It was a bad night, heavy rain, thunder and a remarkable lightning storm that lit the whole lake up. The dogs were very frightened, Dan sat on the bed panting and dribbling saliva on me. It lasted about 2 hours but then it was over and we got to sleep.
Today we went to Stressa, a large resort town down the coast from here. It is very plush, full of large Victorian style hotels like the Grand, the kind of places we should be staying rather than in the tent.
This is a typical Italian scene, forget Pasta and Ice cream, it is mobile phones that feature heavily in Italy.
There are 3 Islands off the coast, this is one of them. We had discussed doing a tourist type boat round the lake but although dogs are allowed they must be muzzled, we do have muzzles but it is cruel to muzzle a dog in at like this as it restricts their ability to cool down by limiting their panting. It is possible to rent a smaller boat but we decided against it.
We walked round the town, there are many typical Italian buildings here.
I really liked the tiling on these balconies.
We walked along the beach front and let the dogs swim for a little while.
These lovely gardens were by the waterfront.
I found a decent internet shop so caught up on emails etc, Susan sat in the sun. She was approached by a couple from Yorkshire who wanted holiday friends – they were on the last day of the holiday so had treated themselves to “Lasagne and a glass of red wine”, seems odd to go to Italy and keep this as a going home treat. They soon buggered off when I appeared!
We stopped by the supermarket to get something for dinner and headed back to the tent. We had some lunch then went to the beach for a few hours to let the dogs swim.
We made dinner and watched 24.
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