Italia, Meet Mason

This past weekend, we decided to trade clouds in Switzerland for clouds in a place where Nicole could freely say "si" without fear of ridicule - Italy. We drove through the Alps, and over the Simplon pass (full of many Swiss cows that actually do wear bells on their necks) through many "nunnels" (as Mason called them) and arrived at Stresa, Italy. Stresa is on the west side of Lake Maggiore in "The Lakes" region of Italy. We posted some pictures (with commentary) on Shutterfly about our trip (see the "Our Pictures" link on the right). The Italian food was great, but Nicole was disappointed in the cheese, bread and chocolate there after being spoiled on the Swiss stuff.
Mason also enjoyed "Iwawee" (Italy) for all of its "widdle doggies", "big castles", "boats" and "ipeam" (ice cream). He learned to say "ciao" and "grazie" in no time, and actually did pretty well during the three-hour marathon dinners for which the Italians are famous. Although, he did seem pretty tired after this particular meal...