Monday, February 26, 2007
Wednesday 31st January 2007
I really thought we could not come to Lake Garda and not go to the top of a mountain. So we took the cable car to the top of Monte Baldo. The boys were thoroughly excited! We were accompanied by half a dozen Para-gliders as we rode up two cable cars. When we reached the top we were greeted by snow and ice much to the boys delight, they couldn’t help dancing about. We watched a couple of Para-gliders jump off and then decided to walk along the edge of the mountain. This was OK to start with as there was a very visible track where the snow was soft and not icy but as we progressed the edge became narrower, colder and gustier and the snow became a wee bit more slippery. Jon and I looked to both sides and realised it wouldn’t actually take very much for us to slip off so we decided to head back to the restaurant we had passed earlier. The cold was also now starting to bite and the novelty of being at the top of a snowy mountain was definitely wearing off. With frozen fingers, toes and noses we fell into the restaurant eager to warm ourselves with some Italian hospitality. 5 pasta dishes and too much wine later we emerged back out into the snow. The restaurant had a couple of toboggans and we spent a while fooling around with these before we made our way back to the cable car. It was a thoroughly good day out.
