Four days at Lake Maggiore Photo Gallery by Marisa Livet at pbase.com

Four days at Lake Maggiore

Carnet de voyage

Will the rain stop?	A sunset after rain is never old fashioned...	The first of many feline encounters.	Do boats sleep at night?
Welcome to "Ristorante Italia"	Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door...	“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.”	Peaceful awakening of a small world.
War memorial...	The old lady who looked around...	A walk over the island, waiting for the boat...	Do Italian cats like pizza for breakfast?
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...	Flaubert’s little Paradise...	Just landed at the little Garden of Eden…
The quiet sleep of the hidden boat...	Noblesse oblige...even among birds!	It’s better to not know what Sergey is thinking...	Nothing is more the child of art than a garden...
The Chapel	How to touch a poet’s heart...	How to conquer a prosaic coffee lover’s heart...	Sailing to Pallanza...
Coming from the tiny islands, Pallanza looks like a metropolis!	All evidences prove it, this is actually Italy...	Limited traffic zone...	The balcony in the sun...
San Leonardo's stairs...	San Leonardo Church interior	Hide-and-seek...	From courtyard to courtyard...
Ancient, plain alleys have a secret charm...	I humbly confess I have no idea what it is...	Upstairs, downstairs....	“Hurry up” the fisherman told us...
Sailing to Isola Bella...	This is really what we can call "A Shop Window"...	Walking up to the palace gates....	The Baroque Garden
Like the top deck of a stone ship....	The Unicorn	It’s time to sail back to our peaceful island.	The Masters of the island
Looking at the lake	The small square of the village	Peace before dinner	Night is a world lit by itself...
Night walk...	The lights of mainland....	Looking at the Borromeo Palace on Isola Bella	At the island pier....
It's another perfect sunny morning...	Fishing nets storage....	Bird's-eye view...	Borromeo Islands from the Alpine Garden
Reflections at the Alpine Garden.	Villino Beniamino	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...
Just Married?	Sunday market in Stresa	"Veci Alpini"	In overdose of food me might have visions,,,,
This kind of sausage, on the opposite, is definitely "Piemontese"!	The Town Hall of Stresa is nicely light blue....	Following the orange carpet...	Balconies with a view...
The old, coloured houses invite to stroll over for shopping...	Osteria degli Amici	The little house with the flowered balconies...	Vade retro, tempter!
And Veci Alpini have kept on cooking and serving food in the meanwhile!	Passing by Isola Bella....	The Church of Isola Bella	Dusk walk over "our" island...
Shared silences are conversations of alike spirits.	Nature and silence go better together...	Night always comes...	Sometimes going to sleep without dinner is not a punishment...
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....	A very small port for a very small island...	In a minute they'll switch the lights off and it will be full day!
In a windy early morning everything looks sharper...	The only noise, besides the lakes waves, is the sound of my steps....	Even the cemetery looks merry....	I could not help thinking of Spoon River Anthology...
It's time to go back to our hotel for breakfast...	I'll miss this funny narrow old alley...	Hamletic dilemma...	A few hours in Baveno...
Amazing arcades by the Church of SS. Gervasio and Protasio	St. Gervasio and Protasio Church	Inside the dark church...	Angel of light and angel of shadow
Just a little light in the darkness...	When the Web arrives to a pastronage...	The rectory in Baveno had a very unusual and colourful façade...	Colourful popular mysticism...
St. Gervasio and Protasio Church	Losing our way in a maze of courtyards	What there will be around the corner?	The merry Town Hall of Baveno....
The last Aperol Spritz	The flavour of holiday by the lake....	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.

goelsamuel		26-Jun-2013 19:03
Wonderful collection of images! Thank you for this most enjoyable tour of this beautiful lake! V!

Pat		26-Nov-2009 22:04
Félicitations Marisa, vous avez merveilleusement su traduire le charme enchanteur et l'atmosphère si romantique de cette magnifique région des lacs italiens chère à Stendhal. D'ailleurs je ne résiste pas à reprendre ici quelques lignes de l'auteur qui siéront bien à vos photographies. "Au milieu de ces collines aux formes admirables et se précipitant vers le lac par des pentes si singulières...Tout est noble et tendre, tout parle d'amour, rien ne rappelle les laideurs de la civilisation... L'imagination est touchée par le son lointain de la cloche de quelque petit village caché sous les arbres: ces sons portés sur les eaux qui les adoucissent prennent une teinte de douce mélancolie et de résignation et semblent dire à l'homme: La vie s'enfuit ne te montre donc pas si difficile envers le bonheur qui se présente, hâte-toi de jouir." ( La Chartreuse de Parme )

cobler		18-Nov-2009 19:22
A beautiful recording of a marvelous trip. Great comps and pp...V

Long Bach Nguyen		17-Nov-2009 14:42
Love your images and your selection of images for the gallery are beautifully done with lovely colors and composition to tell the story. Thanks for a lovely trip on the lake.

Guest		17-Nov-2009 06:27
Thanks again Marisa. I always am enchanted by your images.

Aloha Diao Lavina		16-Nov-2009 14:39
Thank you for this idyllic jaunt into Lake Maggiore with you. Loved it so much that I shall have to come back time and time again.

Oleg Chermoshniuk		15-Nov-2009 17:54
Beautifully photographed and narrated, I enjoyed your Lake Maggiore very much. Thank you so much for sharing this outstanding gallery.

Michael Shpuntov		15-Nov-2009 17:19
I thoroughly enjoyed trip through your eyes to this interesting place. As usual you have great ability to tell the story (should I call it photo essay :-)) with you images. Excellent work. Vote.

Raymond Ma		15-Nov-2009 06:02
It is a pleasure for you to invite us on this journey. I must say the effort you make in the presentation is both admirable and marvelous! V

Máire Uí Mhaicín		09-Nov-2009 12:35
I've visited here in Spring and early Summer but never in Autumn. This very fine gallery would renew my enthusiasm for a return visit in another season. An excellent presentation of highly original images linked by a serendipitous and informative narrative.

Steve Sharp		09-Nov-2009 11:18
I loved my tour of your short trip Marisa, thankyou! :-)

Marc Demoulin		08-Nov-2009 17:39
The place is outstanding and you made a great set there Marisa! vVv Marc

William Barletta		08-Nov-2009 15:35
Marisa, you've made a marvelous gallery to share your sojourn with us... fine images and an enticing layout.. ~vote~

Zoltán Balogh		07-Nov-2009 15:09
Thanks for sharing your whole journey with us Marisa, I enjoyed it very much!:) V

Barbara Heide		07-Nov-2009 12:57
Thank you for taking us for a romantic journey to this magical traditional places...

Bruna K.		07-Nov-2009 12:34
Splendide riprese che mi hanno risvegliato piacevolissimi ricordi. Grazie !

Jose Paulo Andrade		06-Nov-2009 17:36
Images and words- always a pleasure to eye and mind...

stoge		05-Nov-2009 23:01
I love the description and guidance in your gallery!

jychamberland		05-Nov-2009 16:11
superbe album.

Monte Dodge		05-Nov-2009 14:33
Very nice collection of photos!! Again,,, I always enjoy the info provided on your adventure travels which is salt and pepper to the photos,,,,,v

Marina Arimany		04-Nov-2009 22:15
Excellent gallery. You made us know how does it feel to live there.

Ashley Hockenberry		03-Nov-2009 16:44
Superb !

Michele Rodgers		02-Nov-2009 22:24
The delight of you going on vacation is that I get to share in the adventure. "I" am having a marvellous time at Lake Maggiore.

Michele Rodgers		02-Nov-2009 22:21
The delight of you going on vacation is that I get to share in the adventure. "I" am having a marvellous time at Lake Maggiore.

Gerard Koehl		02-Nov-2009 19:29
Cette série est vraiment magnifique. Il me faudra traduire et lire tes textes pour encore mieux apprécier ton travail. V

Barry S Moore		02-Nov-2009 11:20
A wonderful gallery. This island is a fascinating place to wander and have an adventure. Thanks for all the 'snapshots' and stories.

Guest		02-Nov-2009 06:07
Yet another enchanting gallery, Marisa. Your stories with each image were reminders of a delightful visit we made to Stresa on Lake Maggiore. While there we visited the small Borromeo island with its tiny village set below a grand palace and glorious gardens. So in my mind's eye I could visualise scenes much like those you have pictured and described. I'm sure you would have enjoyed your four days there despite inclement weather - in such a setting how could you not?!! Thanks for the memory.

slhoornstra		01-Nov-2009 19:30
What an enjoyable gallery containing beautiful images, well laid out with interesting commentary. Big Vote!!!

Colin Storey		28-Oct-2009 23:07
Stunning gallery, layout, images and words, fantastic.v

Chris Spracklen		28-Oct-2009 11:35
I'm amazed by your gallery layouts and very impressed with your artistic and photographic skills. Bravo, Marisa! (V) Kind regards, Chris

Linda		27-Oct-2009 16:52
What an interesting way to include us in your journal of this trip ... I so appreciate the creativity and the skill and the time you incorporate as you set up your galleries and images for us in such unique and meaningful ways. I hope you have a marvelous time and an excellent holiday at Lake Mappiore - I shall be eager to follow it vicariously... ~V~

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