MERRY CHRISTMAS...

...and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all of you and your loved ones.

May the new year bring you good health and all the good things that generate serenity!!

Diederick and Marina

Arona

Italy

The tourist season is over

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Our taxi-boat

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Blessed

Lake Maggiore

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A little drizzle

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Early in the morning is...

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Shelter

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Three shivering trees

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Early morning tranquillity

As I wrote in my other blog, http://aronaeveryday.blogspot.com/, I am off to China but will be back on the 8th May with hopefully interesting photos. Take care in the meantime! Diederick

Cannobio

Spring light

Cannobio

B&W exhibition

Piazza del Popolo

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The last of the "Winter Trilogy"

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The second of "Winter Trilogy"

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The first of "Winter Trilogy"

It is still Winter here.

Lake front, Arona

Forgotten places...

...where a 19th century prizewinning biscuit factory had to give way to modern equipped production facilities.

City of Varese

Remembering in silence

War Memorial

Pallanza Verbania

The fisherman arrives...

...punctually on his bike

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Before the sun came out

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Winter continues

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The long and winding road

The building of the Simplon road was ordered by Napoleon Bonaparte on the 7th September 1800. The road starts at the Arch of Peace (Arco della Pace) in the City of Milan and ends at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The road passes along the Piedmont side of Lake Maggiore - right through Arona - over the Simplon Pass into Switzerland and France.

Belgirate, Lake Maggiore

The old part of Lesa

Historical centre of Lesa on

Lake Maggiore