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selenakLike (almost) every year, I spent the last week (and half of this one) with my APs in Southern Tyrolia, aka paradise on earth.
I mean:
However, since I've presented the gorgeous scenery of this particular spot of the world in earlier pic spams, I shall leave it at a few impressions of these valleys this time and move on to our day trip from here to the Lago di Garda.
First, valley of beauty:
The best way to explore these valleys is through the Waalwege. What's a Waal, you ask? Not a Whale. Also not an election. It's this:
The castle Tirol, still the prettiest:
Though the town Riffian isnothing to sneeze at:
The Lago di Garda is a bit of a quandary. One of the reasons why I've never been there before and shan't go back there very quickly is that it's very very VERY crowded. Mostly by my countrymen. Seriously, it's a bit cringeworthy. Whereas here in Southern Tyrolia you get a reasonable mixture of Austrians, Swiss (it's very cheap for them go come here) and Germans, with the occasional Italian and English native language speaker thrown in, the Garda Lake might as well be the last remaining German colony, because most cars are German, you are surrounded by German (not Austria, not Swiss: German) accents wherever you walk, and all of these evokes almost a vague sense of guilt. And annoyance if like yours truly you intend to make your one day at that lake count by driving around all 140 something kilometres of it (it's that gigantic), and you could be standing in a traffic jam at home because so many other people had the same idea.
But, like I said: the scenery makes it all worth it. Have an early impression as seen from Limone, on the northern side:
The best side is the southern one, though. All following examples are from there.
Sirmione, hometown of the poet Catullus.
I showed off to my Aged Parents by proving my classical education hadn't been in vain and quoted some of his poetry. They concluded he hadn't got laid nearly enough.
Sirmione has the best kind of castle - a water castle:
In additon to ferries and motorboats, you occasionally get this:
Our last stop at the Lago di Garda was arguably the prettiest of the towns:
Harbor details:
And thus, I shall leave you for tonight, and will wake up a year older. :)
I mean:
However, since I've presented the gorgeous scenery of this particular spot of the world in earlier pic spams, I shall leave it at a few impressions of these valleys this time and move on to our day trip from here to the Lago di Garda.
First, valley of beauty:
The best way to explore these valleys is through the Waalwege. What's a Waal, you ask? Not a Whale. Also not an election. It's this:
The castle Tirol, still the prettiest:
Though the town Riffian isnothing to sneeze at:
The Lago di Garda is a bit of a quandary. One of the reasons why I've never been there before and shan't go back there very quickly is that it's very very VERY crowded. Mostly by my countrymen. Seriously, it's a bit cringeworthy. Whereas here in Southern Tyrolia you get a reasonable mixture of Austrians, Swiss (it's very cheap for them go come here) and Germans, with the occasional Italian and English native language speaker thrown in, the Garda Lake might as well be the last remaining German colony, because most cars are German, you are surrounded by German (not Austria, not Swiss: German) accents wherever you walk, and all of these evokes almost a vague sense of guilt. And annoyance if like yours truly you intend to make your one day at that lake count by driving around all 140 something kilometres of it (it's that gigantic), and you could be standing in a traffic jam at home because so many other people had the same idea.
But, like I said: the scenery makes it all worth it. Have an early impression as seen from Limone, on the northern side:
The best side is the southern one, though. All following examples are from there.
Sirmione, hometown of the poet Catullus.
I showed off to my Aged Parents by proving my classical education hadn't been in vain and quoted some of his poetry. They concluded he hadn't got laid nearly enough.
Sirmione has the best kind of castle - a water castle:
In additon to ferries and motorboats, you occasionally get this:
Our last stop at the Lago di Garda was arguably the prettiest of the towns:
Harbor details:
And thus, I shall leave you for tonight, and will wake up a year older. :)
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Date: 2016-09-27 03:29 pm (UTC)Congratulations! I hope you are having a wonderful birthday! Greetings to the APs! Oh, and what a lovely pic spam! :)
I must admit though, I'm feeling a wee bit envious, not because of the beautiful Tyrolian scenery, but rather because for me most outdoor activities are out of the question at the moment, due to some knee issues. Roughly ten days ago, an MRI revealed that the minor and perfectly occasional on/off pain that I've been experiencing in my right knee is actually caused by a full-blown rupture of the meniscus.
(Note: If the radiologist evaluating your MRI welcomes you by saying "Sie sind aber eine von den ganz Harten" and makes double sure you are really the person at whose images he is looking at, you instantly know you are in trouble. Anyway, tomorrow I'm having an appointment at a clinic specialised in knee and joint surgery and then we'll see further.)
Thankfully, Cavendish is proving again and again that he's the best husband in the world.
As for feeling ashamed because of German tourists everywhere: I so know the feeling and sympathise completely. When we were in Inverness this summer, every second sentence I could hear spoken around me was German ;)
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Date: 2016-09-27 08:05 pm (UTC)I had a wonderful day, the weather was perfect as it had been throughout our vacation. tomorrow it's back to work and Germany!