Amazing!
Rare is the opportunity to spend a solid month with ones nearest and dearest, so I'm feeling really lucky. It was the kind of once-in-a-lifetime experience, I guess. Fortunately, we quite like one another and enjoy being together, so that helps.
My highlights were visiting Montecassino and Assisi. Not simply because they are iconic monastic sights, but they are beautiful in themselves and glorious places to go.
Lake Como was perfection - mountains, lakes, pretty villages, friendly people - and would be hard to beat anywhere.
Driving across Europe was rather fun. Drivers are respectful in France, neat and orderly in Switzerland, and mad as snakes in Italy! The country where white lines are nearly guidelines, speed limits are suggestions, and most vehicles seem to have bumps and scratches! They don't so much travel, they kind of pour themselves down the road like good olive oil, following the path of least resistance, speeding along good naturedly. I did all the driving in Italy, so I am relieved to have returned my family in one piece.
So now I'm hankering to return. We didn't waste a minute whilst we were there, and will continue to live the experience.
Thank you to my wonderful family for a great time.
Nick
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