Camping Village Lago Maggiore

We’re at Camping Village Lago Maggiore on the shores of Lago Maggiore, north west of Milan. Just had a swim in the lake which was ok - the water was quite warm - though calling a bit of scrubby grass next to the lake, even with a bar, a “beach” is a bit of a joke in our opinion.

Not quite as we planned but the weather in the mountains seemed worse than we anticipated this morning so we decided to move on. It was cold enough that I had to put my beanie on for breakfast.

We did manage a short walk on the way, to see the Flaminia Militare (an ancient Roman road) - it’s not often you get to walk on the same stones that Roman armies marched on.

Then it was a 3 hour drive to get here - most of it on the A1 toll road. 200km for ~20 Euros. The speed limit is 130km/hour for much of the way but most cars seem to drive faster than that, even where the road gets quite windy. I must admit, I found the driving quite stressful.

So far, I’ve learned that in Italy, nobody uses the inside lane except lorries, indicators are purely optional, lorries often seem to use the outside lane (even when signs say they aren’t supposed to) and nearly everyone ignores the speed limits. On the plus side, the tunnels are amazing though.

The A1 was also the crossing point for the funny little figure of eight route that we have taken in Italy. We drove it in the opposite direction on the way to Ravenna. For some reason I’m not a big fan of routes that cross themselves. No idea why!?

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