Loveno

Todays hike in the afternoon took me to my Aunt's village of Loveno. It is a small city situated above Menaggio. The hike up was very uphill the entire way. I can really see how these Italians stay so thin, despite eating so well.

The walk took me over the Sanagra River again, but this time on a different bridge. On the left side up river was an old wall in the river bed. It looked like it may have been an old Roman aquaduct, but there were no signs.

Right in the middle of the bridge was a shrine dedicated to San Giovanni Nepomuceno, the patron saint of bridges. By the time I got to the top I was very tired. There were beautiful Villas up there, some were new, some were old. I ran into my cousin Daniela's son, Luca, on the way up. I was very surprised to hear my name being called by a young man I didn't know (yet). Luca was walking down to Menaggio with a friend and recognized me from pictures. I am scheduled to go to his home near the Swiss border on Sunday.

Anyway, I had a great pizza and salad for dinner with a birra! Tonight Mexico played France in the World Cup. Just minutes ago Mexico won. I'm going to sleep well tonight!