I only spent a week in Italy, but I still haven’t got back to normal. Perhaps that’s good, but I really ought to start doing lots of things.
A wonderful time was had by all four of us. One thing I didn’t do was to learn any Italian. At breakfast on the first morning, there were boiled eggs with eggcups available. I wanted to know whether the eggs were soft (requiring the use of an eggcup) or hard (enabling me to peel the whole thing and eat it on the plate). I held my egg up to the waitress and asked, “Is it hard or soft?” It turned out she didn’t understand, so she went to ask the receptionist for a translation. When she returned, she said, “Egg.”
To sum up: Lake Garda is beautiful, but so are the lakes in Switzerland and they’re easier to visit. Venice is special, unique, amazing. If you haven’t been there, why not?
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I love the conversation with the waitress! I bet you gave up and used the eggcup 🙂
Sadly, holidays of any kind have been out of budget for a few years but I would love to go to Venice before it all sinks! I’m so glad you had a good time.
Actually, I went to ask the receptionist and discovered it was hard-boiled. Go me 🙂
I hope your budget improves very soon.
That’s hilarious about the egg. And you were right – it was a good reason not to blog for a while. Glad you had a good time. It is hard coming back and getting down to things after a great holiday, isn’t it?