Lugano - Switzerland

We have had a fantastic day in Switzerland.  We pretty much 'stuck a pin in the map' and came up with Lugano which is just over the border in Switzerland.  I craved a quiet time away from a big city and all I wanted was green grass.  Well, we got that as well as a beautiful lake!  We took the train from Milan to Lugano which was only an hour away and came out high up overlooking a quaint town and a massive body of water.  We took the cable car down to the town and looked around.  The smell of the freshness was exhilarating.  The weather was 33C.  You don't think of temperatures like that in Switzerland.  We knew it would be hot because we googled it before we left.  After a lovely lunch overlooking the lake where there were boats, yachts, kids in dingys and people in paddle boats, we went for an hour and a half cruise on Lake Lugano.  The lake is surrounded by high mountains covered in trees and around the bases, houses, roads, railway tracks and bike paths have been built.  Every so often you would see a house built high up the mountain and you wonder how it was built and who lives there.  You could even see tunnels going in or out of the mountains.  After our cruise we went into the town and had a huge icecream, sundae kind of thing which was delicious and then looked around.  We caught the cable car from the train station when we arrived so we thought we would walk the lovely path back to the station for our return trip - that should take care of the calories from the sundae!! 
The train trip takes you past Lake Como and some gorgeous countryside so my need for serenity was more than fulfilled.

We have been so impressed with the train travel through Europe (some trains have wi-fi!!)

Happy Birthday Daphne xx