On September 15th I drove down to Italy because we had a gathering at a friends house in Tuscany.
On my way to Tuscany a had a stop over at Lago di Garda in Torri del Benaco and stayed at the lovely Hotel Gardesana.
My room at the corner with a nice balcony
Visit to the Castello Scaligero
Lemon plantation in the Castello. This region is famous for its Lemon plantations
View
Old oil mill
Great views
View to Hotel Gardesana
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Piazza in Torri
Swans
Young swan sleeping
View from the restaurant terrace
My dinner. Unfortunately it looks better than it tasted.
In Germany we say "if the food is too salty the cook is in love". In this case everything had a kind of a bitter taste. I have no idea what that means about the cooks mental state !!??
Had a last drink on my wonderful terrace before I went to bed.
Next morning I went off to Tuscany and after a 4 hour drive I arrived in "LeMura"
Had a nice luncheon with Uschi and Michael
La Contessa di LeMura = Uschi
Beautiful estate
View to Monticiano
Finally all the others arrived. Here you can see Tommy and Michael
Pizza oven
Lovely Claudia
Living room
The barn
Bathroom
Summer kitchen
Chestnuts house
Still life
Winter kitchen
Frank and Tommy playing boule
Balou was also very happy to have me back again
Next day I went to Théoule Sur Mer to visit a friend at Port la Galère
We had a nice lunch at the club
Went to meet Anna-Maj the other day in Biot
Her cute doggy, he loves to eat Foie Gras
We had dinner that evening at the wonderful new restaurant in Biot called Le Jardin Du Mas
Le Chat
My friend Ingrid showed me her new paintings that she had made in the last few months
There is a chairlift that belongs to the hotel - for free use for the hotel guests and it leads you directly in the the heart of the old town of Merano
Enormous plums. I have never seen anything like it
South Tyrol has many remarkable architects and I love the perfect combination of the old and the new
Patio
Shopping Arcade
View into an entrance of a tenement
View into a restaurant
Promenade in Merano
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Women´s museum in Meran
Landesfürstliche Burg - Prince's Castle museum
Entrance hall to one of the old town houses
We where kindly invited to look at some more.....
A View to some of the flats of this Estate
Used to be the old chappel of the house
Details
After a three days stay with my friends I went off to the South of France
I had a very pleasant trip to Biot and arrived in the early afternoon
After spending 10 days in France I went back to Munich with a two day stop over in Alto Adige
I stayed at Hotel Panorama in Tirol
Next day I drove back to Munich and had a short stop over to visit some friends in Hall in Tyrol
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