our collective goal was to spend as much time as possible in or near the water. my personal goal was not to get sunburned. i am pleased to report that we accomplished all this...and more.
on saturday morning, we decided to brave the traffic. we left a's flat in rho and drove south toward rapallo, santa margherita ligure and portofino.
on the beach at santa margherita ligure
(i don't usually allow people to take pictures of me in my swimsuit, but i have little reason to feel self-conscious next to the woman in the bikini behind me. ahem.)
after a refreshing swim in the ligurian sea, and a late afternoon rain shower, we had dinner in portofino. and what a fine port it was!
sunday morning we decided to head north this time to lago maggiore. a's aunt and uncle have a summer home in the countryside on the way to the lake, so we stopped to say hello.
her aunt showed us a neighboring garden and pointed out some plants we had never seen before, including rhubarb and a walnut tree.
after getting directions and promising to return for dinner at their city home in busto arsizio, we drove to stresa on the shore of lago maggiore and caught a boat for the borromean islands.
isola bella
isola pescatori
on the way back, we found a lovely old church...
...and discovered that among her many talents, a is also trained in classical piano.
monday morning came far too early, and we were amused to see that some of the statues in milan felt the way we did.
we headed to the duomo first.
typically, it was undergoing restoration.
i loved this noble lion, holding his head up high despite the incessant pigeons.
castello sforesco
deprived of our daily swim, we settled for dangling our feet in a fountain instead.
and we still made time to eat pizza in como!
grazie mille to a, our hostess, chauffeur, and interpreter!
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sorry a typical mistake from not italian people
CASTELLO SFORZESCO as SFORZA was the very powerful family which governed the city and its neiborhood..
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