Swiss Diamond Hotel Lugano

Lake Como photos here:
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Friday caught the train out to Como for a day trip.
Wandering around Como is really nice and can imagine it would be awesome in Summer, as well as being incredibly busy and crowded.
Caught the funiculare up to Brunate and walked up the ...

When I finally found Lake Como (after a train, then a bus, then a ferry and then a very confusing walk) I was surprised that it was so empty. It was raining (I think the rain is following me around Europe) and there was no one about so I was able to do my exploring easily. Lake Como is a very small place with not too many things to ...

... it up and buy a disposable camera. We kept going, it was pretty empty, as most Sunday mornings in Italy are, and walked the extent of the town. There's an island nearby, if you want to know the story behind it click here-http://www.orta.net/eng1/isolasgiu lioe.htm-and by the time we got back to the center the town had woken up and there were people everywhere. I'm glad we got there when we did. There was a path around the lake that we walked, then it was time to ...

... quaint with beautiful villas. We walked the gardens of the Melza Villa. The canons in the photos are not toys....they are from the Napoleonic period...used to defeat Milan. The keys are to the city of Milan from the 1700's.

The food here is terrific. We travel back to Milan tomorrow to pick up our friends and head to the villa in Montanione. Forecast is for thunderstorms...yeah!

Love,
R ich and Kara

... near the airport. Because we changed the plans the hotel put us in another room... a suite. They were nice enough not to charge us the usuall price for this magnificent space. Although we have to wake up at 5am, we will sleep in this luxurious suite.
Looking foward to being home and seeing our friends and family. Love, Laura

... The balcony where Romeo and Juliet declare their love is a magnet to tourists and they allow people to write and pin love notes to the wall which are cleared every three months so the process can start again.

The relevance of Como for me ended up being from my childhood when Dad subscribed to a weekly series called the History of World War 2. I couldn't wait for each series to arrive and I remember one story of how ...

My friend had the fabulous idea of going to Lugano this weekend and I am not one to turn down great ideas. I still had my Canadian friend staying with me as well and he was ready to move on, but I convinced him to wait until he sees Lugano before he moves on to the next country on his list.

So we made a three-day weekend out of it and had a fabulous time. Lugano is so beautiful! The winding streets, steep hills, charming shopping ...

... to the irish pub for some live music on st. patricks day. relaxed, a franklin girl cut my hair, went for a walk, mailed some stuff... got a better camera in the mail for my birthday to replace the one i lost. april 9th - 15th -came in from paris and met ramie at annameikas. walked around lugano, went to a "german bbq" with a bunch of franklin kids. made dinner for about 10 people.

... had mentioned to us. We went inside and found that it was five floors of clothing, housewares, and even a food market. A helpful salesperson in the market directed us up to housewares, where we found a great corkscrew for 4.95 euros. We went back down to the market level to pay, and also get regular Coke (which I'd been craving all day). We explored town some more, going down by the water and through parts of ...

... title was lost. Over the course of the race he still gave the Maranello crowd a lot to cheer about, coming back from last place to finish in fourth, and after the race was over the packed piazza was still running high with scarlet fever.

I may not follow Formula One anywhere near like I used to when I was a kid – and even then I was never a fan of Ferrari (my allegiance was to Nigel Mansell and the Williams team), but this night will still live long in my memory nonetheless.