Day 2 in Italy (continued)- Castiglione and Lake Trasimino

Arriving back at our place we were too tired to contemplate eating out so we walked around the local town for about 2 hours. There was a race meet on at the local square which is quite small, surrounded by villas and in the centre it has a gold statue of a conqueror with a dagger and a staff of some kind. The square had a race track laid out and men were racing little formula one remote control cars around the track. They were very serious about the race with cars zinging along and around bends, taking pit stops and filling up with petrol or changing tyres.

We took some great photos around the town and this event. Back to our quarters around 8.30pm and we had a smorgasbord of eats that we had purchased yesterday from the local deli.

The evening was spent downloading photos of the day and having a showing where all three of us discussed composition and what works or not.

A lovely night.












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Day 2 in Italy (continued)- Castiglione and Lake Trasimino

Sunday 19 August 2007

We walked for about an hour around the lake which reminded me of Lake Balaton in Hungary ... people stretched out asleep along the grassy edges of the lake, bikinis sunning themselves on the jetty and very brown, topless men walking around.

Day 2 in Italy - Castiglione and Lake Trasimino

Sunday 19 August - we explored Lake Trasimino and Castigiolione. The piazza was fantastic in a warm 30 degree heat that seemed less oppressive than the Australian sun.

We took photos and had lunch at one of the cafe restaurants here - i had spinach and ricotta covered in a home made tomato sauce; jon had proscuitto with melon and a kiwi fruit sauce; cherie had a fish selection that included pike, tench, eel and some kind of yabby - all with fresh crusty bread.