July 2017

Because we’re on Como for over three weeks, we’re finding it very relaxing, alternating active days with less active ones.  Our excuse is that it’s still very hot – thirty degrees or more every day, so you don’t feel you have much energy to do very much. On Tuesday however we decided to break out the bikes and cycle along the Lakeside path to Sorico, about 5km north of Golden Sheep.  It’s a lovely ride along a path shared with pedestrians, but with spectacular view of the Lake all round. When we got back we then walked into the centre of Domaso to get aRead More →

We packed up in record time (we’re getting really good at this now!) said our goodbye’s and left the site around 9.30 a.m. We’d already programmed the Satnav to take us to Camping Golden Sheep (!) at Domaso at the top of Lake Como, and expected it to be a relatively short hop of about 2 hours.  Unfortunately the Satnav seems to have developed a mind of her own (Karol’s certain it’s a ‘she’!) and after 20 minutes we still hadn’t left San Felice, as ‘she’ kept giving us conflicting directions. This wasn’t the first time ‘she’ had done this – it seemed as thoughRead More →

We spent Monday visiting the nearest main town Salo, about 5 km up the lake side.  Salo was damaged by an earthquake in 1901 and most of the historic buildings were damaged, but they have rebuilt quickly and they’ve created a beautiful lakeside promenade. Lake Garda is huge and there are lots of boats, both ferries taking passengers around and across the lake, and private boat owners who moor their boats there all year. Quite a few campers also tow boats behind their motorhomes and they stay at sites with access to the lake. It’s really entertaining watching them all, and also the different birdsRead More →

It seems that everybody in mainland Europe has a dog.  Caravaners/motor home owners seem particularly fond of dogs, which surprises me as there’s little enough room as it is, without tripping over a four legged friend every time you move around.  However, what Karol pointed out is that different nationalities treat their dogs in different ways. Take the Spanish – their dogs are an integral part of the family – whilst being well behaved they know their place. Italians take their dogs everywhere with them – including into shopping centres!  What happens if the dog has an accident on the tiled flooring?  No one seemsRead More →

Our first night at Camping Serenissima was notable only because it became known as the Night of the Mosquitos!  We sat out until we realised that we were getting pestered by insects and retired.  By morning we both had evidence of a few bites, even though we’d applied Avon’s ‘Skin so Soft’ but didn’t think much of it.  Later we would realise that we had more than 30 bites between us, and boy were we going to suffer! However, on the Tuesday morning after Karol had opened her birthday cards, we caught the local bus from outside the site into Venice, a journey which tookRead More →

The weather continues to be a bit mixed, but at least it has cooled down now, and most of the time it’s in the early 20’s which is very pleasant.  On Thursday we decided to circumnavigate the lake on our bikes – just short of 30 km, and as such was Karol’s longest ever bike ride! It was relatively flat too, and all on cycle paths, so no motorised traffic to contend with.  We also had great views of the mountains and the lake itself.               Friday was a bit different, in that we had to take the carRead More →