Our first day in the Italian Lakes

This is the view from the campsite restaurant taken last night at dinner.

We had a good sleep, the campsite is good, quite close to the main road and therefore quite noisy in the early hours but otherwise very good. We didn’t have anything for breakfast so that was a job for today.

After showers we set off down the lake side, we stopped in a couple of towns and walked round, we had breakfast in Intra then as it was not very much we had a toastie in Palaza. We found a supermarket and bought what we needed for eating, we also bought a fan as it gets really hot in the tent during the day. The fan has a european plug on it and our tent electricity system only accepts UK 3 pin plugs so that was a challenge to overcome.

  Some random views of

We walked the dogs a little way by the lake then eventually gave in and let them swim a bit.

We bought some stuff for lunch and headed back to the site to eat lunch and relax, Susan wanted to use the washing machine too!

It was baking hot and there was no respite from it so we decided to go and have a swim in the lake.

We threw a stick for the dogs for ages, they must be knackered. I got Susan and the dogs organised to race for a stick to see who was the fastest swimmer.

Susan is in the lead

And she gets the stick and wins the lolly pop

Dan gets frustrated and tries to take it from her.

We went back and showered, read our books then went out in search for an adapter to allow us to use the fan in the tent. The 2 brothers that own the camp site are really helpfull and took ages to show us how to find the Italian version if B&Q where they might sell what we want. When we found it I was skeptical that they would have it but they did, it cost more than the fan but it’s worth it.

 

We stopped by the harbour in Intra for a drink, this was what was happening across the road. We eventually found a restaurant for dinner that had an outside seat for us. I found an internet cafe but it was really crap and I could not upload the blog so I have no idea when this will be sent. We came back to the tent to thunder, lightning and rain.