Then there’s the lake

Our view from Figino

We have a small view of Lake Lugano from the little house where we’re staying. It’s outside of Lugano, in an area called Figino; the most direct route into the city or to visit Ramesha’s family is to drive past the shopping center in Grancia then take the autostrada.

But this morning we went the long way around, following the lakeside from Figino to Morcote and on into centro Lugano.

Lakeside in Morcote

You can see it on the map below. The light red square with the red dot in the middle is the approximate location of our house; the green line is our usual route into Lugano; and the yellow line is what we did today.

Lago di Lugano

Lago di Lugano has quite a funny shape, being rather long and skinny. But that just means there’s a lot of lakeside property for people to enjoy.

A real vacation day

Chiesa dei SS. Fedele e Simone in Vico Morcote

It was just the two of us today, so we took a little excursion on our own to Vico Morcote and Morcote.

These villages are only about thirty minutes from Lugano, but it felt like we were a world away in a magically quiet and peaceful place.

I’ll get my photos organized to share soon. In the meantime, suffice it to say that we both were able to really and truly relax there.