15 November 2018.
Our trip photos rotate on my screen saver and stir up memories to the point I don’t want to pause them so I can use the laptop. We have been home for a month and are still talking about our trip to Italy and Switzerland while planning for another adventure in the Spring.
Some are funny, some unusual, and there are cats.
Cats, cats, cats
We love cats and seldom get good photos. Somehow they know when the shutter is about to click and they look away. I had pretty good luck this trip.
High above Rapallo, Italy, we found a charming hotel and restaurant with about a dozen dependents who happily posed for us.
Another of the lovely cats of Montallegro near Rapallo.
A cold, glacial stream satisfied this hardy neighborhood cat. Lauterbrunnen, SW.
This little guy joined us for lunch one day in the mountains and shared our prosciutto. Fermeda Hütte near Santa Cristina, Italy.
We were enjoying strudel and espresso when the chef came out to offer this little guy his breakfast: thinly sliced prosciutto. Alpe di Siusi, Italy.
Signs and Labels
Amusing word choices and translations that don’t work.
I am sorry that I neglected to take a picture of the sign above a place for parking bicycles that called it a “Bike Reck.”
Watch out for those dangerous, rampaging suckler cows! Seen all over Switzerland.
3-out-of-four in English. But we know what they mean. Pontresina, SW.
The lift had an official sign saying 4 people could ride in it, but this hand-written note warned us it was only safe for 2 people to go down. Beat the Paris elevator we had last year that only accommdated one person.
Findus is a big brand in frozen foods in Italy, but this product name in Switzerland threw us. They were good but not addictive.
Throughout Austia one can find the amusingly named Mozart’s Balls.
I am ham. Milan, IT. And why French?
Funny name for a hand wipe (Lausanne, SW).
Vending
Honor kiosks and roadside cheese vending were among our favorites.
Cheese vending machine found along a rural road in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, SW.
Same machine dispensed sausage.
Truly an honor kiosk: cheese and honey in an artful roadside box.
An enterprising person laid these out for purchase on the honor system, 5 Euros per item. Alpe di Siusi, Italy.
Uncategorized
No idea how to classify these gems.
10:30 in the morning is a great time for a beer break when you are hiking with your baby. Near Passo Sella, Italy.
Ric found this facility in a men’s room in the Val Gardena.
Girovaga 
Loved the pictures, Laurel!! I always look forward to reading your posts.
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Grazie! It was fun to look back through the hundreds of pictures for a few oddballs.
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Too many funny ones. Love that you share.
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Thank you, Kim! Miss you! Happy Thanksgiving!
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I have started seeing vending machines for food in France also. Oddly enough, in rather rural towns. The ones I’ve seen are for bread, not surprisingly.
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So your daily baguette fresh from the vending machine? Not so charming as the bakery but practical if they are already closed.
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Why hasn’t Wisconsin thought of putting cheese in vending machines!? Love it!
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Hahaha! You should launch that!
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Crack sticks and Fisch are my fav’s! Plus the kitties of course!🌟
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Kitties, of course! So nice of them to coo[perate for once. do love foreign language signs and labels.
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Some of these are really funny, and all are interesting. How I would have liked a cheese vending machine in my old workplace!
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Cheese is such a weakness for me: good cheese that is! The location of the machine was so curious, not far from the Staubbach Falls in Lauterbrunnen, but not where a lot of people walk.
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love the cats and vending machine! Not so sure about the men’s room fixture. 🙂
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Yes, well, file under interesting… We do live to see cats wherever we go!
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Hi Laurel, love the pix. Just returned from Italy. Thanks for your Turin recommendations – loved our apartment off Via Po that had a full-on view of the Mole. A very un-touristy city. Thanks also for recommending the Prati district of Rome. Our apartment was on a very local street, with lots of terrific restaurants and gelati shops.
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Great to hear, Will! I will look forward to seeing Gracia’s photos!
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