un rio, el Adigio, el segundo río más largo de Italia después del Po. La ciudad medieval está rodeada por una alta muralla, testigo de muchas batallas. Acá llegamos al hotel Accademia, en el centro mismo de la vieja ciudad. Un hotel con mucho estilo y de impecable atención. A pesar del calor,...

Arriving in Peschiera del Garda station the heat is remarkable, We sit on a bench under a tree waiting for the taxi to arrive. Nothing turns up for 45mins! we speak to the local newsagents and it turns out we have to call for one, turns up 15mins later and we arrive at the family camping resort San Benedetto. The only place to pitch a tent is ne...

On our last morning in Salsomaggiore Terme, we sadly said good-bye to the castle, had a last quick breakfast at the restaurant and set out in a taxi to get to the bottom of the hill. The ride seemed even longer to get to the bottom than it had to drive to top of the mountain, but finally we reached a pretty old, decrepit train station that would...