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Europe » Italy » Veneto » Lazise October 11th 2019

"How lucky we are that surrounded by all this joy we sing inside our own little boat" Kabir Given that we are on a lake and a beautiful one at that this seems somewhat appropriate. There are little boats on the lake . There are large ones too. If you are going to end up somewhere then Lake Garda is not a bad place to end up. All life goes on here . At the bottom of the lake the first place we visited in Suzy in 2012 - Peschiera with its marina and its larger than life campsites Bella Italia and Butterfly where Italians love to socialise and live cheek by jowl. A good train service to take you out for a bit of culture . Bardolino - excellent town with smaller more intimate campsites. ... read more
Busy Lizzies on the way in
Yes the Venetians were here
The marina

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Lazise September 6th 2014

We woke fairly late for us 8 am and ate a leisurely breakfast of croissants and cereal before walking down to Garda for the boat to Sirmione. As we were early we bought our ticket an ordinario viaggatori for me at 9 euros 80 and cheaper Terza Eta ticket of 8 euro 30 for Glenn . We guessed that Terza Eta probably meant third age. Much nicer than old age pensioner or senior citizen. We spent the next 20 minutes drinking coffee waiting for the boat to arrive and watching the goings on in the local market. It reminded me of Mold market heaving with locals purchasing their vegetables and fruit, shoes, handbags, blingy jewellery and shoes. A thriving market and fun to see. We always seem to meet interesting people on our travels and today ... read more
The harbour within the castle
Sirmione Castle
Sirmione Castle




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