Lezzeno

We are sitting on our deck, the thunder is rolling around the mountains again and we see some huge flashes of lightning but the storms seem to be be missing us again. Every afternoon this happens and it's pretty awesome - we wonder if it's a daily occurrence or unusual. Our days though have continued to be perfect and excellent holiday weather. It's good to hear we have had rain at home though not sure about the thunderstorm damage in Kerang. 

Here is our car at our place - can you guess which is our rental car?? Darryl and Greg would love it to be the Maserati but that belongs to a chap who drove down from Belgium!! Actually we have seen quite a few very expensive cars here - the more we see around here we realise this is a very affluent part of Italy!! We have the boxy Fiat!! (used to have a clutch!!)

Yesterday we drove to the next village Bellagio which is very picturesque and much more touristy than here (I think we are the only tourists in this village)! After many U turns and lots of back seat driving, we finally found the supermarket which was in the most obscure place!! We got our supplies (shops close between 12 & about 4 so you can't just rock up and expect things to be open) We parked and had a ride on a little tourist train to get an overview of the place then came back here for lunch and a quiet afternoon.

Today we did the ferry bit and it was a great way to get a bit of a perspective on the lake and the villages. We were gob smacked by the many beautiful homes and gardens - if we hadn't come here we would have an impression of Italy that wasn't like this. 

I want to have a flower display like this - we think they are hydrangeas!

         

This lake is huge - 47 Kms long, in the deepest point it is 425metres deep and average depth is 154 metres. Volume is 25k cubed - not sure what that means but it's a lot of water! It must be pretty healthy as the water is clear and we saw many fish just off the shore. We see water skiing,sailing, swimming - just like Lake Charm!! And the narrow windy roads seem to attract lots of motor bikes - I think they are a nightmare and don't enjoy walking along the roads at all!

         

We had our only disappointing meal of our holiday for lunch - not a terrible meal but not wonderful & poor service but tonight cwe will be dining in style here as Anne is cooking a seafood risotto and I am helping! 

Thanks to Anne's techno ability, we were able to see the last of the Port Adelaide match and how close - but no disgrace. We see where Kerang won and Murrabit lost - technology is wonderful isn't it that we are on the other side of the world and can still know what happens at home! 

We have no plans for tomorrow but will decide when the day comes.

This was a beautiful hotel called "Victoria"in one of the little villages!  Must have named it after our lovely state! (Oops your lovely state!) 

Hope everyone is well and I sign off now to cook risotto! 

Lots of love from Marg & Darryl xxxxx