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airport brewery hangout- not super fun
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United Lounge hangout- much better
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My cousin Cinzia's pool. you'll see a lot of this
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Down at the lake for the first afternoon
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yes we (I mean we) played on this slippery floating thing for at least an hour. Meet Daddy-brother-playmate
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Gelato. you'll see a lot of this too
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part of the town we live- Canbobio
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Looking over Lago Maggiore toward Switzerland.
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The main waterfront part of town. My family restaurant in is the one behind the bikes
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banana split with style
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My cousin Andrea's family. He runs the restaurants now
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My cousin Cinzia making crepes with Nutella for breakfast
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Kashi and Cinzia on the funiculare (like a trolley that goes uphill)
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heading up into the mountains in Switzerland 20min away
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giant swing, because why not
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heck of a view
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Views and croissants
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Cannobio is where the red arrow is
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Adorable house. I want to buy
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view from adorable house
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different adorable house with Alps behind
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Pizza! at my cousin's other restaurant
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Cool kid
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even cooler kid
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Looking across the waterfront of Cannobio
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heading into the old part of town up the hill.
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yes, more.
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Stresa, another town on the lake. Some group of people showing us old-timey life
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the lake from Stresa
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huge market on Sundays in town
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market, probably 1km of vendors
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Cannobio
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market day
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kashi knocked out this 250pc puzzle in about 1-1/2 hrs. have to double it
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running to our lunch reservation 15 late, but there were nice rocks outside...
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Burratta (fresh bufalo mozzarella with cream inside) with some sardine and lemon
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bacon-wrapped quail breast with aproicot, new potatoes and ginger soy reduction
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Kashi's chocolate mousse
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OK. This. Panna cotta with orange essence infused olive oil
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2nd cousins. and some old guy.
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family
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family
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yes more pool.
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ice cream soup
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Kashi and I hiked up the river till we got to this swiming hole below the church and restaurant from Sunday.
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in the old part of town in Cannobio, outside my cousin's daughter's apt.
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just a corner shop...
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the old clocktower in the old town
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each photo of the pool represents 40 hours spent in the pool
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"Kashi, smile!"
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4pm I decided to "takea stroll" out the back gate of our house up the hill
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beautiful wooded mountain
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I just kept going...
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This is a gorgeous B&B agritourism place about an hour hike up the hill.
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I love these stacked granite stone exteriors. My dream is to do the house at the land like this
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At every stage, I jus said, "ah why not keep going". Then I was on the summit
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3574 ft elevation gain in 2-1/4 hours
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Cannobio is where we live, down below
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My cousin has this dog, who we walk sometimes.
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We took a day to go to the special islands in Lago Maggiore. There are 3 islands, all owned for the past 500 years by the Borromeo Fmaily.
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Isloa Bella, which has a beautioful mansion and gardens.
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The rooms are preserved, and full of art and paintings.
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this is like 1/8 of the walls of art in this one room
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marrionettes
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cool spiral stair from below
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Some nice Italian girl touring the gardens
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some of the gardens
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Peacock
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Lookig back at Isola Bella from Isola Pescatori (Fishermen's Island)
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Love thes tiny old strets
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Golden Pheasant!
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Oh just some more beautiful gardens
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this refers to the giat Cypress tree in the next picture
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bedtime
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An Italian girl and her Gelato
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... and mine!
