This past weekend, for the 4 day Easter holiday, we traveled about 2.5 hours to Stresa, Italy. It is a cute little touristy town on Lake Maggiore. We were looking for some good Italian food, some quality family time, warmer weather, and sun. We got all of them.
The food it Italy, even a little touristy town, is super cheap compared to Switzerland. You can get a pizza for about 6-10 dollars and a glass of house red wine for about $1. I forget the price of the other items but the gelato, tiramisu, and tomato/mozzarella, cappuccino salad were all Amazing!
Thankfully along with all of this good but not so healthy food we also went on a 8 mile family run along the lake and walked about the whole time. John was happy to get lots of cheers from the MANY road bikers we saw and I think it helped him run faster and longer!
Hannah's favorite part was the boat ride back from the Bella Island. She slept for about 3 hours prior to this in her stroller so I think she was quite surprised that she somehow ended up on a boat coming back from an island. She also really enjoyed the slide, swing, teeter totter at the park by the lake.
We were happy to be able to go to Italy, and will be a good destination for visitors, but we are very glad we live in Switzerland. I am sure some would disagree but the it is so much cleaner, punctual, orderly, and in my opinion the people seem nicer here.
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