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Isola di San Giulio
... an hour was adequate to wander around before being picked up again. Our own private ferry at this,point with no one else on board. The isola is small (275 m long and 140 m wide) and built to the edges with the monastery and houses of the past supporting activities. E.g. The tuner for instruments as this was famous for its music and the annual festival of ancient music still continues. The use of ...
The holiday really begins
... cuisine is restored as it was Italian with a difference. it incorporated the a variety of tastes and flavours. E.g. Scallops with celery purée and lemon. Additional offerings they included were their bread with oil and truffle butter, a range of bread crisps flavoured with saffron, squid ink and peppers, and tomato foam. Petit fois at the completion of meal; all little delicacies- toffeed almonds, aerated chocolate, mini ...
Pisa Plus My College Friend
... I wanted to mention about the Grand Casino. There is a dress code for entering the casino – no shorts or flip flops. There is a charge for entering even if you just want to take a photo. Citizens of Monoco are not allowed to gamble in the Grand Casino. The Grand Casino has been in several James Bond movies. And, of course, you all remember the episode from "I Love Lucy" where Ricky told Lucy not to go into the casino. ...
Evening out in Baveno's town!
... However, we were well received by the management and immediately served right away. I chose to eat the Italian Vegetarian pizza which turned out to be way too much for me to eat all by myself. Plus I wasn’t that hungry by then having eaten beforehand a lasagna! Oh well, I did manage to eat two pieces of it though. After all, it was pizza, Italian pizza! Coffee and ...
Discovering Baveno's charms as a small town!
... it. Once again, these proved to be quite amazing especially with the trees blooming with flowers at this time of year. It was a photographer’s paradise if you ask me!
Looking in the horizon, the sky was still hazy over the lake but let me tell you this surely helped in capturing the magical effect that the gigantic Alps had over the place.
Monique ...