We decided to take Harley on a drive to Lake Iseo, the 4th largest lake in Lombardy and situated between Lake Como and Lake Garda.

Much to Rhonda’s disgust Greg decided to take a scenic drive along the Eastern shore line. It was a narrow road with single lane passes through the rocks, on corners! He was concentrating extremely well.

Once through the scary bits we stopped lakeside and enjoyed a piadina and beer for lunch to calm our nerves.

Brescia has been called the City of one thousand fountains due to its 75 public and 2000 private water features. No we did not see all of them but this one we thought was a tad weird! The fountain Pallata is situated at the base of a tower and was added to the city’s medieval walls in the 16th century.

In the heat of the day the beautiful galleries and porticoes gave us relief from the sun and heat and made it pleasant to wander.

The many “Torres” or towers throughout the old town bear witness to the history of Brescia

We decided to eat out and found a cozy little restaurant in a side alley with a menu entirely in Italian so knew it was not going to be overly touristy. 😂 We enjoyed the fried zucchini flowers (although not as good as the ones we cooked in our cooking class in the villa with Giuseppe) . Our mains were a typical Venetian pasta called bigoli, with a pumpkin and smoked speck sauce, it was delicious.

Of course there was time to walk off dinner and take some more photos on the way home.

On our last day in Brescia we still had some churches to see that were not open on our first visit. The Church of Santa Maria in Cachera is a 16th century church, rather plain on the outside but the Baroque interior was richly decorated.

Next was the Church of Santa Maria dei Mirocoli with its quite extravagant facade, although inside was not as stunning as the others however the ceiling dome was rather nice.

Unbeknowns to us, we had left the best till last. The historical Church of San Giorgio was originally built in the 13th century and renovated in the 20th century. We were overawed by the frescoes and we were lucky enough to be shown around by a “local guide” who told us some of the frescoes dated back to the year 1240. We spent a long time in this one, there was so much to admire.

Well that was Brescia done and dusted. We enjoyed our week here immensely. If anyone is looking for somewhere to spend a week we would highly recommend Brescia.

We have now moved onto Trento but that is still to come.

News flash!!! We don’t know who was more upset today, Harley or Gregory, as both were involved in a slight altercation this morning.😩 Police were called, no one was injured, only Harleys pride and front bumper were dented! Not Gregory’s fault!

Time for a drink after a stressful morning!

Ciao ciao for now

Lots of love

Greg and Rhonda