Month: May 2010
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Cité Internationale de Lyon: Part 2
Beside the hotel, the Cité Internationale has residences, a major conference center, a number of restaurants (including a Mexican-themed restaurant !), a multiplex cinema, a small casino and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon or mac-lyon). This art piece shown above is placed in the walkway that run through the entire cité.…
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Cité Internationale de Lyon: Part 1
I attended a 2-day business meeting in Lyon towards the end of April. It finished on a Friday, so Sue came to join me for the weekend to explore this city. Neither one had been here before and there is a lot to see and eat. The meeting was held at the Hilton Lyon and we…
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Monte Bre by Funicolare
On our last day in Lugano, the sun came back out but it was still cold. We took another funicular railway up to Monte Bre located on the other side of Lugano, across from Monte San Savatore. There are many hiking trails around this mountain and the view of the Alps are perhaps a bit…
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Lugano at dusk
These were taken near a stretch of the lake front near our hotel. It shows Lugano center (above), Castagnola (below), Paradiso (with its brightly lit funicular railway going up to Monte San Salvatore), and Campione d’Italia (with a casino). Castagnola Paradiso Campione d’Italia
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Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli
The Church of St Mary of the Angels (Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli, no English version) was next to our hotel and in front of our room window. It was built in 1500, partially demolished, and rebuilt in the 1800’s. It is famous not for its architecture but for its frescoes painted during the Renaissance period. Covering almost…
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Lugano Food Porn: #1-#4
Other than easter eggs, it is also asperagus season at this time of the year. Every restaurant, in Neuchatel and also here in Lugano, has a special asperagus menu (Asperges, Asperagi). In the US, it is available all year-round. I guess they have an abundance of it here only in Spring. The Asparagus milanese with…