What to do on a foggy Saturday afternoon in Cham ? We had just finished the shopping and about to have lunch at home when the epiphany came. Let's go to Italy for a real pizza and pasta dinner !
Sunny was a bit hesitant and Mingyu was excited to try some real italian food, the boys got dressed and away we went. The target was to go to Lugano a beautiful lakeside town in the Italian Swiss canton of Ticino, not far from Milano. So we didnt have to take our passports and visas since we could stay just inside the swiss Border. It wasnt long before we were out of the grey fog and into the bright sunshine looking at the jaw dropping view of lakes and mountains.
On approach to Lugano the GPS system insisted to take us to Licino, which fortunately was a small suburb of Lugano (where we took the foto of the all the boys ). However I shutdown the GPS and followed our nose down tot he old town of Lugano by the lake. There was a lovely waterfront promenade and behind the waterfront buildings a number of walking only shopping arcades opening out into piazzas.
It really was like being in Italy, for a start the people all speaking Italian, dressed differently and a lot more lively than downtown Cham!
We wandered through the arcades and had some super yummy gelati and later stopped at one piaza and had dinner alfresco, the boys could sit up in high chairs and were pretty well behaved. Andrew did get a little excited and lifted the table cloth long enough to tip a glass of wine over my leg. Dinner was pizza, pasta and wine.
Driving time from Cham was two hours each way and we stopped in Lugano from 4.30 until 7.15pm. In Summer I can imagine it would be very popular place.
1 comment:
Get out you Lucky bastards.
I can't tell you how jealous I am.
Glad to see you are making the most of your bloody amazing travel opportunities desspite being so busy.
I am feeling liek saying 'good on you' and 'get stuffed' at the same time.
Love to you all,
G
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