San Giorgio

We awoke and quickly got excited when the wee man discovered we were heading to the mountains in search of snow. Yes it took a bit to convince him that he had to wear "tight pants" which are actually thermals but he quickly decided going to find snow was more important. Only about an hours drive away is San Giorgio where we planned to take a short walk to the Rifugio Malga Malera for lunch. Really only a half hour walk took us more like an hour as we had to take a lot of stops. The wee man's excitement was uncontainable! Really he has never seen so much snow before so it was pretty understandable. His smiles and laughter were pretty contagious. The addition of beautiful snowy white scenes made for a beautiful walk. We threw a lot of snow balls, rolled around in it as much as we could, had a few little tastes, and of course finally built a snowman...the wee man's first! Lunch was delightful and the wee man obviously benefitted from the fresh air as well he ate his all up without a bit of complaint. Once finished he was rearing to go again and it was another exciting walk back down to the car. Once home nothing better than a nice hot bath to warm up cold toes.

 

New Year stretching of the legs

Oh dear! Hubby and I have started the New Year with a cold. Thankfully on holiday you still manage to push yourself to do things and well the Nonni are pretty amazing doing most things with the wee man. We woke to a beautiful day and he was off with his Nonni for a walk into town where he got to listen to a marching band. I was regalled with stories and shown how to play the trombone. After his afternoon nap I had just enough energy to stretch my legs too. Start the new year the way you plan to continue it or something like that, so off we went to Borghetto. A place that we always manage to visit while we are here. It's always beautiful and seems to get busier each year.

A walk by Lake Garda

The weather has not exactly been wintry here in Verona. We have had a lot of rainy days but even so we have been having a lot of relaxing family fun. Finally the sun has decided to show it's face. It felt a bit rather like Spring. It was frankly a glorious day to go for a walk by the lake. We parked in Bardolino and walked to Garda for a traditional lunch in a rather nicely heated tent. To mention that the food tasted fantastic would be an understatment. Hubby had to give himself a huge pat on the back for this idea! We spotted ducks and swans. We walked and we ran. Most importantly we also found plenty of time to spend on the shore throwing stones into the water!