Our first ten days at San Mamete were extremely hot.
Once it cooled off a little we decided to take a boat trip to Lugano. San Mamete is in Italy. Lugano is in Switzerland. They are about 12 km apart by road and less by water. Of course the lake looks the same in both countries, but the land and what is on it, looks different.
Once it cooled off a little we decided to take a boat trip to Lugano. San Mamete is in Italy. Lugano is in Switzerland. They are about 12 km apart by road and less by water. Of course the lake looks the same in both countries, but the land and what is on it, looks different.
Here comes the boat ...... 10 am! Pretty early for us lazy, retired tourists!
A nice, slow 40 minute trip along the edge of the lake, with excellent English commentary from an Italian captain.
Lugano is a very handsome and refined city. This is the old pedestrian quarter on the lake.
Lugano, Switzerland
Lugano, Switzerland
Three beautiful cows - the first with an apple (William Tell), the second with a handle (handbag) and the third with a Swiss Army knife. Paul is impressed.
Beautiful old buildings on the lake.
Most tourists seem to be German.
Paul says Germans will queue for anything. They like to be on and off first. So, here are the Germans queueing for the boat that is just pulling IN to the dock. It doesn't leave for another 8 minutes. The Aussies (and the rest of the world) stand back and watch it happen.
Paul says Germans will queue for anything. They like to be on and off first. So, here are the Germans queueing for the boat that is just pulling IN to the dock. It doesn't leave for another 8 minutes. The Aussies (and the rest of the world) stand back and watch it happen.
See that mountain behind the boat? That is Mount Bre. Because it faces south, it gets sun all day every day of the year. That makes it the most desirable, and therefore, the most expensive real estate in Lugano Switzerland. So we'll have to have a look.
Next - the view from Mount Bre.
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