Italy • Switzerland
2010 July/August
Opera • Alps
Peak crowd
Milan Station
Milan station arrival
Liberty (Art Nouveau) style, Art Deco, and Neoclassical influences.
Early 20th Century architecture
Milan Station interior
Preparing to broadcast tonight's opera
Zucchini flowers
Verona crowds
Verona Arena
Gelato break
The sets are stored outside
Guarding the opera
Verona restaurant
Arena horsemen
Camera crew
Elegant opera-goers
Waiting for the opera
Ready to roll
Beautiful night for an opera
Turandot
Selling cushions and programs
Walking the streets during the interval
Shopping cannoli in Verona
Verona shoppers
Juliet's balcony
Charming the children
Monument to Dante Alighieri in the Piazza dei Signori
Verona high rise
Verona Lunch
Piazza lunch
Verona skies
Tourist?
The ruins surrounding the piazza
Tombs built to honor the Scaligeri family
Verona houses
The walls of Verona
Adige river
Verona Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Matricolare) interior
Verona street lighting
Verona Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Matricolare)
Verona tower
Climbing to a Verona overlook
Verona from above
Verona Adige river
Isola Bella ferry landing
Isola Bella arrival
Isola Bella Palace
Isola Bella
Isola Bella dinner table
Isola Bella flowers
Isola Bella interior
Isola Bella window
Isola Bella tapestry
Isola Bella fence
Isola Bella peacock
Isola Bella
Isola Bella basement
Isola Bella resident
Isola Bella statues
View from Isola Bella
Isola Bella flower bed
Isola Bella statues
Lago Maggiore Ferry
Lago Maggiore hills around Isola Bella
Isola Bella garden
Isola Bella maze
Isola Bella peacocks
Isola dei Pescatori
Off to Zermatt
Zermatt flower boxes
Farewell refreshments
Hiking lunch - sausage and rösti - and beer
Hiker memorial
Lunch with Matterhorn views
Time for break from hiking
The gondola to Sunnegga
View from the lfit
Flowers and peaks
There are always well-marked trails
Up and over
Matterhorn in the clouds
Swiss flowers
Zermatt path
Hiker and his mountain
Transportation
Delightful lunch stop
Matterhorn framed
Matterhorn
Swiss architecture
Zermatterhof
Downtown Zermatt
Zermatt flower boxes
Zermatt bell tower
Non-motorized transport
Hotel terrace view
Too much alpine sun
The clouds clear the peak
Above the clouds
The man and his mountain
Heavenly view
Climbing to an even better view
Ice cave
Ice cave
Above the clouds
Peaks peeking through
Time to ride
Mountain path
Sausage and cheese lunch
Near perfect lunch
Ready for the visiting hunds
A fine view for everyone
Lost of options
Back to Zermatt?
Fellow hikers
Valley view
Valley village
Zmutt
Long way down
Hiking back down
Time to grab a ride down
Barn
Goatherd
Arriving back in town
Window boxes
Walking back to the city center
Back in town
Raclette in Zermatt
Leaving Zermatt and the goats
Herding past the train station
My train car companion
Spartan Luzern accommodations
Luzern lunch
Luzern lion
Löwendenkmal
Lake Lucerne
Powering the lake boats
Luzern bridge
Bridge flowers
Lake Lucerne fowl
Luzern cheese choices
Luzern cheese plate
Luzern rehab facility
Luzern rehab facility
Luzern rehab facility
Town near Luzern rehab facility
Zürichsee
Baur au Lac Soup
Café & Conditorei 1842
Flughafen Zurich heading home