Hotel du Parc Stresa
Via Gignous 1 Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, 28838, Italy
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The lake, the opera and the church
... the Milan Castle to see the Michelangelo painted ceiling and another version of The Pieta. The ceiling was disappointing because they have turned off the lights to protect it so you just can't see it. Seems a little strange, but there you go. The Pieta they have in this museum is the one Michelangelo was working on when he died. He was 89 years old. He took another sculpture and re imagined it. It is only ...
A quick trip to Switzerland
... a little toilet that had a lady on the door that you had to give a 10 or 20 cent tip. It was nice and clean, so no one was unhappy to pay.
We got to Lugano about 4pm. It meant we had to cross the border and, as usual, no one stopped us and our bus just sailed straight through. There were a few police standing around, but no one looked at our passports or even at our bus. When we returned to Italy, we didn't even see any police. Our TD Andy ...
The real Milan.
... 30 so get the girls up and ready to go at 8:30, then we have an hour to kill! So Rhiannon gets a bit more time to Facebook…
We got to the city with plenty of time to find the statue of the 'man on a horse'. Which Anne tells me correctly, that it is behind the scaffolding and rigging in the Piazza Duomo. So we have a McDonalds coffee, (****), and wait. We find other people in the piazza waiting also, so we have chat to those who come from the US ...
Lake Cumo...wow
hello family and friends,
i now have a computer that speaks english ;)
today we left venice and headed to lugano switzerland. when we crossed the border and rounded the corner we were met with a view that literally took my breath away. i so wish you could have seen this most gorgeous view.
after lunch we went back to Lake Como and took a boat ride around the lake. beautiful villas for the very rich and ...
Mr. Clooney
One day in busy Milan was enough for us and so we were glad when we had escaped the city and made our way to San Fedele, a little town nestled at the bottom of Lake Como. Slightly further up the mountain and a lot quieter than the well known nearby town of Como, San Fedele was our first resting point in Italy.
This area was a recommendation made by our new British family and for this tip we were very grateful. We spent a few days here (fully ...



