Day Number 4

Close to the Italian border. I always love how the haze makes different shades of blue. Oh and also the little bridges.

Driving along the highway and saw this relic sitting on a hill in a small little town. It’s magnetic field drew us in and our America began to feel quite young and vulnerable next to a structure that had been standing since the 12th century. It was a fort owned by a nobleman. The fort is in ruins but the church still stands.

We weren’t able to go inside but we managed to get one of ours to access a window high up the wall so we could see the paintings that were dated back to 1300 AD .

Check out these shingles

Then we stocked up on groceries again and filled up the ice chest>

Cold cereal and other such items on a concrete roof we found near the water. Throwing cinnamon crunch to the ducks swimming in the clear blue water underneath our dangling feet. So many acres of water at dead stand still. And such a dark blue.

Then we drive up the strip of land in the middle of the lake to our air bnb on the water. Following is a video of the crazy drive there. I'm talking roads so tight that when a buss came along there was inches to spare. I'm glad we got full coverage on the rental because one person didn't give us enough room on the bridge, and our car learned to know the stone wall in a way that would have been better left unknown. It actually only ended up being a tiny scratch by the wheel well.

We cooked up some crazy tasting hamburgers to eat out here. How American of us.

I did dishes while they booked items for the rest of the trip.

And I just might be sleeping out here on the couch cushions tonight, lulled to sleep by chiming bells and the town lights shimmering reflection in the water.