Italy In Pictures

Well, I suppose I should actually DO what I say I'm going to do and post some pictures. I realized I had about 350 pictures and that's a LOT of digital to go through to pick out a neat few. But, since you are my internets, I suppose I will do this.

We arrived in Milan on Friday morning. The hotel, Devaro Hotel, was absolutely amazing. It is only a few months old. The floor in certain areas is glass:


The artwork on the walls was fantastic:


Those are straight pins:


We then got on the subway and headed to The Sforzesco Castle. Unfortunately, we hadn't slept in like 24 hours:


We saw this neat artwork as we walked out of the subway. It's a needle and thread with the knot on the other end:






Hubby and I at a fountain next to the castle:


Then we walked over to the Duomo in Milan. It was amazing:








The next day we headed to Venice. Here are just a few pictures. One day is NOT enough in Venice. It was absolutely amazing.




The artwork on the buildings was incredible:


Some doors were quite small:


Some doors were big, not too many standards here:


Fish in a reflection:


There were so many alley-ways:


This is one of my favorite pictures from Venice:


Then, we went on a gondola ride - Oh La La!


Coworkers in the boat next to us:


View from the gondola:


Last picture of the day:


On Sunday we tried to go to Lake Cuomo, however, there was an international bike race going on there so we were turned away. We made the executive decision to go to Switzerland to have lunch. We ended up on Lake Lugano - and couldn't have found a more beautiful place.

When we first got there, we found a weird head, which we very much enjoyed taking pictures of:








They have angels protecting their beer there:


Then, we had to work the next day.

However, one evening we went out, and got pizza. One of our crew ordered a pizza Margharita (means pizza with cheese, tomatoes and basil) the pizza came out just cheese. No basil, no tomatoes. A complaint was made and they took it back and it came back in about 30 seconds looking like this: I guess they just threw some basil on it.


The last night we were there, we went to a city called Monza. It was where I stayed last year. This was the only picture that was even sort of suitable:


I think that's probably enough pictures. If you are so inclined, feel free to puruse my 400 picture Italy gallery on flickr.