Lago di Garda – Lake Garda, Italy

  Lazise Sirmione We wanted to tour the Dolomites while using a base in Verona, however that deserved more than a day trip, so we planned the trip to Lake Garda. We commenced from Verona by bus to Peschiera then ferry to Sirmione and a tour of the del Grotte di Catullo.  Sirmione has a wonderful […]

French Countryside by River Canal Boat

DIY River Cruising in France   Julie and I and another Aussie couple had a gentle but fully engaging week-long adventure on our own boat on a canal deep in the French countryside. After the usual totally uplifting few days in Paris, we took a train to a little town called Migennes, in the Burgundy […]