Day 2 in Locarno

Here we are on a little walk. Pietro's parents have an apartment that is a 10 minute (or less) walk to the lake. The area around the lake is very pretty, if a little touristy. There is no shortage of Swiss German tourists.

We decided not to bring a stroller, instead we had my Ergo Baby. It is very comfortable. Now that Amedeo is about 30 lbs, it is still comfortable, but it makes you very tired if you're out all day. Note my sunglasses. They're on my face, right?!?



Well, I managed to drop them in the lake. Grrr. I asked this swan if he would mind looking for them, but he didn't seem to speak Italian or English.



As you can see from our clothes, the weather was not super warm. There was still a bit of snow on the mountain tops. In this view, you can see Vira Gamborogno across the lake, the little town where Pietro's mom grew up. Her sister and brother still live over there.



Here you can see more of the snow. There are usually a number of boats out on the water. Tomorrow, I'll show you the boat that we rode to see the Isole di Brisago, an arboretum on an island.

Amedeo enjoyed throwing rocks into the lake. Who doesn't?


Yup, tomorrow there will be more...we took 800 pictures.