Travelogues Lombardy

Today we drove from Salò along Lake Garda north to Limone. A beautiful and typically Italian town with lemon groves and many souvenir shops, as well as hotels and restaurants...

View of Piazza Sordello

When we visited, it was cloudy all day. It even rained a little now and then. And yet there was this glow. This special something, this shine, comes from a golden building on...

After it was still unbearably hot at night, only the air conditioning could save us. So we woke up refreshed and not overheated 😇 First, we went to the Milan Cathedral, where...

After buying and cooking too much food last night, the amount of bread and breakfast in the morning was perfect 😌 After packing the car, we went back to the old town of...

Bergamo - this is the place where the crime story takes place that we once read in the Italian language course: theft of an Etruscan necklace from the museum - since then I...

Contrary to our original plan from the last post, we set off for Lake Garda on Saturday the 20th of May. On the way to the campsite in Sirmione, we stopped by a Lidl supermarket...

I met Karl-Heinz again at the Adriatic to hand over his oil order. The Adriatic near Cattolica, just before Rimini, was also disappointing on the second impression. This 70s...

Who goes to Milan in June, in this heat? In fact, contrary to expectations, we had pleasant summer temperatures. But in this article I will link you to recommendations of where...

As beautiful as the Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square) in Milan may be, it is far too crowded. Tourists from all over the world crowd around the sights, most of them to have...

After having to fry the toast for breakfast in a pan without a toaster 🍞, we drove to the city center for €2 each and picked up our Milan Card. With that, we can use as much...

Yesterday 4°C on the Gotschna ridge and long underwear, today 28°C in Italy and t-shirt weather. But we didn't fly, we just took the Bernina Express from Davos to Tirano. That...

A new plan had to be made. I didn't want to stay another night in Splügen just on a whim, who knows if the small bike shop would even have had a suitable rear wheel? And if...

Our journey continues to be shaped by lake love: on June 14, 2022, we will drive from Vada to Lake Como, where we will visit friends of ours on vacation. We drive a wonderful...

The two Dutch women say "tunnels are horror", who invited me for a coffee this morning from their "fantastic German coffee machine", a small coffee filter that is supported by...

So far, every evening I have been looking for the overnight place for the next day, so the bike route was more or less clear. Today I'm starting for the first time according to...

Not far from us is the peninsula of Sirmione. We parked our car at the last free parking lot and now had a 3.5 kilometer walk ahead of us to the tip of the island. We passed...

How exhausting the last two days were, I only realize in comparison: today I can simply follow the bike path signs and don't have to constantly look at the navigation system or...

Good sleep and waking up refreshed, well that was at least the plan for today. The reality looks a bit different. Chrissi slept all crumpled up in the corner because she thought...

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Another day trip took me to Milan. I had heard so many different things about this city that I thought I definitely had to check it out. After dropping off my luggage, I...

After a turbulent week of learning and experimenting with CAD, several appointments, and preparations for the stay in Ethiopia, I am still enjoying a weekend on the Siblinger...

... not my temperatures. Even though it was somehow bearable at Lake Como thanks to the wonderful lake. The lake is great! ... crystal clear, warm, and surrounded by a fantastic...

Moni and Günther, ski tourers and paragliders from Flintsbach near Rosenheim, with whom I spent a very nice evening by the campfire yesterday, really want me to have breakfast...

Through a series of coincidences, I found out that my old buddy Daniele was in Milan for 4 days. We met 5 years ago at a surf camp in northern Spain, but we hadn't seen each...

At some point last night after 11pm, it became quite quiet. The temperature dropped significantly overnight and even the mobile home, which was unbearably hot during the day,...

In the early afternoon, I took the train from Genoa to Milan, which lasted just under two hours. Since my Flixbus didn't depart until ten o'clock in the evening, I still had...

Ceresole Real is a fine hiking area dominated by Italy. Our 'Little Paradise' turned out to be a cozy insider tip. Nevertheless, we left Piedmont yesterday to find a corner...

August 3 On Monday it rains almost all day. That's actually pretty good after the heat, but there's not much you can do. So we cycle comfortably to Iseo, take a walk and finally...

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