![Will the rain stop?](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118770445.BmXD9WDr.jpg) Will the rain stop? |
![A sunset after rain is never old fashioned...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118774706.qUIlUAgN.jpg) A sunset after rain is never old fashioned... |
![The first of many feline encounters.](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118792090.gtflTSnS.jpg) The first of many feline encounters. |
![Do boats sleep at night?](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118810513.XfFxNh8u.jpg) Do boats sleep at night? |
![Welcome to Ristorante Italia](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118823133.7pnNds3k.jpg) Welcome to "Ristorante Italia" |
![Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118838572.2bzujbd8.jpg) Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door... |
![“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.”](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118872539.4WMt2e80.jpg) “All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.” |
![Peaceful awakening of a small world.](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118886892.ooyyQIBO.jpg) Peaceful awakening of a small world. |
![War memorial...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118900134.XKpucruv.jpg) War memorial... |
![The old lady who looked around...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118937180.SA0KdLj6.jpg) The old lady who looked around... |
![A walk over the island, waiting for the boat...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118971943.1f7XxVQk.jpg) A walk over the island, waiting for the boat... |
![Do Italian cats like pizza for breakfast?](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/118986831.8AXEQimx.jpg) Do Italian cats like pizza for breakfast? |
![It’s exactly like a bus, but it’s a boat...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119010522.fy1W0fsy.jpg) It’s exactly like a bus, but it’s a boat... |
![Here is the small town of Baveno, but we won’t stop there this time...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119018724.ILCNh8zA.jpg) Here is the small town of Baveno, but we won’t stop there this time... |
![Flaubert’s little Paradise...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119019793.0MnpQXIg.jpg) Flaubert’s little Paradise... |
![Just landed at the little Garden of Eden…](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119022112.3oX17mzl.jpg) Just landed at the little Garden of Eden… |
![The quiet sleep of the hidden boat...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119045134.qivz59ga.jpg) The quiet sleep of the hidden boat... |
![Noblesse oblige...even among birds!](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119050524.F6MMUsge.jpg) Noblesse oblige...even among birds! |
![It’s better to not know what Sergey is thinking...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119055809.BeurXzv4.jpg) It’s better to not know what Sergey is thinking... |
![Nothing is more the child of art than a garden...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119078190.YnNxfqWq.jpg) Nothing is more the child of art than a garden... |
![The Chapel](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119078814.IB0CmCYr.jpg) The Chapel |
![How to touch a poet’s heart...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119087054.38I1TBQb.jpg) How to touch a poet’s heart... |
![How to conquer a prosaic coffee lover’s heart...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119102549.H82Ou9Jb.jpg) How to conquer a prosaic coffee lover’s heart... |
![Sailing to Pallanza...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119106807.vcxP7gT5.jpg) Sailing to Pallanza... |
![Coming from the tiny islands, Pallanza looks like a metropolis!](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119106976.utCy3QpG.jpg) Coming from the tiny islands, Pallanza looks like a metropolis! |
![All evidences prove it, this is actually Italy...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119109767.Z8QV7Gzi.jpg) All evidences prove it, this is actually Italy... |
![Limited traffic zone...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119114834.uqNsxq6G.jpg) Limited traffic zone... |
![The balcony in the sun...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119115022.rdAG7P6q.jpg) The balcony in the sun... |
![San Leonardo's stairs...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119127537.jz5S9STx.jpg) San Leonardo's stairs... |
![San Leonardo Church interior](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119127770.j3UCTADk.jpg) San Leonardo Church interior |
![Hide-and-seek...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119127904.OboEx3Yg.jpg) Hide-and-seek... |
![From courtyard to courtyard...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119128040.KBh9liwj.jpg) From courtyard to courtyard... |
![Ancient, plain alleys have a secret charm...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119130346.UEu9TZU9.jpg) Ancient, plain alleys have a secret charm... |
![I humbly confess I have no idea what it is...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119130534.fzxX8Hq7.jpg) I humbly confess I have no idea what it is... |
![Upstairs, downstairs....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119131168.U5LeLk8n.jpg) Upstairs, downstairs.... |
![“Hurry up” the fisherman told us...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119131954.0kpwfs3K.jpg) “Hurry up” the fisherman told us... |
![Sailing to Isola Bella...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119133019.VynaiGaK.jpg) Sailing to Isola Bella... |
![This is really what we can call A Shop Window...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119133083.oiQwu1fE.jpg) This is really what we can call "A Shop Window"... |
![Walking up to the palace gates....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119133118.gzF13PD2.jpg) Walking up to the palace gates.... |
![The Baroque Garden](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119133142.2tNPoCZG.jpg) The Baroque Garden |
![Like the top deck of a stone ship....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119133198.oBtB7tjS.jpg) Like the top deck of a stone ship.... |
![The Unicorn](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119133212.pPxAawxL.jpg) The Unicorn |
![It’s time to sail back to our peaceful island.](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119137693.Xs84ykGi.jpg) It’s time to sail back to our peaceful island. |
![The Masters of the island](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119159883.lzJBy4EK.jpg) The Masters of the island |
![Looking at the lake](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119162006.vy5Z6QgJ.jpg) Looking at the lake |
![The small square of the village](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119162007.wzutyWiI.jpg) The small square of the village |
![Peace before dinner](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119162008.73bhbzMk.jpg) Peace before dinner |
![Night is a world lit by itself...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119170046.P6G6R7oi.jpg) Night is a world lit by itself... |
![Night walk...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119207358.mIoFWxL5.jpg) Night walk... |
![The lights of mainland....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119210052.UMINtn5l.jpg) The lights of mainland.... |
![Looking at the Borromeo Palace on Isola Bella](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119210053.OhgRyYZf.jpg) Looking at the Borromeo Palace on Isola Bella |
![At the island pier....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119213091.VX0972Rm.jpg) At the island pier.... |
![It's another perfect sunny morning...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119213094.mrrvigUw.jpg) It's another perfect sunny morning... |
![Fishing nets storage....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119213097.F9XZGymx.jpg) Fishing nets storage.... |
![Bird's-eye view...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119215437.ZL0IPEl5.jpg) Bird's-eye view... |
![Borromeo Islands from the Alpine Garden](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119216166.0TA5lbDo.jpg) Borromeo Islands from the Alpine Garden |
![Reflections at the Alpine Garden.](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119243959.01U6zhci.jpg) Reflections at the Alpine Garden. |
![Villino Beniamino](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119244024.Ia9Fuz2d.jpg) Villino Beniamino |
![A few peculiar and equally trivial facts which will be part of our memories of today excursion...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119253190.dFSa20aj.jpg) A few peculiar and equally trivial facts which will be part of our memories of today excursion... |
![Walking along the lake from Carciano to Stresa...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119270755.0T6mMxQt.jpg) Walking along the lake from Carciano to Stresa... |
![Just Married?](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119270859.rIQLrvBj.jpg) Just Married? |
![Sunday market in Stresa](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119281555.v7Hwg3OC.jpg) Sunday market in Stresa |
![Veci Alpini](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119281879.k7ufu8vj.jpg) "Veci Alpini" |
![In overdose of food me might have visions,,,,](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119303268.tcf7YUO8.jpg) In overdose of food me might have visions,,,, |
![This kind of sausage, on the opposite, is definitely Piemontese!](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119303269.Fd8ziMB2.jpg) This kind of sausage, on the opposite, is definitely "Piemontese"! |
![The Town Hall of Stresa is nicely light blue....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119303270.153VlUUX.jpg) The Town Hall of Stresa is nicely light blue.... |
![Following the orange carpet...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119303271.Euyh8anU.jpg) Following the orange carpet... |
![Balconies with a view...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119303272.xzGEg2fl.jpg) Balconies with a view... |
![The old, coloured houses invite to stroll over for shopping...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119303273.3B37fv1s.jpg) The old, coloured houses invite to stroll over for shopping... |
![Osteria degli Amici](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119303274.OvmiZxLp.jpg) Osteria degli Amici |
![The little house with the flowered balconies...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119304222.Jb4sQknI.jpg) The little house with the flowered balconies... |
![Vade retro, tempter!](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119304224.MoL4x8fi.jpg) Vade retro, tempter! |
![And Veci Alpini have kept on cooking and serving food in the meanwhile!](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119304226.3HI3gY9R.jpg) And Veci Alpini have kept on cooking and serving food in the meanwhile! |
![Passing by Isola Bella....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119307785.dLb80HKk.jpg) Passing by Isola Bella.... |
![The Church of Isola Bella](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119307786.RlIbcojW.jpg) The Church of Isola Bella |
![Dusk walk over our island...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119307787.AR1OtzjE.jpg) Dusk walk over "our" island... |
![Shared silences are conversations of alike spirits.](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119332039.usNKiETr.jpg) Shared silences are conversations of alike spirits. |
![Nature and silence go better together...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119335877.eBvndf9n.jpg) Nature and silence go better together... |
![Night always comes...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119361681.TPdUzXhQ.jpg) Night always comes... |
![Sometimes going to sleep without dinner is not a punishment...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119363511.Mi7tG74z.jpg) Sometimes going to sleep without dinner is not a punishment... |
![Sometimes sunrises and sunsets have something similar....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119364104.Dza7cNPf.jpg) Sometimes sunrises and sunsets have something similar.... |
![One of the good points of October is that one doesn’t need to get up too early to take photos of sunrise....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119364105.3JCHqIap.jpg) One of the good points of October is that one doesn’t need to get up too early to take photos of sunrise.... |
![A very small port for a very small island...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119389091.fg4EVjF8.jpg) A very small port for a very small island... |
![In a minute they'll switch the lights off and it will be full day!](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119399897.Ta05jfgF.jpg) In a minute they'll switch the lights off and it will be full day! |
![In a windy early morning everything looks sharper...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119402714.qccCUcXF.jpg) In a windy early morning everything looks sharper... |
![The only noise, besides the lakes waves, is the sound of my steps....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119402862.tqTNmsRe.jpg) The only noise, besides the lakes waves, is the sound of my steps.... |
![Even the cemetery looks merry....](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119402917.fFyxATyQ.jpg) Even the cemetery looks merry.... |
![I could not help thinking of Spoon River Anthology...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119403299.jVggSF3R.jpg) I could not help thinking of Spoon River Anthology... |
![It's time to go back to our hotel for breakfast...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119403413.nI4m2fWR.jpg) It's time to go back to our hotel for breakfast... |
![I'll miss this funny narrow old alley...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119403438.Gnbwn4A5.jpg) I'll miss this funny narrow old alley... |
![Hamletic dilemma...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119444889.bC0k3k6g.jpg) Hamletic dilemma... |
![A few hours in Baveno...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119445382.mTygVEOa.jpg) A few hours in Baveno... |
![Amazing arcades by the Church of SS. Gervasio and Protasio](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119445547.ovWiLDVD.jpg) Amazing arcades by the Church of SS. Gervasio and Protasio |
![St. Gervasio and Protasio Church](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119445848.m12RIEjT.jpg) St. Gervasio and Protasio Church |
![Inside the dark church...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119445969.ERfdAvGd.jpg) Inside the dark church... |
![Angel of light and angel of shadow](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119446209.a440xwbs.jpg) Angel of light and angel of shadow |
![Just a little light in the darkness...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119471920.fW8PzgCk.jpg) Just a little light in the darkness... |
![When the Web arrives to a pastronage...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119472028.8vIeTJLf.jpg) When the Web arrives to a pastronage... |
![The rectory in Baveno had a very unusual and colourful façade...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119472053.SbZ1XUlF.jpg) The rectory in Baveno had a very unusual and colourful façade... |
![Colourful popular mysticism...](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119472092.E6gRuDYD.jpg) Colourful popular mysticism... |
![St. Gervasio and Protasio Church](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119496754.KaKB0yLu.jpg) St. Gervasio and Protasio Church |
![Losing our way in a maze of courtyards](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/82/62182/3/119497024.HAbal4Ob.jpg) Losing our way in a maze of courtyards |
![What there will be around the corner?](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/82/62182/3/119754852.6gKKhKdF.jpg) What there will be around the corner? |
![The merry Town Hall of Baveno....](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/82/62182/3/119754883.UE7wiTTE.jpg) The merry Town Hall of Baveno.... |
![The last Aperol Spritz](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/82/62182/3/119754903.2oeDvB3p.jpg) The last Aperol Spritz |
![The flavour of holiday by the lake....](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/82/62182/3/119754977.vIxnIlT1.jpg) The flavour of holiday by the lake.... |
![And the lake become rough when it was time to leave the island...](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/82/62182/3/119755063.JjWwp4C3.jpg) And the lake become rough when it was time to leave the island... |
![And another wave washed away our holiday...It's time to go back home.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/82/62182/3/119790808.qmMuqnR4.jpg) And another wave washed away our holiday...It's time to go back home. |