Lake District - Stresa (at Lago Maggiore)

Lago Maggiore

The town Stresa overlooks the captivating Lake (Lago) Maggiore (also known as Lago Verbano).  There was an island (Isola Bella?) across the lake.  Two other renowned islands of Lake Maggiore were Isola Madre and Isola del Pescatori.  The only snow we saw during this Italy trip (it was late Oct when we reached Lake District) was from here, at the faraway Alps.  We caught the sunrise before returning to the hotel for breakfast.

Stresa - Remembering 9-11

During our morning walk exploring the hotel surroundings, we chanced upon this memorandum on 9-11, 2 years after the attack.

Our tour itinerary
We reached our hotel at Lake District in time for dinner and had a good rest in our spacious hotel room.  Unlike other days when we had to check-out of the hotel hurriedly the following early morning for another long day-trip to our next destination, it was a nice break to enjoy a leisurely late breakfast followed by a short bus-trip across the border to Switzerland in the late morning.

Unfortunately it was pouring heavily in Switzerland and we were "trapped" in a supermarket (to shop for chocolates).  We could not even step outside to take any photo because of the heavy rain.  In the early afternoon, we boarded our tour bus back to the comfort of our hotel at Lake District, to enjoy a second night there.