Verona to camping Capraro lido de Jesolo

 18th May 2013

Up early and another lemsip for breakfast, we left the aire at Verona and headed to Venice. As we travelled across this beautiful country the sun was shining and there were miles and miles of vineyards, the countryside is so lush though not surprising considering the amount of rainfall the last few days.When we arrived at camping parco capraro at lido de Jesolo we had a BBQ for our tea.Had an early night on 4 glasses prosesco, lemsip, cough medicine and an anti histamine.

Verona

 17th May 2013 

Yet another sleepless night due to the rain and me coughing horrendously , after breakfast which consisted of lemsip and yoghurt,Derek decided we would go and find a chemist for a bottle of cough medicine. Went for a walk in to town to see the arena, a roman coliseum 3rd largest outside Rome, visited the tomb of Juliet, the Roman theatre,Roman bridge, Duomo and the castle. We stopped for a coffee as per usual. The things we have noticed since we have been in Italy are lots of recycling bins ( perhaps that's why they are skint, they must have the best system in Europe). Also there is no need to have any tea cos when you buy a drink they give you lots of nibbles free ( small sandwiches ,crisps,nuts,olives,cheese,twig lets,omelettes , fried vegetables) as much as you can eat.

Camping butterfly to Aire Verona

16th May 2013

Another sleepless night due to Mother Nature and the rain! And me coughing.Derek went to the shop for fresh croissants for breakfast and then we left the campsite. The rain kept on coming all the way to the Aire at Verona. When we arrived at the Aire there were a few other British Motorhomes which was unusual as we haven't seen many on the aires we have stopped at along the way here.We had a brew. Realised we must have left the umbrella somewhere on the route but can't remember!  We caught the bus in to town and saw the castle, roman arches, piazza Elbe which was once a roman forum, lots of old roman buildings and the famous balcony of Romeo and Juliet, rubbed the breast of the bronze Juliet for luck, however it's not stopped the rain. Walked back from town to the motorhome, lots more had joined us.

Camping butterfly Lake Garda

 15th May 2013

Woke up this morning with a throat like swallowing razor blades! However the sun was shining. We had our porridge sat outside.We went for a bike ride along the canal then for a walk round the town stopped for coffee, takeaway pizza and Italian ice- cream, then cycled back to the campsite. Spent the rest of the afternoon round the site and reading up about Verona. Put the bicycles back on the motorhome ready for moving on tomorrow. The rain started so we packed up and pulled the awning in so as not to have everything wet in the garage.

Camping butterfly lake Garda

Blog 14th May 2013

Woke up again to blue skies, spent the day round the pool skyped  Mum , Chris and Wendy. Sat out having our tea living la dolce vita.How funny we didn't realise there were washing line police! We were told to take our washing line down as it was not allowed. A man came along on a bike and told us off hahaha.

Camping Butterfly Peschiera Lake Garda

13th May 2013

Today we woke to blue skies not a cloud to be seen anywhere. Derek went to the supermarket for croissants for breakfast then we went for a bike ride in to Peschiera, a lovely little town in a wall and moat around it. The moat even had water all the way round too, something we have not seen before. There was also lots of little cafes and restaurants along side the canals, also lots of boats around. We stopped for a coffee along side the waters edge and sat watching the world go by. We then cycled to the supermarket and back to the campsite. On our way round to our pitch we stopped at the Eurocamp reception and said hello to Philip and Nikki who are running it. Philip is the son of a friend of mine Sami who I went to school with, his gran Lynn had told me to go and see him. Unfortunately they are not coming here until June so we will miss them. Cooked tea outside. Derek downloaded his photos on to the computer.

Desenzano to Camping butterfly

12th May 2013

After a good nights sleep we woke to blue skies and sunshine, la dolce vita! We set off for Camping butterfly about 10.00am, it took about 30mins together there, we only had a choice of 2 pitches.We have never seen an Acsi site so busy! We set up camp and did the laundry.