Hiking on Monte Baldo

Hiking on Monte Baldo
Originally uploaded by Greygriffin.

Today we took the cable car up to the mountain ridge behind Malcesine, and walked for a couple of hours up to the nearest peak. You can see Lake Garda below; just below my hand is the round white building of the cable car’s lower station, beside which is the restaurant terrace on which we took yesterday’s photo with the big glass of beer. Then we seemed very high up, but today we’re so much higher again – the altitude here is just over two kilometres. It’s lovely to sit here with our sandwiches – so peaceful and quiet. The loudest sound is the chirping of the grasshoppers, except for when one of the large swallows rips through the air past our heads.