Last year we went to Locarno, Switzerland, over the Easter holiday. We spent time in the midst of beautiful scenery and were really able to just relax and enjoy ourselves over the four short days that we were there. Before we left there, we said we wanted to make it a new tradition that we go back to Locarno every year over Easter. But we also found a few other really interesting climbing locations since then that we also would love to try out and have therefore been playing with the idea of going somewhere else this year.

But it’s not official…we are going back to Locarno. We will stay in the Residenza Motta again in the heart of Locarno, have our parking space again which is about 5 minutes walk, revisit Pizzeria Popolo which was just a few steps outside our apartment door, go to get breakfast panini’s around the corner and visit as many ice cream places we we possibly can…especially those near the lake which we missed last time around. We contacted the couple which rents out of the vacation apartments and were happy to hear that they accept well behaved dogs…so it will be interesting to see their faces when they see just how big she is lol.

We’re all really looking forward to the trip now so it’s just going to be a matter of the weather now. So far this year it’s been quite mild so it should be just beautiful down there again…so we’ll see. It’s only about a month away now so we’re lucky they still had a place available for us…but it’s not exactly high season down there until later and most of the climbers aren’t willing to pay much for accommodations which suits us just perfectly.