Over the weekend, Joe, Maureen, Smidgey and I went to Stresa, Italy. It was our first trip outside of Switzerland...but definitely not our last.
Stresa is on the shores of Lago Maggiore:
It is basically a summer resort town, so being there in December gave us a different perspective:
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Some hotels were open... |
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...while most were closed. |
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Store front nativity scene #1... |
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...and #2. |
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Decorated stores... |
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...and 'Santa' climbing up a hotel balcony. |
The Italian locals we met were friendly, kind, and didn't mind that we didn't speak Italian.
As per our usual experience, we didn't understand a lot...
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Some signs have better messages... |
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...than others. |
The only downside was walking Smidgey on the narrow streets (with no sidewalks). And Italians like to drive FAST - luckily most of them have tiny cars.
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Smidgey peeking to see if the coast is clear for us to walk down this TWO lane road. |
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Tiny but mighty...fast! |
And when we returned to Zug we were met with white-out conditions:
But, alas, the snow is not so bad. Especially when an Italian (or French or German or Austrian or...) adventure is only a train ride (or four) away.
rail against
the winter blues
train trip
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4 comments:
About the same to Paris - just sayin'!!
Gorgeous! thanks for letting us come along!
Thanks for the suggestion, Dave, we have Paris on our "to go" list. =)
Thank you, Liz, for joining me on our journey! =)
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