It is as stunnngly beautiful here as we remember from our last trip and the weather has been fantastic with a combination of sunshine and dramatic storms. Yesterday we rented three bikes for me, Emma and Luke and a motorcycle for Phil and Susie. We wanted bikes for all of us but much searching proved that it wasn’t possible to rent a bike small enough for Susie to reach the pedals and the handlebars simultaneously, or a child seat on an adult bike.
Concerned about the safety of the motorbike we requested helmets, no problem we were told. They handed us a helmet just for Phil. We considered for a while, but the choice was no helmet or no trip so we went ahead. We had a lovely day exploring the local countryside and villages. Emm and Luke cycled brilliantly, coping eith uneven roads, honking horns, kids running to try and touch them and everyone shouting hello. Luke had a few tumbles off the unfamiliar bike, mostly from being to interested in looking at things other than the road ahead, but no serious damage was done.
For lunch we found a german run hotel with a fantastic bakery. Today we have walked back from our hotel in the cool of the early morning to take advantage of the bread, rolls, cakes and buns in the breakfast buffet. We will catch the boat around the island back to our hotel for more swimming in the lake later. The kids are practicing their olympic diving from the diving board!
Tomorrow we move on again, to Beristagi and hopefully climb a live volcano if we can find a guide.