Thursday, 30 May 2013

Lake Garda Sunday 26 May 2013

Before we depart I check with reception about keys and bills and then go to use the toilet. The loos are very smart, clean and very welcoming. Well as welcoming as loos can be and I suppose they are always welcoming!?
These are very posh and I feel embarrassed about blowing off!!
After a good breakfast we are away at 08:00 but don’t reach the motorway until 25 minutes later! I am following the dreaded sat nav and it seems to be taking me the long way round! I can’t really argue with it as I don’t know Saarbrucken that well but at the last junction we come to It tries to send me right to the motorway when I recognise where I am and the motorway is a couple of hundred yards to my left!! I turn left and switch the sat nav off.
I originally wanted to arrive in Calais at 14:30 but it will be 15;00 now which isn’t a problem as we are booked on the 16:20 shuttle.
We have a comfort and fuel stop at Verdun services and then a longer lunch stop at D’Urvillers services which is two hours from Calais.
Calais is quiet which allows us nearly half an hour in the terminal before our shuttle which in the end leaves ten minutes late!
A stop on the M25 is our last before dropping the passengers home and also gives me the chance to take a group photo.



I have really enjoyed this tour even though it was a bit of a challenge at the beginning. I love Riva and Lake Garda and the hotel lived up to all expectations and as most people said to me I would like to stay longer!
Ciao!                                                                                                                      







2 comments:

Nicola and Dot said...

A great big thank you to Jamie for a brilliant holiday. As always everything was top notch and certainly a destination that we would highly recommend to others and hope to return to ourselves another year. I don't think it would be possible to find any faults at all it was just a truely lovely place. Many thanks again.

Carol and Arthur said...

Jamie, thank you for a lovely trip to Lake Garda. Lovely hotel, excellent food and a great selection of trips out.