Bergamo, Italy

This is the Bed and Breakfast we stayed in a few nights, just outside of Bergamo, Italy. The house is actually the orange building in the middle. They have an amazing grapevine swinging down and across the front entrance. It is over 70 years old and still produces grapes that the owners pick and eat, even making their own wine. It was in a charming little Italian village, situated on a beautiful lake. The weather was warm, around 80-85 degrees and sunny. Flowers were still in full bloom everywhere and the Italians were out in full force suntanning on the beach.



Our room was bright and clean. Our only discomfort was the mattress, which was thin and extremely hard! We had our own bathroom, which was nearly as large as the bedroom! The bathroom had orange tile and an orange light bulb in the ceiling fixture. I'm not crazy about the color orange, and mixing it with hot pink was definitely an amusing twist. The owners brought breakfast to our room each morning on trays. We had small pieces of toast with jam or ham, yogurt, corn flakes, Nescafe, orange drink, cakes, and little Italian biscuits. The bed and breakfast is owned by a young couple who don't have children. They travel during the winter months, working from their laptops. This year they said they will spend 5 or 6 months in Thailand!



Clara and I are in front of one of the towers that belong to Castle San Vigilio in the hills of the old walled part of Bergamo. The tower was open for us to walk through and it cost us nothing to look around and rest on the benches, where we could look over the city of Bergamo.



Think gas prices are high in your State? There are 3.8 liters in a gallon, and Italy uses the Euro, so its like paying $6.35/gallon! Ouch- That hurts!



We are getting used to the European way of eating pizza. The pizza is brought to you, uncut, on a large plate. This pizza is cool since it looks like a fish! ~D~ ordered a Margarita pizza, the kind that only has sauce and cheese on it. We miss American pepperoni pizza. We found a couple places in Sweden that served pepperoni pizza, but it is hard to find. The boys usually play it safe and just order the cheese pizzas!