A Day at the Lago

In celebration of earning our TEFL certificates Allie and I decided to get out of Rome and have a picnic at Lago di Bracciano. All of our classmates having been going on and on about how beautiful this lake is so we figured it was a good time to check it out. We packed up our lunches and our sunscreen and headed for the train station. After about an hour on the train it started to rain! We decided that no matter what, we were going to go to this lake and have a picnic.

The rain subsided as we pulled into the station but there was still major cloud cover but, hey, at least it wasn't raining. Then as we walked through the little town and towards the lake it started to pour on us. Of course, we had no umbrella, so we trooped through all the while cursing our foul luck. As luck would have it, the rain stopped right as we reached the lake and the sun actually started to peek out from the clouds.

We ended up having a really nice, relaxing, entertaining and well deserved day at the lake. In fact, I have a nice sunburn to prove it. We also had some great entertainment around us as well. Some crazy Italian (we've ran into quite a few) was talking to himself in between doing laps in the lake and the worst 10 sit-ups and 10 push-ups we'd ever seen. We think that he also faked a few phone calls as well so he could talk to himself even louder. There was also some naked kid running around getting slapped by his mother and yelling "Ciao!" at us.

Check out the pictures of the lake under the Scenery in the photo gallery.

All in all it was a great day and we've got a new place to go for cheap entertainment. Today, we're off to IKEA for some cheap crappola for the lake.

love,
charles and Allie