To all my wonderful students. I have missed you and think of you most every day. I wish you could all be here with me to experince all that I love about Italy. After a few weeks in different places throughout the UK and Europe, including a brief stop in Venice, I am now in Baveno, a small town in the North of Italy, very close to the Swiss, French and Italian Alps. To give you an idea of distance, we drove from Montriond in the French Alps, through the Alps in Switzerland and then into Italy in less than 4 hours. That's right, three countries in four hours! The town of Baveno is situated on the stunning Lago Maggiore (The Greater Lake). In area, it is the second largest lake in Italy, after Lago di Garda and Lago Como. It is Italy's longest lake, spanning just over 64 kilometres. It runs through both Italy and Switzerland and there are many towns that overlook these Mediterranean waters. It is my third night here and at the moment, we are experiencing a summer storm. There has been lots of rain in the last two hours, but the temperature remains beautiful, currently around 26 degrees celcius. I believe it has been raining a lot in Perth, however, I'm sure it is very much colder.
I am posting a photograph of the view from our appartment. It is 8:30pm and if you look closely, you will see a rainbow. When the weather clears over the next day or two, I will post some more photographs 😊
I trust you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday break and hope you are enjoying the lessons I prepared for you. You have a wonderful relief teacher in Signora Stirling. I know you will all be making me very proud.
Divertiti! Riprendero' presto.
Signora Isaia
