Six nights at Camping Acquafraggia. Right by the spectacular Acquafraggia waterfalls (cascate). The longest we have ever stayed in one place! Did a walk up to Savogno Rifugio past a whole series of derilict houses. There was a great vantage point next to the falls on the way down. On Friday walked down the valley to Chiavenna, lunch at little restaurant and up to the top of the Botanical Gardens with a narrow footbridge over a min chasm. On Saturday we wanted to go up the mountain so we drove to Isola. We thought this was the Isola ski resort, but it turned out to be a little Italian village (Isola is actually in France!). Not much there, so on to Madesimo, an Italian ski resort. This was a fab little town, lots of mountain bikers using the gondola. We went up the gondola and then walked up to the top of Cima Sole at 2150m. Roads there and back were pretty cool – steep hairpins, narrow tunnels, and even a hairpin in a tunnel! I loved it, Louise didn’t. Spent the rest of the time lazing around and playing in the water below the waterfalls. It was too hot to do much else…. Then off north east over the border back into Switzerland, via the lakes at Silsersee (really beautiful) and Silvapanersee, and high mountain passes.
