Paradise - Limone sul Garda

As my journey continues, I cannot believe that places continue to appear more and more incredible. This time I am travelling alone for the first time more or less since I started my travels in May, and yet it is still as fantastic, and being alone gives me more chance to talk to locals and practise my languages. I am sitting beside the lake watching the boats returning after their day around the Garda See. This will be me tomorrow.

I have to say that the more I travel, the more I wish the media would give us a more positive picture of the world. Of course there are dreadful things happening in so many places, but one tends to get lost in this and ignore the wonderful places, people and natural beauty that there is. As I travelled from Bolzano to Limone sul Garda today I so appreciated the amazing scenery all along the way, the people chatting happily around me and the cleanliness of a country subject to a poor reputation in this regard. Bus on time, driver careful and calm, bus pristine and air- conditioned. The moment we started to descend to Riva del Garda was incredible. What spectacular scenery ! 

 

I must admit to having had  a moment of wondering how on earth I would get to my destination, seeing the cliffs plunging into the lake below. Thank goodness for tunnels!

i don't know what I had expected, but this place really ticks all the boxes. My hotel is in a great location by the lake, close to the boat departure point and public beach, which I really enjoyed this evening, the water being a really pleasant 22 or so degrees. I do not have a room with a view, but I will only use it to sleep and shower. It is cool, the most important point. Though it is a pleasant 28 during the day and a really lovely 20 tonight. Perfect weather.

 

My hotel is in the right of the photo so you can see how pretty it is. Even the town car park is a mass of trees in full bloom. All the time the mountains toeer above you. It is super impressive and yet at the same time tranquil and pretty. 

 

So here I am , writing between courses. I have taken a 4 course degustation menu, which so far has been delicious, accompanied by live music and setting sun! Lots of ducks begging too ! They are doing pretty well.

Here is my first course of lake trout - i can see future meals swimming around just metres away . Little do they know , 

luckily.

 

Have just had a snall taster of the most delicious spaghetti and lemon sauce.  After the meal I must hurry round to a bar which is showing the Welsh Portugal soccer. Go Wales 😀

Hone after the match. Well done Wales despite loss. They never lost the respect of all who were watching and the fans too did them proud. I feel proud to be half Welsh 🙂