Day 42, Gardone Riviera, Italy

A quiet day, swim in the lake before breakfast, beautiful, then walked to the Botanical Gardens. Host had told me it was a kilometre, but felt like it took forever, looked it up later and was 2.5 there and then back. Which matters when it's 41 degrees. 

Anyway, the gardens were very nice, spent a couple of hours, a little cooler there, nice wee ponds.

Home to put my feet up, and then another swim in the lake, well, 4 swims. The water is just so nice to get into, not freezing but refreshing, so you get in for 5, cool down a bit, read for 10, then back in, lovely.

The hotel is just lovely, very hospitable hosts, it's a family run plce, son, who speaks good English, his wife and his mum and dad. And they are always around, one or the other, Ciao as you're coming or going, nice and friendly.