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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!