Furniculare in Switzerland

We stopped by at Lake Maggiore for 2 nights on the way back from Italy to Germany. It was a delight to discover these trams running up and down the hill (especially for Kurtan). This place had such a resemblance to Hong Kong, with the tram at a crazy angle and the dark green forestation (who would've thought!).



By the way, itt's not just the train that is impressive. The view is not to be forgotten either...

Lake Garda

Local hand made pasta with fish from the lake.

Agriturismo at Lake Garda

In Garda Lake, we stayed on top of the hill overlooking lake, at an agriturismo called Cervano. It was indeed agri-turistic, with expected farm animals around from donkeys to goats to ponies. The place is gigantic and has been in posession of a guy named Gino ('s family for the last 200 years), who was super nice and also educational. He said all the villages around the lake live on top of the hill, because the area used to be divided into two districts, the other side being Venetian until Napoleon took over and unified. Because of the divide, there were pirates from both sides crossing the lake thus it was more convenient to be vigilant from way above so that you can prepare for any raids. He said the raids have stopped once the area was unified, because you will get caught under the same law. Very logical (and educational, for us!).

Fiori Chiari Restaurant in Milan

My colleague Paola who is from Milan recommended me this restaurant Fiori Chiari. It is in the Berrera District which is more local (it looked), and each restaurant was small and in the back streets. It was more new style food and super fresh and clean (as if you're going healthy in Italy).

We walked there from the Duomo, which somehow matched the time of the very well dressed Italian workers coming out to the streets in mass for lunch, so it was great sightseeing as well!

Fiori Chiari
Address: Via Fiori Chiari 13, 20121 Milano
Phone: +39 02 3663 0635

No words needed

A breakfast sandwich at the Windsor Hotel's Clotilde Bistrot in Milan. The place was so good, we went both mornings we were in town. The great thing here is that while it looks new and a place for the young(-ish), there are plenty of old local men and women with a newspaper or a dog that (seem to) come everyday (which is what a tourist to Italy would like to see!).

Clotilde Bistrot
Address: Via Galileo Galilei 2, 20124 Milan, Italy
Phone: 02 634 6804

Always impressive

and scary (the pigeons)... In Milan.

Lake Como

Our first stop of our long awaited honeymoon was Lake Como. We stayed in the mid part of the lake in a town called Termezzo (in the celebrity map of Lake Como, nearest to Daniel Craig's place). So happy to be here finally!