Lake Garda

No holiday is complete without at least one day at the beach. Luckily it was a part of our travel itinerary. Have you heard about Lake Garda or Lago di Garda as the Italians say? It's the biggest lake in Italy. Located on the edge of the Dolomites and surrounded by picturesque holiday villages it's definitely worth visiting if you happen to be in Northern Italy.

Me by the lake

One beautiful morning we packed our swimwear (or, well, I did – Julius prefers to swim in his "birthday suit") and headed to the bus station. One hour later we arrived in the village of Garda on the eastern coast of the lake.

What to do in Garda? Well, walk around the narrow shopping streets and enjoy the smell of handmade soap. Sit down in one of the restaurants by the water and enjoy a cold beer. Btw, Julius the sneaky bastard, tried to order a beer but I told the waiter to bring a coke. Enjoy the sun on one of the small pebble beaches. Good thing we'd remembered to bring our flip-flops.

No, we haven't drowned and washed up on the beach. We're just enjoying the sun.

Next we went to Peschiera del Garda at the southern end of the Lake. We went down to the beach and rented a sunchair. The view from the beach was beautiful and the water was nice and warm.

After a couple of hours we had had enough of the sun and water so we went looking for a nice restaurant. On the way we saw a snake in the water. Naturalmente I wasn't scared but Julius nearly peed himself.

My humans found a good restaurant and had a delicious lunch of local grilled fish.

From there we went to the centre of the town and had a walk around the cozy streets. I made some new friends.

Hanging with the locals

I had a brief holiday flirt with a nice blond Juliet.

Of course we stopped at a nice gelateria. While we were there a couple of sweaty joggers came in. They had a gelato and then continued their jog. Maybe I should take up jogging too...

Me trying to decide what flavour to get. Snickers or Oreo?

Finally we walked to the station and took the train back to Verona.

Next stop Bologna. Stay tuned!