We spent a lot of our free time swimming in Lake Orta at the town of Pettenasco. The lake shore was only a few minutes drive from our house. We were lucky to have lots of free afternoons and days off to enjoy it! During our two months stay, we had (what seemed like) a lot of rainy and rather cold days but we still managed to go for a quick dip almost every week. Matt was even swimming in the rain one day. It was warm enough to go swimming on Thanksgiving Sunday (our last swim of the season). Near the end of our time at ‘Centro’ we discovered Dolphins Bar. While we had seen it many times on our way to the lake, we popped in for a cappuccino a few times in October. When it wasn’t warm enough to swim, it was still lovely to sit by the lake with a coffee and enjoy the views.
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It is good to know you both had lots of relaxing holiday time off work to jump into the lake and to swim. The Dolphin bar sounds like a good place to chill and admire the views. Really lovely place. Looking forward to hearing about your next adventure. Marie and Brian xx
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