Sandcastle's Dream: Our Summer Holiday - 2nd Stop

Next morning, another stress free morning, when we woke up, packed up, put down the tent and travelled another 790 km from Heidenhof to Arco, Italy. The place where we intend to visit next. Again, no pre-reservation and also no idea if there will be a camping space for us. We drove at a speed of 140 to 160 km/h and reach Arco in 5 hours! Pretty awesome eh? Yes, again stress-free ride, stop twice to have lunch and small bites and off we go on the road again.

Arco is situated at the heart of the northern Lake Garda Region. Atone end, Arco faces Lake Garda, while its other end is surrounded by the mountains. It is a typical place for rock climbing. The town is surrounded on one side by sheer limestone cliffs jutting up like a wall protecting its ancient hilltop castle.

The castle of Arco, one of he most beautiful fortress in the Alps, was built by the counts of Arco at the top of a towering rock overlooking the plain of the river Sarca. Looking from the Castle gives one a breathtaking panorama.

The drive up to Arco campsite was a breeze. Although its a narrow one way up and one way down road, as long as you are not driving behind a huge bus or a big truck, the drive up is infact scenic. The scenic view of the lake and greenery are just too pleasing to the eyes that I didn't mind having to drive up and down many many times!

Campeggio Arco is the campsite we have intended to put up for the next 3-4 days depending on how much we like the place. The same process; check with the reception for availability, find ourselves a spot and put up the tent! I very much enjoy that process because, we were never turned down when in Italy!

While we decide on a camping site, to our pleasant surprise, we are camp right next to the river. The beautiful sound of the flowing water sounded pleasing to one's ear. I cannot help but leap with joy and the smile on our face naturally glow. Both Jos and I love the river, once we put up our tent and have everything in place... the first thing we did was to check the river out!

The water was freezing cold as you can see from my expression but same time, to soak your feet in freezing cold fresh river water during a hot sunny day is not a bad idea! However, be warn... your feet would also feel numb by less than 5 mins. So we had to run in and out of the river which of course is totally fun! Saw some boys building dams in the river and Jos explains its a typical dutch boy's childhood activities... without further a do, the next I saw Jos reliving his childhood days by carrying big rocks, small rocks joining in the boys. I've never seen this nor done this... but after some observation, I joined in the fun too! cold it was but totally fun! One bad review... the rock broke my nails! Grrrr....

Next, we walked around Arco town, which is less than 10mins walk from our camp site. That is one very good reason why I love Arco! It has the best facilities and among all, easily accessible surroundings.

That first night in Arco was one romantic one. Jos cooked pasta for the first time on the brand new camping stove from Piet (Jos' Dad). Cooking for Jos seems to be so easy. I have to admit, I am a darn lousy cook, so I cannot imagine how is it possible to cook in a camp site. But he made it seems so easy of which I am totally proud of. He is brilliant!

Here is some pictures of the cooking process and the aftermath.