Italy was a great choice for an 80th birthday celebration. It's a family friendly place with delicious food for all to enjoy, but the most important part was spending time with the birthday boy.
Being surrounded by his grandkids keeps him young.
He's also training Elena in the fine art of the crossword puzzle.
We even had extended family over. My cousin Jill and her husband Dave live in Italy, and they drove down so that Dave could cook up a special birthday meal for my dad.
The meal was a delicious success,
And the fruit pies for dessert were a perfect sweet finish.
The house my dad rented had a beautiful view over the valley.
Jeff and Elena are early risers, so they had some photo fun while we were there.
We left the house for lunches by the lake, and even though it was rainy off and on the week we were there, eating outside was wonderful.
At the more northern part of the lake, there was a walkway that went between towns. We had lunch the first time at a town farther to the west.
They had fun benches shaped like books.
And we saw swans and ducks in the lake.
Another day, we had lunch all the way to the east, where the other end of the walkway starts.
That end had some beautiful trees.
The weather mostly cooperated that day. It was really windy. We thought we would risk sitting outside, but then it started raining, so the restaurant owner and his son helped us bring everything inside.
It was great to have time to hang out with the newest additions to the family.
Elena especially liked their one toy.
Overall, we had a lovely time at the lake.
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