Mottarone
As
you probably understood, the Company for which I'm working is going to
be shut down during the week between the Easter Eve and the 25th of April
( the WWII end here in Italy) ... Let's better say that the Company is
going to be definetely shut down, shortly !!!
Arona,
and the "Rocca di Angera"
Just
outside Arona, there is the road junction leading to the Ghevio
and 'Alto Vergante'.
After few km's you are astonished
by the bronze statue of the 'Cardinal Carlo Borromeo',
a XVII century bishop of Milano ! The statue is commonly known as the "San
Carlone" ( The 'Big Saint Charles' ).
We
then reach Gevio: we are in the Alto Vergante a nice road, no traffic,
high over the Lago Maggiore. The next time I'll take few minutes to stop
in Massino Visconti, a really nice village;
this time we stopped in Brovello, attacted
by the old church, to take few pictures ... and smoke a cigarette !!!
... and to learn that from
this small village the 'umbrella makers' were spreading in the world ....
there is still a monument to their entrpeneur life.
Back on the saddle a police car refrain us from a 'ride fast ride safe'
pace ... just ride safe ! It's a pity, because this road, which is bringing
us to Carpugnino, it's a road for motorbikers
! But even better the road that leads to Gignese
!!!! Then the road to the Mottarone becomes a narrow, snaking one ... not
wider then a single car .... again a stop in Alpino,
to smoke a cigarette and to take a shot ...
And in few minutes we arrive
at the Paytoll Station ... yes, to go to the
Mottarone, from Gignese, you have to pay: 2,50 Euro
per motorbike !
But it's quite worthwhile
! The road, in the woods, is fantastic .... but for the paving, suffering
the winter icing !
And
eventually we are on the Mottarone:
the Monte Rosa, the Dom,
the Weißmies, the Monte
Leone are in front of you !!!!
And if you look with attention,
you may even see the Matterhorn ( il Cervino
) ... the third picture ... !!!!
So,
we stop here, for a 
lunch, at the:
Casa
della Neve Restaurant
Tel
: ++39 - 0323 923516
Mobile : 335 7636962
web site: http://www.casadellaneve.it
And
the road going down to Armeno ???? FANTASTIC
!!!!!!
Fantastic as the old XI Century Church in Armeno
... stop by there !!!
No
words ... stop by, and have a look !!!!
But it's time to leave ...
and the FANTASTIC road from Armeno to
Gignese ...a typical 'ride fast - ride safe' road !
And then down, to Stresa ... and the blossoming
lake ...
A 'fast riding' back to Arona, where we stop
for a gin-tonic and to take the last picture ...
.... And eventually back home, where I have to wipe out the 'evening mosquitos'
from the windshield ...
