Ascona

I had a lovely time in Ascona last week. What is amazing about the Ticino, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, is how close it is to Zurich. It takes 3 hours by train and you're immediately transported into another world. The weather is usually a lot better there, the whole climate is different. The are palm trees and other plants you won't find north of the Gottardo. The weather was great while I was down there. Ok, there were storms in the evenings, but they were summerstorms. They didn't really cool the air down. I arrived Wednesday and I went to the Lido in Ascona everyday. I had a great time with Daniel and Martina. Daniel was already there since Sunday and Martina arrived on Friday. On Thursday, Daniel and I went to Locarno to see Bryan Adams in Concert. That was great. The atmosphere on the Piazza Grande is special. Bryan Adams played for almost 2 hours. I especially liked the second encore, the 3 last songs, with just him on guitar and singing. I had a great time with Daniel and Martina. It's been a while since we have spent so much time together. I enjoyed that a lot. These 4 days were very relaxing and felt much longer somehow.

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