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Day 13 - Allgaü, Germany to Lusen, Italy

Today was another travel day. We left Centre Parcs for our last stop in Italy before going home for Christmas.  

We started with breakfast in Germany, lunch in Austria as we drove through, and dinner in Italy.  This part of Europe is great for crossing country borders, but yet again you hardly realised you're driving into a new country.  Germany to Austria was no different and the only telltale sign of being in Italy was green road signs not blue (and obviously in Italian!) 

The whole 4 hour drive was through winding mountain roads, even the small sections of motorway were winding roads. We did see this crazily high pedestrian bridge across a valley which would have been impressive to walk across.


Lunch in the Austrian services was far nicer than anything you get in the UK services. Plenty of fresh options rather than a selection of fast food.

A bowl of popcorn and Postman Pat for Henry as we drove through the afternoon. 

We arrived at the hotel in Italy late afternoon, just in time for snack time! Henry was wowed by the outside pool and wanted to find the toys. After checking in and unpacking it was time for dinner. 

Dinner was slightly confusing! Its a pasta/pizza/salad buffet for kids and 3 options of 5 course menus for adults. We only managed 3 courses (they were pretty small portions) - Henry wouldn't sit still for much longer than that...and we're now lying in bed a bit hungry!! 

Thoughts from today: 
 > Dinner time stsrts at 6:30pm which is when Henry is usually getting into PJs. Let's hope he can stay awake long enough for us to eat a proper amount of food in the evenings this week. 
 > Hoping the hotel will be as easy as being in the Centre Parcs lodge, although I definitely can't eat breakfast in my PJs here 😂. 
 > From a few reviews I'd read, I was worried I'd be underdressed in my staple jeans and a jumper combo. I have seen a few people in fancy outfits but mostly its other parents in jeans and jumpers too.

Comments

  1. Elaine14 December 2024 at 23:25

    You are great parents, tv and snacks, wonderful, looking forward to today’s photos and what exciting things you get up to - have fun and make sure your room has a snack draw 😂 xx
    Glad you arrived safe xx

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