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Castles in Bellinzona
(May 13 '07)
We woke up early in the morning and got on a train to Bellinzona to explore the UNESCO world heritage site. A little background, there are three castles in Bellinzona were built by the Romans as part ...
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Swiss Italian
( '05)
We saw the old town. That was fun. Short. Because our stay was. AAAAnnnnd we passed by a bunch of Mario Bota no one wanted to see.
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Sunny Morning in Locarno
(May 12 '07)
We arrived in Locarno a little bit behind schedule due to the train issue in Zurich. We wandered around the town for a while amazed at the palm trees, the lush forest covered mountains surrounding us, ...
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Locarno
(Oct 27 '07)
Ascona
( '92)
Ascona is in the Italian part of Switzerland. Italian is an official language in Switzerland and it is certainly used in this region. We stayed at a hotel with some friends who were in the country ...
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Cliff Diving and Naked People
(May 12 '07)
The underground train out of Locarno ran under most of the city, it was very much like a subway for that leg. Outside of Locarno it returned to the surface and the brilliant sunlight.
We had all ...
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Lugano
(May 16 '06)
I can't remember the name of this church (sorry) , but it is backed up against a hotel being renovated on the road that is parallel to Lake Lugano. It is really old and some of the murals on the ...
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Wearing shorts in the cold...
(May 20 '06)
We woke up early this morning, ate breakfast and boarded the charter bus with the rest of our group. On our way to Switzerland we passed our bus driver's hometown of Milan and also the Lake Cuomo ...
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Italian-like Lugano
(Jun 17 '04)
After breakfast, then we transferred to Italian-like Lugano. During the three hours drive, we droved into the Alps, and past Lake Como and Ticino district. We took some walk around the Lugano market, ...
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Weeks 1-2
(Jul 21 '06)
The first two weeks I had my friend staying with me out there. As it was her second holiday in her life, she was obviously very excited!
We visited various places: Como City, Lake Lugano and Lugano ...
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Como, Christmas, and Clooney
(Dec 13 '06)
So, Como is said to be an industrial town, but historically it was set up as a defense area against attacks from the Alps. I think it is beautiful and peaceful. It is built into the mountains ...
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It's much too early to be heartbroken, but it is true--leaving Menaggio, which I do this afternoon, is harder than I thought it could be. Every day has been better than the ...
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