Today is our last day in Italy and decided on having a last shop in Stresa. After morning tea at one of the cafes in Stresa Dee, Pat and I spent about 2 hours shopping. Our last opportunity to buy anything we needed. There were lots of beautiful things but due to weight limitations for our trip home on the plane I had to be selective. At least I got to have a better look at the shops as we took our time. Meanwhile the boys had a walk on the waterfront and too...

Although the day started overcast and cool the sun did come out by 11am. Dee, Pat and I went to the markets in Baveno while the men sat by the water and had drink waiting for us. There were lots of stalls particularly women's clothes and handbags. We did buy a few things but we will be going back to Stresa for any extra shopping. We got home about 1pm and Trevor and Paul decided to do the cable car from Stresa to Mottarone. John didn't want to go so he staye...

First off Happy Father's day to Les Potter, Dee and Pat's dad and Ricky's dad in England. It has been raining most of the night with lots of wind. We had to collapse our bed in the camper today as it is too wet to sit under the gazebo. It gives us all room to sit at the back of the van. John tried to set up the television but most of the English speaking films have Italian dubbing and we don't understand it. Eventually Paul found some movies but they were most...

After last night's storm the weather is again sunny and warm. We have decided that today we will take the cable car that we can see in the distance from our camper. We did do some reading up about the cable car and it was described as a two man 'bucket' up an 1100mts mountain. Now this is really pushing the boundaries. At the best of times I can't get close to the fence at lookouts so this will be a real challenge. Dee and Pat don't want to go in the cable car d...

Today it is raining. It has rained most of the night so there is nothing much planned today. Dee is not feeling too good still. We sat around till early afternoon and by then the weather had cleared but it was still cool. Paul, Trevor, John and I went to Stresa to walk along the waterfront. Dee and Pat stayed home. They were happy to have a rest day. We parked at Stresa and again were bombarded by men wanting us to do the Islands. They were ignored and we stat...