Lake Maggiore August 2016

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Page1	One of the main squares of Stresa (IMG_0442.JPG) (IMG_0447.JPG) You can find a shrine anywhere (IMG_0463.JPG) Visit to Isola dei Pescatori (Fishermen's Island), one of the small Borromean.... (IMG_0467.JPG) (IMG_0516.JPG) Eric pauses along Lake Maggiore (IMG_0520 Eric on rock.JPG) Restaurant workers on Isola dei Piscatori take a break for smoking and checking.... (IMG_0528 restaurant staff.jpg) A gravelly beach on Isola dei Piscatori (IMG_0530 Isola dei Piscatori.JPG) (IMG_0535 Isola dei Piscatori.JPG) (IMG_0537 Isola dei Piscatori.JPG)
Page2	(IMG_0539 Isola dei Piscatori.JPG) Arriving on Isola Bella (IMG_0540 Isola Bella.JPG) Interior of the Palazzo on Isola Bella (IMG_0541 Isola Bella.JPG) Gardens on the grounds of the Palazzo (IMG_0543 Isola Bella.JPG) One of two albino peacocks on the grounds (IMG_0551 Isola Bella.JPG) View of the lake from our room, 444 at Milan Speranzo Au Lac (IMG_0555 View from room 444.JPG) A dog in Stresa hopes we are coming to visit. The sign above him inexplicably.... (IMG_0558 Il Cane.JPG) (IMG_0560 Eric at Dinner.JPG) The gypsy jazz trio Accordi Disaccordi play as part of the street scene during.... (IMG_0562 Asscordi Disaccordi.JPG) (IMG_0566 Train to Locarno.jpg)
Page3	Trying to change trains in Domodossola to go to Locarno. There was massive.... (IMG_0568 Train to Locarno.JPG) A mountain town along the route to Locarno (IMG_0574 En route to Locarno.JPG) Lunch with our new friends, the Hastings, in Locarno. (IMG_0577 Lunch in Locarno.JPG) In the streets of Stresa (IMG_0606+607 Nora and Eric.jpg) (IMG_0606+607_t.jpg) Private terrace in Stresa (IMG_0610 patio.JPG) Having dinner in the central piazza of Stresa (IMG_0614 Rabab and Nora at dinner.JPG) (IMG_0617 Eric and Jeff at dinner.JPG) View of the islands (IMG_0626 islands.JPG) Panoramic view of Stresa and Lake Maggiore from the rooftop Sky Bar at Hotel Le.... (IMG_0633.JPG)
Page4	(IMG_0635.JPG) Church in the center of Baveno, the next town north of Stresa (IMG_0640.JPG) Detail of fresco at the church. No information was available as to when these.... (IMG_0642 fresco.jpg) (IMG_0642_t.jpg) (IMG_0643.JPG) (IMG_0644 fresco.JPG) (IMG_0644_t.jpg) Interior of the church (IMG_0649.JPG) Baveno (IMG_0653 Baveno.JPG) Dinner at Il Portico in Stresa (IMG_0659 Il Portico.JPG)
Page5	Eric and Nora at Orta, with the island monastery Orta San Giulio in the.... (IMG_0669 Nora and Eric at Orta.JPG) Orta San Giulio (IMG_0671 Monastery Orta San Giulio.JPG) (IMG_0672.JPG) Lunch in Orta, starting off with gazpacho. (IMG_0674 Gazpacho.JPG) The view of Orta San Giulio as our boat leaves (IMG_0679 Orta San Giulio.JPG) (IMG_0682.JPG) Dinner, starting with Caprese (IMG_0688 Caprese.JPG) A Milan blues and classic rock trio playing the Stresa street scene. The drummer.... (IMG_0692 street band.JPG) The first waterfall at Cascate di Cittiglio, a park with three falls (IMG_0700 Cascate di Cittiglio.JPG) On our way to the second fall (IMG_0704.JPG)
Page6	Nora and the second waterfall. We never made it to the third. (IMG_0715.JPG) (IMG_0721.JPG) (IMG_0723.JPG) (IMG_0725.JPG) Back in Stresa for dinner at Ristorante Luina (IMG_0726.JPG) (IMG_0728.JPG) Eric demolished a 24 oz. steak (IMG_0733 Eric vs. steak.jpg) Nora pets a goat at the Parco della Villa Pallavicino, at the southern edge of.... (IMG_0735.JPG) (IMG_0738.2.jpg) (IMG_0745.JPG)
Page7	(IMG_0750.JPG) The Villa (IMG_0761.JPG) Dinner at Ristorante Lastresa in Stresa (IMG_0766.JPG) The dessert sampler, with gelato, tiramisu, and other specialties. (IMG_0777.JPG) (IMG_0778.JPG) (IMG_0784.JPG) One of the nicer lakeshore villas (IMG_0786.JPG) (IMG_0788.JPG) (IMG_0791 cloudy skies.jpg) The gardens on the grounds of Villa Taranto (IMG_0792.JPG)
Page8	(IMG_0796 bee.JPG) (IMG_0803.JPG) (IMG_0805.JPG) (IMG_0814 cloudy skies.jpg) Our boat back from Villa Taranto got caught in a storm, and we were a little.... (IMG_0819.JPG) An old music book in a Stresa museum dedicated to [name] (IMG_0822.JPG) (IMG_0823.JPG) Having a drink at a lakefront bar (IMG_0825.JPG) (IMG_0829.JPG) Room with some old artifacts at the Conti winery (IMG_0837.2.jpg)
Page9	Paola Conti, daughter of the late founder of Conti winery, giving us a tour and.... (IMG_0840.JPG) (IMG_0843.JPG) (IMG_0844.JPG) (IMG_0845.JPG) (IMG_0849.JPG) (IMG_0851.JPG) (IMG_0856.JPG) (IMG_0857.JPG) (IMG_0858b.jpg) (IMG_0860a.jpg)
Page10	We had a chat with this family from England as we were enjoying some music in.... (IMG_0866.JPG) Touring the gardens of Isola Madre, a privately owned island but open for tours (IMG_0873a.jpg) (IMG_0874a.jpg) (IMG_0886.JPG) (IMG_0891a.jpg) This cypress was planted from seed brought from the Himalayan region in 1862. In.... (IMG_0897.JPG) (IMG_0898.JPG) Eric stares down a peacock at lunch (IMG_0902a.jpg) A pug joins us on the boat ride back from the island (IMG_0907.JPG) Back at Sky Bar (IMG_0909a.jpg)
Page11	(IMG_0912a.jpg) (IMG_0915a.jpg) Dinner a Le Due Piccione, The Two Pigeons. This was our favorite restaurant,.... (IMG_0918.JPG) We spent a few hours at the little town of Mergozzo on a nearby lake. (IMG_0925.JPG) (IMG_0929a.jpg) (IMG_0933.JPG) Gelateria Aurora just outside Mergozzo (IMG_0940a.jpg) Back at Le Due Piccione (IMG_0946a.jpg) (IMG_0950.JPG) Cicinin is a sandwich shop where we got a few lunches to take to the pool. It's.... (IMG_0952.JPG)