14 April 2008: Originally, we were going to go back to Venice to see it during the daytime, but we change our minds. But, when seeing it as beautiful as it was during sunset and into the night, why ruin it? We headed towards Milan and up to the Lake District, to Lake Como. It was a long drive, and it started to rain near Milan. After Milan, the autostada turned into a one-lane street through small foothill towns and industrial areas. From there, a long sting of tunnels, with only short breaks in between to see daylight. I thought that there were a ton of tunnels going from the French border through Genoa, but this blew that away! We finally got to the north side of the lake where the campground was, but it was still pouring rain.
We were absolutely starving by that point. We had been looking for somewhere to eat from the Milan area, but everything seemed closed. Sean finally found a pizza place, but Kai was napping, so he got it to snack in the camper until we got settled at the campground and could make dinner. They had to stoke up the fire just to make our pizza! The man that worked there mentioned that it had been raining all week, and that this was normal for this time of the year….little did we know…or research!
It was really getting cold and campground also appeared closed. We started wondering what to do. We didn’t really want to park off the side of the road and sleep with no electricity, ie heater. We also realized that this place is probably best visited during the summer. And, that coming up here, next to the Alps and Switzerland, might have not been the best idea. Not that the area wasn’t absolutely beautiful. The lakes along the tall mountains were stunning! But, we also decided to come here for a few days instead of going directly to Munich, where our friend, Rory, drummer for the band, No Use for a Name, was playing on the 15th. Seeing a familiar face in Munich would have been nice.
Luckily, someone appeared as we were driving off, and let us into the campground. I made some more spaghetti Bolognese, as this seems to be the only thing that Kai’s wanted to eat the past week. And, we snuggled into bed all nice and tight for the night.
We were absolutely starving by that point. We had been looking for somewhere to eat from the Milan area, but everything seemed closed. Sean finally found a pizza place, but Kai was napping, so he got it to snack in the camper until we got settled at the campground and could make dinner. They had to stoke up the fire just to make our pizza! The man that worked there mentioned that it had been raining all week, and that this was normal for this time of the year….little did we know…or research!
It was really getting cold and campground also appeared closed. We started wondering what to do. We didn’t really want to park off the side of the road and sleep with no electricity, ie heater. We also realized that this place is probably best visited during the summer. And, that coming up here, next to the Alps and Switzerland, might have not been the best idea. Not that the area wasn’t absolutely beautiful. The lakes along the tall mountains were stunning! But, we also decided to come here for a few days instead of going directly to Munich, where our friend, Rory, drummer for the band, No Use for a Name, was playing on the 15th. Seeing a familiar face in Munich would have been nice.
Luckily, someone appeared as we were driving off, and let us into the campground. I made some more spaghetti Bolognese, as this seems to be the only thing that Kai’s wanted to eat the past week. And, we snuggled into bed all nice and tight for the night.
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