After a rainy week in the Italian Swiss Kanton Of Tessin (Ticino), Fred and spouse made it back to the homeplace. While on the trip, Fred got a year older and had a great birthday to boot. We took the train across the Centovalli to Domodossala, found a nice spot for lunch, and during lunch I got a call from my two oldest grandapes. B had let the restaurant staff know about the birthday when we went in, and they surprised me with a pear and chocolate cake along with a glass of Spumante. They even sang "Happy Birthday" to me. That is one song that all know in English.
This year, Tessin has had an inordinate amount of snow, so it looked and felt like winter. Our apartment was one of those used in the regular season by Idyll, so it was very nice. They had a satellite TV hookup, so we got to watch the Olympic events at night. I could see from the balconies that this spot would be nice in summer too. There are so many Germans in Tessin that it is a second language. That made it feel like home too.
Our place was no more than two minutes from the train station, but train noise was not a problem at all. The most unusual thing about the apartment is that the elevator run on a key, and in our place, you walked out into the kitchen.
More come later on the Tessin trek.
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