Day 20 - Around the Town

Today, the first official full day of my dad and Jan's visit, included a lot of...well...rain. Todd, Therese and I ventured through the down pour this morning to Art Villa. We ended up spending much of our morning in the hotel. Therese helped break in the bed, cuddling in it, jumping on it, playing throw the bunny off it... The room is very nice and pretty big by European standards. The bathroom is especially nice. During our stay at Art Villa, we managed to figure out how to work my dad and Jan's international cell phones. They let us borrow one so now we can communicate back and forth in case of rain, etc. :-).

The rain let up around 12:30. We walked around the city center and shops and Therese fell asleep so we kept walking. We explored Kaufland, a local grocery store, and then, once the sun came out, ate a late lunch at Il Postino. After lunch we wandered to the lake where Therese ran around and ate some ice cream (as did we). Eventually we headed back to our place for a break and to show my dad and Jan our humble (and messy) abode. We ate dinner around our place at Il Cavallino. Dinner was long (typical Italian sense of time...) and the restaurant was a little hot, lulling us all to sleep, but it was worth it. Therese and I had the BEST gnocchi outside of Italy. And I mean Therese and I - she ate almost half of it. After dinner my dad and Jan, armed with a map and a cell phone, embarked on a journey back to Art Villa by themselves. So far no phone call pleading for directions...

Reese and Jan (and bunny) cuddling in Art Villa as we waited out the rain

Ordering tea and coffee for a mid-afternoon pick-me-up

Sailboats on the lake

These rocks in the lake are said to not be stuck together using anything - just gravity...

We happened upon a biergarten where a band of trumpets and other big band instruments were playing in the middle of the afternoon. The atmosphere was so fun and the place was packed with people.