Lago di Garda

As part of our regular schedule trips we went to Lago di Garda, a huge lake half hour west of Verona. We visited an olive oil museum, a beach, a mountain and a town. The olive oil museum was not a great thing for me. It was a video with the history of olive oil that lasted twenty minutes and two rooms with replicas of machinery used to produce olive oil. At the end there was a store to buy different products made out of olives. I thought it was going to be different, not just a video. The video was good, but the rest was disappointing. The beach was really nice and it had a great market. It was full of people. But one of the food related things that I like the most was the lunch. We went up the mountains that surround Lake Garda. At the bottom of the mountain it was 90ºF; at the top it was cold. But that did not stop us from having a wonderful lunch. The view was something magnificent. The fact that I was having lunch at the top of a mountain was something that money cannot buy. On top of that the service of the restaurant was magnificent, very attentive. I ordered macaroni with four cheeses and on top of that I added Parmesan cheese. It was delicious, kind of similar to Alfredo sauce. Even though the weather was a little cold, the meal was great. This shows how a great environment can make a meal taste so much better. After that we went to Riva di Garda, at the top of the lake. Nice little town, and great artisanal ice cream. Wonderful day!