Wrong again. We had a hard enough time getting through Como - the Italians seem to have a habit of flooding the roadside with signs that are full of words, pictures and arrows that mean absolutely nothing. On the road to Lecco, there were absolutely no signs of any campsites - despite what the map said.
Then, from nowhere a field that was full of campervans appeared. We entered on the nearest road and was directed by an Italian in a high vis jacket, which we thought was strange for a campsite. Next thing we knew, we were ushered to a parking space by a man obsessed with his whistle. It was then we realised that this must be some sort of cult gathering or concert - probably for the Hoff - so we made our way out to the loud, excited whistles of the parking man because we had upset his parking system.
After about an hours further driving in circles, following meaningless signs, we stumbled accross a hotel and headed straight for it.
The hotel, "Il Corazziere", was really nice, no complaints. We helped ourselves to soap and shampoo - its rude not to -and then had a continental breakfast this morning - are they ever nice and/or satisfying?
As we write we are heading for the border, fed up with Italian life already. Not to mention the uncivilized roads and the sheer amount of original Fiat Pandas around. Hopefully, we will be in Austria by about mid-afternoon and, if it lives up to our expectations, starndards will be far beyond the reach of Italy, or France for that matter, and we will be back to a Swiss-like luxury.
3 comments:
Well you have been travelling for nearly a week - it was about time that you did stop for a shower! With you taking the soap for future use you should be smelling nice by the time you get home. (did you not take the towels as well? or did you not have the room in the metro)
Glad to hearyou are keeping clean!!
Your neighbour won't be worn out watering the plants, we have what is known as a built in system provided by the planet. The photos are good, keep em coming. Shame about Como, my Mum and Dad had a few holidays there and really enjoyed them but then again they weren't camping. Love Mags x x x
Good to see that you are relying on proper maps and not Sat Nav. I Still think you are in Bala and that this is one big hoax, you are holed up somehwere in a warm hotel with a copy of Photopaint and some pictures of the metro and spending hours all day creating pictures whilst drinking gallons of wine.
See you soon
Post a Comment