For the time we remained up in the mountains we went down to two different lakes –and different cities on these lakes. Como & Bellagio in Italy and Lugano in Switzerland. Things at the borders have changed radically, you no longer show a passport, and even though you do not as a South African need a visa for Switzerland .But Switzerland is clinically clean and neat, as beautiful as ever with wide, comfortable, smooth roads. No potholes here. The Swiss’ obsessional behavior. Yes, they do have a gripe with immigrants as you can hear them from when you talk to most Swiss. But this is not for this blog.
The clear blue skies and the mirror-like lake seems to be for picture postcards, pollution has caught up and there is a misty haze in the air over the lakes that makes for bad photos. Unless it had rained properly, which it did not.
We went to Lugano on the Sunday. Many years ago we went to Lugano and the MD bought me a watch which was stolen (no, not in S A but on a secluded beach in the Seychelles) so he wanted to buy me a replacement at the same store. (Faithful Service Reward *g*?) The shops were all closed but it would have made not difference….I would not even dream of having a R40 000 watch even if I was the Oppenheimer’s only child. And the one I am wearing that M gave me last years is pretty cool anyway. Because Switzerland like the rest of Europe is very expensive. VERY! That is for us South Africans.
The clear blue skies and the mirror-like lake seems to be for picture postcards, pollution has caught up and there is a misty haze in the air over the lakes that makes for bad photos. Unless it had rained properly, which it did not.
We went to Lugano on the Sunday. Many years ago we went to Lugano and the MD bought me a watch which was stolen (no, not in S A but on a secluded beach in the Seychelles) so he wanted to buy me a replacement at the same store. (Faithful Service Reward *g*?) The shops were all closed but it would have made not difference….I would not even dream of having a R40 000 watch even if I was the Oppenheimer’s only child. And the one I am wearing that M gave me last years is pretty cool anyway. Because Switzerland like the rest of Europe is very expensive. VERY! That is for us South Africans.