Lido Trento

... of Allison, playing with the kids, there, but not there. In a moment of craziness, I told Ben to move out here, knowing in the back of my mind it wouldn't work, but I was desperate. The next day, once I got my sanity back, I instead sent eails to some people at home, asking if they had positions available for me when I got back. I do have one hopeful employer, I haven't heard back from him in a couple days, but I'm hoping he's trying to ...

Today the morning started our cloudy and rainy and we headed north to Lago Di Garda (Lake Garda). It is that largest lake and considered one of the most beautiful. Artistically the region was greatly influenced by the Venetian Republic which ruled the region from 15C to 18C. We were headed to a peninsula that is at the southern part of the lake a town called Sirmione. They have a 13th C castle call Scaligers’ Castle that we paid 4 euros to be able to walk ...

<br>Day 5 Again consider stating on awhile, but reflect we are only just over border, and have hankering to press on: Garda it is then!. Decided we wouldn't re-visit old haunt: best to leave happy memories undisturbed. Besides, if we go up East side, we can visit more little towns more easily. (This turns out to be wise decision, as we have terrrific ride out on scooter all along lake-side. Beau-u-u-tiful! Bardolino ...

Departed Dublin around 07:30, first stop Italy for the wedding. Arrived in Malcesine for lunch. Checked into hotel Alpino, a great little spot, right in the centre of the town, chilled for a while then caught up with friends who were already settled in. <br>Weather was a bit of a mixed bag, but we still had enough sunshine to make the most of our time. We got the ferry across Lake Garda to visit Limone for the amazing invisible market and ...

Another day of hot, sunny weather in the Lakes District of Italy. We hit the water today with a "go anywhere" pass on the lake navigation system, enabling us to get on and off vessels as many times as we want today. We depart Sirmione at 9am, and visit four ...

... 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 ...

... would never forget us and that we were her family. Mike was crying the hardest, unbelievably, because he became so close with the chef.. because the chef taught him italian curse words. After Italian we went downstairs to have a coffee with our teacher.. and she broke the news that it was time for her to go. There were many more tears this time, and we made sure to say see you later instead of goodbye. Later on, it was time for our last dinner. It was ...

... partenza: ============== Prima di descrivere il viaggio due note su quanto fatto prima di partire. Non mi riferisco alle centinaia di pagine di guide, forum, diari di viaggio, ecc. ,ma ad aspetti molto più concreti: prenotazione volo, hotel e trasferimenti. Volo prenotato tramite tui.com (1300 euro per tutti e tre tasse comprese ...

... and I got a pizza at a random bar for dinner. (Yes, pizza twice...sigh.) Which reminds me that one of the most frustrating things in Italy so far is that we can never figure out how to order/pay at bars/cafes! You would not believe the incredible number of permutations there are to the order in which you a) order, b) pay, c) sit down, d) take your food or have it delivered to the table or pick it out yourself or tell someone so they pick it out for you ...

... und wir fanden ihn auch in der Dämmerung. Danach noch ein kurzer Trip zu Julia's Balkon - und dann ab an die Autobahn. Es folgte kilometerweites Laufen, und die Mädels waren total überfordert. Nach langer Zeit, mein Gefühl für diese war schon verloren, kamen wir an eine Tankstelle an dem Autobahnzubringer - die geschlossen war. Hier versuchten wir ein Auto nach Norden zu erwischen - bis uns ein netter Junge erklärte, wir seien hier falsch ...