Viva Riva
By Lothar. Filed in Italy |
Today is July 24 and Carsten was born 29 years ago at 6:26 AM.
We are staying with Maria and Joachim in their beautiful vacation home, overlooking Lago Di Garda. After a morning swim, Joachim installs “Skype” on Gabi’s computer. Now we can make some inexpensive calls over the internet. Our first call goes to Carsten at 6:26, but unfortunately his voice mail answers. Gabi and I leave a message for the birthday boy, singing a Happy Birthday song. At night we send an SMS to Carsten, but are asleep by the time we get a reply.
We have lunch in a bar on the lake shore, and then Joachim invites us on board his classic shiny, wooden Riva boat.
It is another hot and sunny day in Italy. We cruise along the western lake shore, admiring “Belle Epoque” Grand Hotels and a private castle on Isola di Garda. After all this culture, it is time for a swim. We anchor in the “Cologne Bay”(our friends are from Cologne), and hang out for the afternoon. The water temperature is very comfortable and it feels good to cool off. The surrounding flora is very Mediterranean, with blooming plants, cypress and palm trees.
We are very greatful for Maria and Joachim’ hospitality.
I had sold our SeaRay boat 2 months ago and I regret it already. It would have been nice to have it on Lake Garda!