Wednesday, May 18, 2011

reward for the journey

Wow. That was long.

After traveling to New York, 3 hour layover, 1 hour delay on the runway, 8 hour plane ride and hour taxi drive... We are here! The kids did great. We are all tired, but lunch and a dip in the pool has revived us enough to make it to bedtime. This hotel is incredible. It is right on Lake Lugano in a village called Marcote. When we booked the only room large enough for our family, we had no idea it was the "Presidential Suite". It has a living room and two full bedrooms. Every time we leave the room, we come back to chocolates, or fruit. We can't wait to leave and come back again. We keep reminding the kids that this will not be the way the rest of our hotels will be!

We went into Lugano this evening to walk around the village. It is so charming...lots of clean, beautiful shops and restaurants. The view of the lake is incredible. We had our first gelato! Mandarin orange was the winner today. Jon met up with some people from work and is preparing for his presentation tomorrow. We are all hoping for a long and deep night's sleep!




The boys were so excited to have so much room to relax.



The girls in "their" room.



The view from our balcony!



Another view of the lake.



Just too tempting....




I think this really helped the jetlag.



I loved how the lake was a reflection of the beautiful houses.



This is the charming village of Lugano. I absolutely loved the little shops and restaurants.


It was so quaint.



Another view of the streets in Lugano.



The boys were so excited to see Swiss army knives while actually in Switzerland!




Ali is obsessed with the cute little cars here.


She has built up quite a collection of pictures of little, tiny cars!

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