Riva Del Garda

A rainy and overcast day in Riva Del Garda so Nicki was let loose on the shops of the town and I took the lads to a ropes / adventure park.  Where better to take 3 monkeys then into their natural habitat.  The only thing missing were bananas and the picture would have been complete. 

Lucky to get on the course as during the week it was closed due to rain and when we jumped in the car on the Saturday it was drizzling and then got heavier as we pulled up.  I told the kids not to get their hopes up and they were very good about it even when we saw the office hut closed.  Fortunately the bloke running the place said come on over and opened it up for them. 

Cold, wet and had a ball.

They were cold and wet by the end of it but you couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces.

Met Nicki back at the apartment and loaded the bike onto the car and Nicki dropped me off about 1400m up from where we were staying.  More or less rolled downhill the 30kms back to our place.  Cheating I hear you say by not doing the hard yards to get up the mountain but frankly I'm on holidays and I don't care.


Pizza for dinner in the old town and a few drinks in a funky bar.

Stray observations:  A women's love of shopping is not diminished by inclement weather.

Monkey 1.

Monkey 2.

Monkey 3 - Gladiator style