Last weekend we got ourselves together and went down to Lugano and Como. It's about a 2-2,5 hour drive from central Switzerland, which makes it an ideal short weekend gateway. The weather is getting warmer here around Luzern but still there are days when although there is some sun, it's not yet warm enough. We really wanted to have some nice sunny and warm weather and turned out we can get it by traveling only a couple of hours by car. It sounds funny, but that's true. As you are driving down and you cross the Gotthard Tunnel (which requires a separate blog post), the climate instantly changes. It's not the mountain air anymore but more mediterranean with palm trees. Yes, it's possible...palm trees in Switzerland. Here is a short 'you need to know about Switzerland': the country has more than one official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. The latter is mainly spoken in one canton but the rest is dominating in different regions of the country. The West side is mainly French, the middle/north/east part is German, the South is Italian. The different languages bring different traditions, food and culture too. For example in the Italian part there is Italian gelato (yumm), while in the French side you can get things more close to the French traditions.
So, first, we stopped at Lake Lugano, which is still in Switzerland; got there around 11 am, had breakfast/lunch by the lake under the Sun, ate plenty of ice cream and were hanging around by the lake during the afternoon. I would recommend trying out a couple of ice cream (gelato) places in the city to decide which one is your favorite;-)
In the evening we went to find our hotel, which located up in the hills near the lake, with a lovely garden and view.
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