Bolzano

Used our seven-day 'Mobilpass' to take a very packed train to Bolzano this morning. It was cool and damp when we arrived so we headed for the very smart Stadt Cafe, where I blipped this lass having a quicky. If you have your coffee at the bar here it's very cheap; if you grab a seat it's more than twice the price!

Then the weather went seriously downhill turning cold and very wet, so we set off for lunch; unfortunately so did the rest of Bolzano and we ended up in another horrible Germanic elbow-tussle for places. I don't understand the mindset of people who push their way to the front and then get hugely upset when we do the same. We finally grabbed a table only to have a women plonk herself down at the same table; we gave her stinking looks and she and her hubby buggered off. Another great meal was then had!

The meal was a celebration, 22 years since we met; I think the last time I heard a number that high was on a Horizon programme about dinosaurs, or maybe it was the size of the universe.