The theme for this week’s Gallery is ‘Holidays’. Right up my street this one, though fraught with difficulty as to what to choose. In the end I plumped for some photos from our holiday to Lake Garda last summer. This was a perfect break – relaxing, no scary adventures, just lots of sun, book reading, pasta and vino (especially the local plonk, Bardolino).
The words below were from my holiday diary of one evening from a blissful fortnight.
” I suggest to Dougie that we contact our rep and go on a couple of organised tours. He is initially very wary and I have to coax him into trying not to imagine his worst organised-bus-trip nightmare of being herded around with a lot of Brits in socks and sandals. Eventually we plump for a night cruise to Lazise.
The night cruise consists of a trip to see the Bay of Mermaids and then a stop in Lazise for an hour or so. I’m not sure what I expect of a “cruiser”: it looks a bit small to me and we are all seated in rows whereas I had somehow imagined myself wafting around on deck. We have two holiday reps to accompany us and the running commentary from Angel (I kid you not) is priceless:
“Hi, my name’s Angel and this is Robin, but he doesn’t like to be called Robin so call him Rob instead……and our driver, well, oh yes, we’re on a boat (giggle), yes, well he’s called Luigi……everyone say hello to Luigi….Ooh there’s a family of swans…..there’s the female swan called a…a…yeah that’s the mother and the baby swans…what are they called again?…hmmm yes well the eggs hatched in five weeks and you can see they are still brown, you know they can go white overnight? When we get off at Lazise……what’s the proper word for that Luigi?…….oh yes, disembark, yeah well when we get back on again the boat will either be on the left hand side or the right hand side.”
Thankfully young Robin (sorry Rob) is a nice chap and goes round the passengers handing out glasses of Asti Spumante (no expense spared). Our son, aged 13, is also given a glass and he makes sure he glugs it down pretty quick in case someone changes their mind. He is in a lovely mood after that.
I want to go to Italy! *sulks*. That Angel one sounds a right sort…
Love lago di Garda – excellent choice!
LCM x
That's an incredible looking ice cream. I want one!
Sounds like a fun holiday! Have you seen mine? Hope this comment gets through!
VB – you're in Spain. Shut up. 😉
LCM – grazie grazie!
Steve – gerroff, it's mine!
Sharon -Popping over now – comments now working, yippee.
I love funny commentaries on coach tours and bus tours and anything like that. Hilarious. Can just picture Angel and Robin…I mean Rob.
You certainly do have some lovely hols.
Well done for persuading your husband to 'do the organised thing'…glad it turned out well. Had to smile at the thought of Rory gulping down the fizz!
Oooh that is so my type of holiday 🙂
italian ice cream is next level isn't it?
and the pasta and wine obv!
I am drooling and dreaming! Fabulous!
@deer baby – we had a great tour guide once on a trip to Niagara Falls. He was called Fred Breeze and god he could talk; we called him "Shooting the Breeze"
@Libby – Rory didn't need to be asked twice; it was so sweet it was just like lemonade.
@dawnie – ah it was brilliant.
@kerry – divine!
@christine – I'm drooling too, just remembering.
Sometimes the least promising events turn out to be the best ones. Angel sounds like a gem.
I want to visit Italy and I definitely want one of those ice creams 🙂 Jen
I don't know what you were talking about. I love these pictures! Plus you made me laugh!
@Victoria – you are quite right. They make the best tales too.
@Jen – can heartily recommend them!
@plan B – Oh yes, I was moaning on your post that I should have done a collection like yours. Glad I made you chuckle x
sounds a fun night out 🙂 Ice cream making my mouth water!