For the first weekend of Kara's visit, we traveled to
Ticino (the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland) and saw what life was like on the other side of the
Gotthard Tunnel. It was fantastic! The region definitely has a more Mediterranean feel, with plenty of sunshine and palm trees and a more relaxed pace of life.
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| Dusk in Lugano | |
Kara and I stayed in
Lugano and then traveled around the area using the trusty
FART system. One of the places we visited was
Bellinzona, which is famous for its multiple castles.
We toured the castle closest to the city center,
Castelgrande.
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| View of Montebello Castle from Castelgrande. |
We also took a quick peek into Collegiata dei Pietro e Stefano, in which a priest was giving tours to a group of children.
We finished our afternoon at
Montebello Castle, which is a stiff uphill hike from the main part of town. The view was pretty great. Probably my favorite part was sitting under a tree on the castle grounds looking out over the valley and the surrounding mountains and just enjoying the breeze and the sun and smell of the grass and the buzz of the bees. It was quite idyllic, in fact.
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| View of Castelgrande from Montebello Castle. |
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| Bellinzona. |
