Monday 12 September 2011

5 September Domodossola to Verbania

Started the day with fantastic views of the gorgeous Italian mountians that peaked out from the clouds today, followed by our best coffee to date. We later discovered any coffee in Italy was going to be excellent, as a starting base!

Cycling gives us the chance to experience the sights, smells and sounds and interact with the locals. Lots of buonjuorno's. When we arrived at our first lake, a nun who was passing by took a photo for us - classic memories!

We were introduced to another wonderful thing about Italy - its gelatos. Delicious!

The weather started to turn just as we cycled up the cobblestone road to our hotel which is ex British Embassy summer house. We were in the penthouse. Which had cool skylights with excellent views to lake Maggiore if one stood on the bed.
The penthouse kept us in shape as the lift that was installed didn't make it to our floor, so we made full use of the stairs.

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