Blogs from Lugano, South-East, Switzerland, Europe - page 4

How yowl doing? Splendid I trust. We are still in the land of cheese, chocolate, watches, clocks and pretty red army knives with white crosses on them. Today was hot again. I went for a swim in the lake by our camp site this morning and completely dried out in about 40mins, shorts and all. We decided that we should spend some time doing washing, drying washing, sorting photos and updating our blog which was about 5 days behind as we have a free hot spot at this camping ground. Wonderful!! However, by the time we did all that it was 3pm and we were planning on doing some sightseeing today too. But never fear one and all, we still went anyway. We pilled in to our trusty focus and roared off into the midday heat. ... read more

It is widely known, the general consensus of Europeans is "The Swiss are rude". Can't prove this by me as I have yet to meet a rude Switzer. Perhaps the European's mistake the pride.... & proud they should be! A glorious country! Clean clean clean. Pride in their shops, pride in their homes, pride for their public parks & waterways, etc! Even construction sites are impeccably kept. Trees pruned, lawns neatly manicured, clean air, healthy looking people, GREAT food & so much more! Switzerland, not being a member of the European Union, takes great pains to remain separate. They still use the old slide/carbon paper to accept credit cards, heh. They do things differently & so they should. The Cathedral images in this entry are of San Lorenzo. Writings as old as 875 AD refer to ... read more

In honor of the one year anniversary of April 16th, our group decided to go on a hike to San Salvatore to reflect and celebrate the lives of the 32 innocent victims who died that day. God was present today, not only in our hearts but also in the beauty of nature and in the sunshine. neVer forgeT 4-16-07. ... read more

Here are some pics that i thought you would like, its from around Lugano. Some are of my cozy bungalow, from Monica and I's internet cafe adventure, and mostly from Jason and Kayleigh's bday extravaganza where we celebrated their 21st by visiting some of lugano's finest bars and then for the grand finale sipped wine by the lake. Fun!... read more

Today Regina took us on a walk around the lake and to the park. It was good because we became more familiar with the city. I feel that now is a good time to talk about the city. It is in the hills of Switzerland. May I just say that the hills in Switzerland are the size of the Appalachian Mountains. To get downtown you have to walk from the Montarina (where I live), down a hill to the train tracks. Then you walk down an even bigger hill (longer than crumpland) to a flight of stairs (about 15 or so). You are then by the monastery in Lugano. It is located in the area of Switzerland called Ticino, pronounced Tee-chee-no. The language they speak is Italian. It is predominately Catholic. Anyway...Then you have another hill, ... read more