After Venice we headed off to Lake Garda for a couple of days, we were lucky that the weather was lovely so we could enjoy the wonderful scenery. We stayed on a campsite called La Ca' right on the side of the lake,but it was busy enough that all the front lake facing pitches were occupied so we picked a pitch higher up on the terraced site, still with a nice view and maybe less exposed to the wind. We left the bikes on the van here and spent our time either walking along the lakeside promenade or relaxing in the sunshine on site. I imagine we saw a very different Lake Garda to how it would be in the height of season, but it was pretty quiet which is how we like it!
Before we left we decided to have a meal in the campsite restaurant - big mistake! We were looking forward to having a proper Italian pizza before we left Italy, but they weren't cooking pizza that night as well as quite a lot of other items on the menu that we chose as an alternative. There was only one other couple dining there and had we not got chatting to them we probably wouldn't have stayed, but we did stay and sadly the quality of the food was awful! Keith had mixed fish which when it came was 95% Calamares with a couple of sad looking prawns thrown in and the green salad was a bowl of chopped iceberg lettuce. It reminded us of Faulty Towers! Anyway we enjoyed chatting and exchanging motorhome stories with the other couple, but we didn't bother staying for dessert or coffee!
On Saturday, after five days in Italy we moved on to Switzerland and a pretty campsite near to Acquarossa. The site was situated in a meadow in a river valley with huge mountains either side, the only sound was the clanging of the cow bells from the adjacent field.
After waking up on Sunday morning with the temperature in the van at 10°C (outside temperature being less than 5°C!) we were grateful for the heater in the van, but once the sun came up from behind the mountain it warmed up nicely and we went out for a cycle ride, stopping along our way for a coffee and a naughty plate of chips at a bar restaurant in little village. The scenery for our ride was just spectacular with snow peaked mountains in the distance and beautiful little Swiss villages perched on the hillsides.
I will have more photos soon, I just need some free wifi! The paid internet I have right now is for one device only, Oh the joys of internet when you're travelling!
We would love to stay longer in Switzerland in the summertime when the days are longer, but it lived up to the reputation of being ridiculously expensive so I'm not sure we could afford it! So after a two night stay we continued our journey homeward - next stop Germany.
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