Lago di Garda. Pastrengo.

For the first time in history we spent our Easter Holiday abroad, instead of celebrating at home. Runa had two weeks off from school, I found long time ago (before Christmas) some low cost tickets, so we went to Italy with all the family, including my mother-in-law.

The places we've been are amazing, the area around Lago di Garda and Verona is filled with plenty of natural wonders, history, amusement parks and so on. 

We arrived on Friday at noon in Bergamo, the low-cost airport closest to Milano, and to our big surprise, the rented car was not available. Of course, it was reserved for March instead of April! Bogdan found another one (which was better, cheaper and with seven seats!), so soon we headed to

 Villa Avesani, the one we rented in a small village between the vineyards, named Pastrengo. 

There were three apartments in the villa (former garage, as I saw in a picture on the wall), we had the one in the middle, with a small terrace with pebbles, access to the swimming pool (too cold for it, unfortunately), full equipped kitchen (including dishwasher), two bedrooms, two bathrooms, washing machine and heating, at the amazing price of 70 Eur per night for all these. With such a big family the regular hotels offer us two rooms to accommodate, so we were very happy with such price.

We explored the area for few hours, taking some walks in the neighborhood...

... jumping up and down...

... even acting in front of a selected public...

... making scripts on-the-spot... 

... breathing...

... admiring the courtyards... 

... picking flowers...

... blowing dandelions...

... sitting on the grass...

... and running all around the hills.

To be continued...