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Friday, May 31st

It was a long drive after lunch. We were on the bus for 3 ½ hours to the Swiss Canton of Ticino. Another country for Dee to add to her list!
The city is called Lugano. Very pretty and clean. Lugano is on the water. We had about 2 hours to walk around and shop. I bought Dave a wedding present here. I had waited until we went on our honeymoon to find something unique. I found a beautiful clock. I had to find a reason to lose him for a few minutes and ran back to the shop to purchase it. I think he was pretty surprised when he walked in and saw the big box. We bought lots of wonderful Swiss Chocolate, very cheaply. We really wished we had more time here. There was so much more we would have liked do see and do. I would have loved to have time to go sit on one of the benches by the water and take in the view.

Service is wonderful in here. All packages are wrapped as if they are presents in beautiful paper and then placed in a bag for you to carry. I worried that they would rip it open when I went through customs, but they didn't even look. I guess they are used to this.

 

Back on the bus for 2 more hours. Arrived in Baveno around 7:30. Our hotel was called The Hotel Splendid . A very nice hotel right on Lake Maggiore. Our room had a view of the lake. Dinner at the hotel was at 8:00. We got back to our room around 10:00 and had Cappuccino out on the balcony.

 

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