Peschiera del Garda

Every morning in Arco, the church bells would ring and the birds will start chirping and to me, its quite a melody. I remember smiling even in my sleep hearing these sounds I call melody. It's very pleasing to one's ear and the next thing would be a nice morning kiss from the love of my life. How sweet! And in no time, breakfast is ready and the sun is shining. What a life! if you ask me....

The night before was another raining night and to my worst nightmare... there was a thunder storm with lightning. I didn't grew up to handle thunder lightning very well, each time the lightning strikes, I hide myself under blanket and really. To think I am sleeping in a tent and thunder storm, this can drive me crazy. Thunder storm sucks. Jos cannot stop assuring me the thunder is very far away. Although I feel more assure with him holding me tight but I cannot believe the thunder is very far away. :P

Anyway, back to our adventure. The day went on with a temperature as high as 35 degrees almost throughout the whole day. That's pretty common for summer in Europe, especially in places like Italy and France. Not so much in Holland.

Peschiera del Garda is one of the most characteristics town within Lake Garda. It is situated 25kms away from Verona. We have travelled from Arco in a car and took us less than half an hour. We drove a long straight road along with the river. Beautiful scene and nice warm breeze. The first sight of Peschiera was just river on the right and left and canals at some point. Although its a tourist spot, I can happily say it didn't feel at all clustered. Not that its empty, there are people but its just good enough to allow us to feel relaxed.

Yes, it was at a temperature as high as 35 degrees c, but once I looked at the river, it didn't feel 35 anymore. And the minute I put my feet into the river, I felt my body temperature instantly fell. The nice cooling effect, close your eyes and feel the wind. When we parked our car, we found a bottle of sunscreen, we just had to use it because the sun gives me a feeling its gonna burn us up real bad!

There are swans hanging around by the bank of the river and they have totally no fear of humans around them. We could sit by the bank of the river, enjoy the cold river and interact with the swans! Haha! But I ain't a swan person. Neither is Jos. So we are quite happy to just snap a picture or two of the swans. They look beautiful & graceful!

And sometimes, we see little ducks right in the middle of the huge river. Strange sight but they seems to enjoy being alone in a huge world.

The one thing in Italy that is the same everywhere is the sweets shop and their Gelatos. They seems to be really into sweet stuffs. Or maybe they are just into food of all kinds, sweet or not, Italian does it best! But really, its amazing how these sweet treats draws me close to the glass windows each time I passes them by. The way they made it, the colors in them, the details etc just draws my attention and I had to take a picture of it each time I passes by. If time permits and it doesn't give me extra calories, I would buy everything of each designs and keep them. Having said that, besides the sweet stalls, Italy is also full of nice restaurant that each time I passes them, the smell of pizza, pasta etc never fails to draw me close or stood for a minute to check what's cooking! OK, I know I am a glut! :D

Just before we entered into the fortress, there is a little stall selling fresh fruits and ..... CHILLIS! strange much? I cannot understand who would buy chilli and huge ones. Maybe they are just for show but look! Its really huge and 2nd thoughts, chilli and fresh fruits doesn't match does it?

Generally, the place is just beautiful with nice sunshine. We enjoyed the day very much despite the hot sun. The bonus? The beautiful view walking back! We were dancing our way back to our car. I will not forget the way we held hands and Jos made me turn in circles and me happily skipping back to the car. For a moment, I feel like a kid once again.

When back in the campsite, my master cooked again! I am so lucky to have someone that can cook and all I do is wait for my dinner to be served. Chicken cooked with green beans and serve with rice! GM Jos' masterpiece I will say and I enjoy the dish everytime I eat them. So... thanks Mr GM J xx

As usual, after dinner, we went for our romantic walk to Arco town and have a gelato and a beer. Its always fun when you are with a lousy drinker and because I am not a good drinker . One beer is enough for me to start speaking nonsense. So yes, I ended with me on Jos' back, he had to piggy-back me back to campsite with me repeatedly saying :"its niet goed!" all the way back. haha. Wait, I need to clarify, I was totally sober of course! Just an excuse to ride on his back without having to walk! :D *Top Secret*