What will I do over the summer? Living in Italy!

Next week will be our last conversation meeting of the old scholastic year.  As we anxiously await for the weather to put on its summer clothing, so we can too, I thought that we might do a different kind of encounter.  Instead of reading articles from a famous newspaper or an interesting post from one of the million bloggers who write over the world, I thought I’d as you my dears to write a few lines.  Tell us about you, what you would like to do this summer, what you’d like to do with the knowledge you’ve acquired.

I’ll go first and you follow me!

This summer I’ve been thinking that it would be nice to go and visit places here in Trentino that I’ve never visited.  The summer usually means a trip somewhere; Rome, Barcelona, Vienna, Puglia or why not Tenerife or the United States.  We certainly don’t lack for beach resorts in Italy, from the Adriatic to Mar Ligure across to the Islands, places to wallow under the sun and just relax are no more than a few hours drive from our wonderful mountains.  And yes, I think a week or two at the sea would be great!  But for the most part, I’d just like to stay here in our beautiful region and enjoy it.

Soon summer activities will begin in Arco and Riva.  The fairs, music festivals and sports events not to speak of firework displays are just around the corner.

We could go to Tenno or Ledro and that wonderful village of Pregasine.  Our castle, how many of you have been up there recently, looks over the whole valley and from the top most tower, one gets the impression of being able to touch the sky!  I personally love to watch the climbers scurry up the side of the wall, as I lay about at the pool taking in the sun, lazy lady that I am!

I may be lazy, but still once the sun starts shining I like to go to the lake with my bike…this year, I’ve decided to take advantage of the cities’ offer to use one of their bikes, so I needn’t come down from Bolognano, but above all I needn’t bike back up.  In fact I’m not supposed to bike up hills!  On the other hand, my crazy doctor also said it would be good for me to bike as well as swim and go Nordic Walking…mind all three!  The best I could come up with was to take advantage of one of the bikes parked around town…one only has to pay a deposit, which is reimbursed once one returns the key they give you…et voila! Problem solved!

This is the new leg that has been added to the bike path from Arco to Torbole

And of course we have Lake Garda.  Of course in the summer, it becomes as crowded as any beach does in Italy.  But, biking down, there’s no problem with parking, even less walking.  Carrying a picnic lunch and the necessary towel and beach shoes, one can combine sun bathing and a little sports. 🙂

Finally we can keep on biking or walking and go to Riva del Garda.  Here the lawns await anyone who wishes to watch the surfers, or just sunbathe.  The new bike and pedestrian paths are very useful indeed for both…no longer the problem of a cyclist running someone over!

And here we’ve just scratched the surface!  The Castles to visit, the valleys to see and the refuges to hike up to. What of our museums, a day or two in Bolzano…or to the bathes in Merano.  The medieval reenactments and pageants. Ah…and the week of the Notte di Fiaba in Riva del Garda (this year dedicated to Tom Sawyer!).  So, I may go off for a week or two…but I’m happy I have our lovely region which offers me so much!

Now, I don’t say you have to write this much…I am after all your guide and so it was my duty to write a little more than you are expected to do.  Just have fun, jot down a few notes and tell us your plans.  Don’t forget to have a great day!

 

Just to take your breath away…this I will not be doing!