We took a boat from Salo to the peninsula of Sirmione, about 50 minutes away. This is a very historic part of Lake Garda, and had a lot of tourists. I had never even heard of this place previously. Here is the group on the boat getting ready to depart.
Underway. Great view of Salo in the background.
Better view of the Peterson’s….and the Hanson’s!
Closeup moment. That “Favorite Tool” t-shirt is about ready for retirement. I think I’ve worn it in at least five countries so far.
Sirmione is a peninsula that juts out into Lake Garda. This is the beautiful Castle of Sirmione, which started construction in 1259. You walk across the drawbridge to get into the actual town of Sirmione.
Here is a beautiful beach on the other side of the castle, our guide said it was called Priest’s Beach since it was adjacent to the church. I’m not seeing David Hasselhoff as a Priest….no matter how hard I try! I understand the German’s would love his sermons if he was!
If only we could get our crappy Bougainvillea to grow like this one! Holy crap is that awesome!
This is the end of the peninsula, looking north. What a view!
We then went into the area of Sirmione with the Roman Ruins, that date back to 100 BC.
I can just imagine how amazing this Roman Villa was for the participants at the time. The incredible location on Lake Garda had to be very rewarding for those maurading murderers from the south!
This is the site of a Roman Bathhouse. The arched areas are where they would creat fires to heat the water from below. You have to envision the floor of the bath was just above the arched areas.
I have to throw Kim in here and there to add beauty and ambiance!
These structures were to support the upper portico, which no longer exists unfortunately.
This view is exactly what the Roman’s would be looking at as they ate their grapes and tallied their daily kills of innocent people.
This was our restaurant of the day. The scallops were AMAZING!!! Everything else was good, but damn, Gordon Ramsey would be proud! I can hear him now, “Those scallops were cooked perfectly”. If they had fucked it up, all bets are off!
This is a must visit if you are visiting Sirmione. All of the food was excellent!
Here are Chris and T double fisting it! Thank goodness there is a photo to explain what I just wrote!
I took this photo because I wanted to be sure I knew this wine was EXCEPTIONAL! If you see this, buy it. You will not be sorry!
Here we are getting off the boat in Salo. More fun awaits tonight!
Tonights wine featured Fattori, who make several wines.
My absolute favorite was a white wine called Trebianno, with a rolling R. If Tinto Wines in Virginia gets this in stock I will be buying cases! Wow!
Here are the ladies of Fattori. Thanks for bringing us such excellent wines!
The harvest moon made an appearance tonight.
As did Aditi, one of the lovely guests on this wine tour!
Tomorrow we are on Lake Garda again, heading to another winery. Life is truly rough. I don’t know how we handle retirement, to be quite honest. Sigh.
Italia… così bella