Blogs from Baveno, Piedmont, Italy, Europe - page 2

I visited Arona and the statue of San Carlo Borromeo with Davide, Bruna's nephew. He could not speak English and I could not speak Italian so it made the day trip interesting! The statue is 35 meters tall and we climbed up through an extremely sketchy ladder on the interior. It felt like being in a mine shaft!! Anyway, we survived and ended the day with gelato.... read more

Baveno is a beautiful place. I had a relaxing day around Baveno (where i am staying) and got to explore the waterfront. The view is incredible and the church is beautiful as well, just like everything here! Alberto and I spent the day at the lake playing beach volleyball and swimming. He is a great italian teacher!!! Mario and Bruna met up with us and we relaxed for a while, before Mario and I left to play soccer. Mario plays with about 16 other guys every Friday. It was a very international game; one guy from Romania, two from Bolivia, one from Equador, many from Italy, and myself from Stati Uniti. Afterwards, we went to a Pizzeria and pub as a group and had a good time. I've been playing the videogame Assasin's Creed (in Italian) ... read more

Day 24 Into Italy! Today we travelled on a glorious sunny day from Interlaken towards Italy and the Lakes, and what a way to arrive. We drove for about an hour towards the Italian border, when the satnav suddenly said ‘then take the ferry’ Alison checked the map - she said there isn’t a lake or river around here, we both looked again incredulously at the satnav and sure enough, there was even a little picture of a boat. Any way a few kilometres, and a toll both later it dawned on us that we were going to travel on the back of a Train! We proceeded to follow the stream of traffic onto an endless stream of carriages. We then entered a tunnel, which to say least was a bit scary as it was pitch ... read more