2018 Zomervakantie
In August 2018, our family took a two week driving holiday from our home in The Hague, the Netherlands, to Lake Garda, Italy – via Austria and Germany. You can follow along here.
In August 2018, our family took a two week driving holiday from our home in The Hague, the Netherlands, to Lake Garda, Italy – via Austria and Germany. You can follow along here.
The original plan was to take our time driving home and spend a few days along the way in Ulm and Heidelberg. However after a week camping, I was really keen to get home and the family agreed. We spent a night in Ulm on Monday 13 August.
We visited the beautiful town of Lazise, only about 15 minutes away from our campsite. With it’s impressive medieval gate and castle, it’s a lovely place to wander for a while.
We spent the day at the campsite and near the lake. There were some markets to browse as well. The girls and their cousins had fun on a rental peddleboat: In the evening, we walked about 1km to the Medieval Times restaurant: Their promo video: It was fairly […]
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene…a day trip, and an evening visit to Gardaland.
At first we had planned to take a boat from Lazise to Sirmione but as I’d been feeling unwell, we thought the car would offer us more flexibility. We didn’t even make it very close to the centre when we were redirected by traffic police. Soon, we realised […]
Today we stayed at the Campground, Camping Lido. The girls love the pool. I read a book. Really, really hot. Must hit 40 in the daytime in the tent. We have a small fan but it doesn’t do much. Looked into some day trips (though didn’t end up […]
Parco delle Cascate We took a trip to Molina, a medieval village, and a lovely walk to the waterfalls. Especially on a hot day, it was a great way to spend a few hours. It was about a 45 minute drive, much of the last part was very […]
We left the Austrian Alps in the morning on day 6 of our Zomervakantie and headed for Italy. Around 11am, we arrived at Camping Lido, situated on Lake Garda, Italy. My husband had booked a “camping”, which is a very popular type of holiday for Dutchies. What I […]
We had a relaxed morning at the lodge and then walked for a short distance to the Reuttener Seilbahnen. Our accommodation gave us a 50% discount card for the return journey making it around 30 euros for a family. What a delight at the top to hear the […]