Family visits! (part 8) - the last one :)

On Monday, my family called me and told me that they would be going to Italy for the next few days.  They went to a place called Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy, only a few hours from here.  Even though I myself did not go, I will not deprive you of their European experiences.  Here is what I got from them:
To get to Italy, they had to drive through Switzerland and thus right through the Alps.  Even though it was in the 70s in Chambéry, there was still snow up in these mountains.

This is Lake Maggiore (there are two islands in the middle)

They went to a castle; I believe it is the one you can see across the lake in the picture above.  It had white peacocks (as any proper castle should).

Here they are at a restaurant.  My mom says that the food there was much better than in France (It's much more her style: more tomatoes, less meat)

On Wednesday, they came back to meet me in Chambéry.  We got some lunch and spent the day shopping around.  

My grandma and grandpa also got some more chocolate from Jeff de Bruges to take home to their friends.  Then they went on their way to Geneva.
It was so happy to have had my family come visit me.  It was awesome to share some of this experience with them and to get to see places that I wouldn't have seen otherwise.