Our second Claudio trip was to Sirmione, Desenzano, Borghetto, and Treviso. We boarded the bunny bus and headed to Sirmione, “The Pearl of Lake Garda”. Sirmione is everything you thought of in an Italian town--quiet, serene, with lots of water and a medieval castle, swans about the dock, pizzerias and gelato shops, and little shops selling owl figurines and spaghetti strainers. We walked around the town for two hours, mostly sitting on the beach or enjoying the view from Catallus’ sanctuary. It was extremely peaceful.
Desenzano was similar--we grabbed lunch by the dock, and enjoyed the little artisan street market set up. I bought some “natural licorice” recommended to me by the owner--it tasted like shoe polish. Sugar is a great thing, kids. A bunch of us ended up sleeping on the shores(on the rocks--no sand) of the Lake, and I called Claudio to allow us to stay an extra hour to sunbathe.
After another sleepy hour, we made our way to an outlet mall, which no one wanted to go to, but Claudio insisted upon--there were some pretty good deals. After the mall, we went to Borghetto for dinner (and a nice view!). Wild dogs followed us to the restaurant, and we worried about them--especially when the dogcatchers showed up. We asked Claudio to see what was up, and he said everything was fine, and then all we could do was put it out of our minds. Some people weren’t there, so there was far too much wine, and everyone got drunk (Thanks Claudio!). We had tortellini with pumpkin (which I love), risotto, two types of meat (one of which was supposedly duck), salad and stuffed tomatoes, and a delicious desert plate with tiramisu and chocolate salami with panna cotta. We all passed out on the bus, but went out for Ted’s birthday afterward.
I wanted to sleep in, so I didn’t go to Treviso :)
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