Lake Garda

soo we went to this super fancy schmancy lake that had a freaking Castle with a private harbour!! It was one of the 1st places to be settled by man, and is the mouth of an extinct volcano bed! the water haa a bed of sulfur gases, so people that are ill go swimming in it to feel better! The volcano is surrounded by Alps which creates a micro climate, (climate of southern Italy).. so you can ski in the AM and later get a tan. Its also famous for citrus fruits -lemons (the size of a freaking large softball or Quaffle -Tasha added that comment in), olive oil, olives, wine, pizza thats cheap, gelato (comes from mountains ) & an express ski industry was born[ they were poor.. & had limited crops..so they became specialists in making ice cream ]

We took a speed boat around the beautiful lake, the Guy who owns the company has done it for sooooo many years(1930s) he has rented his boats to Mussolini, JFK, Hitler, & Winston Churchill just to know a few! Its pretty intense.. Northern Italy (the specific part we were in) was for Fascism back then.
So a little back history, Italy -
The North is pretty rich and doesnt not make as much pasta whereas the South has pasta out the butt and is  poorer. So anyeay the meat content for lunch and dinner is much less..however it is high quality food (simple quality of ingredients, not full of flavors). The pizza makers are seriously high paid, like 70000 euros a year!! They even go to Pizza making school for 2 years or so..
Another interesting tid bit : Coffee ordering- you order, pay, then take the receipt to the coffee maker person where you fight with the 50 other people waiting for their orders before you get it.. and the receipt doesnt have your order so you have to tell them again. If you want regular coffee you have to say Coffee Americano. Not that I ordered any because I despise coffee but its still interesting.. (same way at clubs, roughly) 
After the speed boat, some of us went to the beach (I stood around and got sun burnt), got gelato, pizza, Spritz (like a orange wine with fizzy stuff in it) and a few bracelets (I lost my anklet, sad face). On the speed boat we went UNDER the moat thing! Super cool! Ginette got gigantic lemons (a bunt)! we later made lemonade. After Thar we left and drove to Florence .. to be continued