Switzerland (Oct. 13-16) - updated 10/30/06

We drove from Piedmont, Italy to the border with Switzerland and then took the train over the border to Losone, Switzerland near Locarno to stay with our exchange student, Adriano's (from 15 years ago) parents. Adriano drove down from Munich where he lives now to see us for a few days.


We are back to home-cooked meals for dinner while we are here and enjoying them a lot. Saturday was our first all cloudy and cool day, and we walked to the nearby town of Ascona on Lake Maggiore. The chestnut festival was going on with local wares and food. The roasting chestnuts drew a large crowd, and when we got back to the Maninis they roasted fresh chestnuts which we ate for an hour. Hmmm. Another home cooked meal that night of course. Margrit never lets us help, but she always keeps us well fed.


Sunday Adriano drove us all to Morcote which is a small beautiful town on Lake Lugano. We had a very good lunch and walked up over 200 steps to the church. From there we drove to a town on Lake Maggiore, Luini, for gelato of course and another market. It was a beautiful day... and again Margrit's home cooked dinner when we returned. We are getting spoiled with not having to spend money to eat.


Mille grazie to the Maninis for being such a wonderful part of our family.