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L is for Lugano, Switzerland

April 14, 2011 By: Patricia

Back to the travel theme today. During our driving trip around Italy, Switzerland, and France in April, 2000, my husband and I spent a couple of days in Lugano, Switzerland.

It was quiet and peaceful, flowers blooming everywhere, and I can’t remember ever being so calm and relaxed on a vacation.

We took a funicular up the mountain for this view:

The trip was not completely stress-free. We had tried to be adventurous and find hotels or motels along the way without making advance reservations. We did not take into account Easter vacation. By the time we reached the French Riviera where we planned to stay a couple more nights before flying home from Nice, every hotel and motel from the best to the worst had been booked ahead.

We drove the autoroute for hours to get away from the tourist areas and finally found a motel about 4:30 in the morning with one unoccupied room. So much for my spirit of adventure. I’d rather have a good night’s sleep anytime.

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Comments

  1. Hilary Melton-Butcher says

    April 15, 2011 at 4:15 am

    Hi Patricia .. great photos .. gosh I can imagine that must have been a bit of pain looking for a room for the night .. nearly happened in Ireland to me .. but most definitely not that late – so pleased you found something eventually! Cheers .. Hilary

  2. Arlee Bird says

    April 14, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    Beautiful photos! I’ve never been to Europe. Switzerland would be among the top places I’d like to visit. I’ll make my hotel reservations ahead of time I think.

    Lee
    Tossing It Out

  3. bfav says

    April 14, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    How funny, my husband & I had a similar hotel hunt in Lucerne Switzerland. It was awful. There was convention and the city was sold out. Love the country though. Gorgeous.

  4. Jemi Fraser says

    April 14, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    I’ve always wanted to do the free spirit travel around Europe thing! Maybe when I go, I’ll book hotels! ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Ann says

    April 14, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Sounds wonderful and the photos are beautiful. I haven’t been to Switzerland yet, but it is on my list. Two friends live in Zurich and are always on at me to visit. I just might have to move it up on my list.

  6. Elspeth Antonelli says

    April 14, 2011 at 9:57 am

    What lovely pictures! I applaud your adventurous spirit in not pre-booking, but it can be haphazard. Thanks for sharing these pictures, now I want to get on a plane.

  7. Cruella Collett says

    April 14, 2011 at 9:50 am

    Gorgeous pictures! I’ve been to Switzerland, but only to Geneva, and it is quite different from this. Though I’ve seen the Alps from air (doesn’t really count, though…) ๐Ÿ˜‰

  8. TheyCallMeVarmit says

    April 14, 2011 at 7:37 am

    Wow, it’s very beautiful. Wonderful images!

  9. L. Diane Wolfe says

    April 14, 2011 at 7:22 am

    It’s beautiful!

  10. Karen Walker says

    April 14, 2011 at 7:07 am

    Gorgeous photos. Yeah, hubs and I had times like that as well. We always book ahead now.
    Karen

  11. Karen Lange says

    April 14, 2011 at 6:54 am

    Sounds like an adventure! The photos are lovely. Thanks for sharing them. Suddenly I’m in the mood to take a vacation…:)

  12. GigglesandGuns says

    April 14, 2011 at 6:38 am

    How could you pull yourself away? Beautiful.
    Oh, been there with no reservations — not fun and VERY tense. ;(

  13. welcome to my world of poetry says

    April 14, 2011 at 6:34 am

    Having never gone to Switzerland these photo’s showed me what I have missed. Thanks for sharing Patiricia.

    Yvonne.

  14. Mason Canyon says

    April 14, 2011 at 6:11 am

    Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos. I can see why it was so peaceful, even with the hotel problem.

    Mason
    Thoughts in Progress

  15. Margot Kinberg says

    April 14, 2011 at 6:03 am

    Pat – Oh, these are so lovely!! I am sorry to hear you had trouble finding a room during your trip, but wow! What a lovely place!

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I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read Moreโ€ฆ

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