Tuesday 22nd April
Today has been a lovely day, with beautiful sunshine, but we have just received the sad news that our dear friend Judith passed away this evening. She is at peace at last, following several years with so many health problems. She has been a great friend to us and we will remember so many happy times and laughter shared together. We will be shortening our holiday and will start on our journey home tomorrow.
We are so glad that we decided to go today to the Gardens of Villa Taranto - for us now there will always be a link between this beautiful place and Judith. The paths take you up a hillside, seeing the amazing varieties of plants and trees including tulips in bloom (80,000 of them apparently), azaleas, rhododendrons, plus ponds and water features, all with a backdrop of lake and mountains. Wow... We had lunch at the cafe there and then walked on the roads surrounding the gardens, through the narrow streets uphill till we reached the little stone church of San Remigio. We went there because there was a geocache to be found tucked into a little wall at the back of the church - a very special find because it was our 2000th cache!! - and what a view from up there.
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| San Remigio |
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| Our 2000th geocache! |
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| The view over Lake Maggiore from the chuch |
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