Hotel Delfino Lugano
Via Casserinetta 6 Lugano, Ticino, Swiss Alps, 6902, Switzerland
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2008-06-12 Lugano
We drove from St. Anton through the Mountains and saw quite a bit of snow still at the lower altitudes- It must have snowed a lot last winter as opposed to the one before! The mountains are very rugged and high and there are many ski areas throughout the areas we are travelling. We traveled through at least 25 tunnels on the way the Lugano, but the …
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The lake, the opera and the church
... You can still see an arm not attached to anything and the figure of Mary has two faces. For anyone who doesn't know, The Pieta is in four different version, one of which we saw at St Peter's in Rome and the other two are in Florence. They are supposed to show the expression of the love of a mother for her son in the shape of Mary and Jesus.
We then walked out to a lovely little van that sold panini. We ...
A quick trip to Switzerland
... We spent a couple of hours in Verona at the amphitheater they have, and also at the Christmas market for lunch. The amphitheater is a smaller version of the Colosseum, except that it is virtually intact. They have opera and concerts in it, especially in summer. It was quite amazing.
We then left, hopped into our bus and headed off to Lugano. It took a couple of hours, so of course we had a 'biological stop' and because it is a Saturday we ...
Beautiful...Brilliant...Bellagio
... Captain America’…’living dead’…’vampires’ ;…’star trek’…’sexy fairies’…’cowboys and indians’…and many many more. Most have gone through so much trouble to make sure they looked the part…and it’s not as if there is a prize for the best looking or most true to character. They are all just excited to get dressed up and are only too happy to stop and make a pose for ...
Three long days!
... After the 2 1/2 hour cruise we boarded a train for Lugano, where we were accidentally upgraded to the William Tell Premier class. (Much to my chagrin, as the premier class train car did not have windows that opened. Indeed, I had been about to leave 1st class, and move to 2nd class so I could take pictures out the window, as opposed to through the window, when the conductor arrived to check our tickets and he was the one who insisted that we had to upgrade ...
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