{"id":15232,"date":"2019-09-29T23:57:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T21:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/blog\/lake-garda\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T23:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:14:39","slug":"lake-garda","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/en\/blog\/lake-garda\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Garda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lake Garda<\/h2>\n<p>Sorry that I haven&#8217;t been in touch for a while, but a lot of work has been done behind the scenes. We&#8217;re launching a new medical website to better showcase the practice, and we&#8217;re also going online with something new on our personal &#8216;dirk van babylon dot com site&#8217;: the Pasquino tear-off calendar.<br \/>That&#8217;s for the coming days. Meanwhile, it was high time to do something with our blog again. So here I am with a photo of an Acapulco chair in our accommodation at Lake Garda. It makes for a graphic photo, I think. With my foot in it, you get a sense of perspective. A good place. There was a good swimming pool and a decent restaurant. Nothing to complain about.        <\/p>\n<p>Nothing but praise for these vacation days in August. I know, I&#8217;m overdue. The water and the skies and the beauty of the landscape. And the good food. Here&#8217;s a photo of a tuna tartare on the Sirmione peninsula. Great location of the restaurant with a terrace practically in the water. La Bella Italia. We really enjoyed it. It&#8217;s not cheap, but only a spoilsport would care about that.        <\/p>\n<p>The good life that we&#8217;re allowed to have. It&#8217;s a privilege that we haven&#8217;t really earned through personal effort, but that&#8217;s also thrown our way by a favorable star. What beautiful days they were. Nice neighbors in our little apartment. Benny and Thea, hello! A Dutch couple who were never at a loss for words. It was laughing, roaring, howling, along with belly shaking and some thigh slapping, non-stop hilarious fun. How a person keeps that up. I don&#8217;t know how I can handle it all. We had plenty of commentary on the other guests, including initially a noisy German group of boisterous young men, whom we had to call to order.        <\/p>\n<p>A few mosquitoes notwithstanding, they were wonderful evenings that we spent there without a care. We&#8217;ll come back to it, but for now we&#8217;ll have to make do with these images. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Garda Sorry that I haven&#8217;t been in touch for a while, but a lot of work has been done behind the scenes. 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