June 21, In Riva

In Riva, our hotel, Bella Vista had a small kitchen, a living room had a sofa could be converted to a bunk bed .
A room with view:




There is a small grocery only 5 min walk from our hotel. It had milk, fruit, WATER without gas!, vegetables. We became their loyal customer for the next week. Last night, I bought some tomato and mushroom, made a simple spaghetti. It was delicious (Switzerland was never been famous for its food except chocolate and cheese) We also bought lots of prosciutto (packaged) for breakfast. It was a little cheaper than Costco's. Bread was purchased by weight, interesting.

After breakfast, we decided to hike to Bastione: The Venetian fortress, built in 1508 on a hill of the steep slopes of Mount Rocchetta, affords a splendid view of the city and the northern part of the lake.




The pink building is our hotel.


Around Riva, we had chance to take many, many pictures










Some pictures were taken when we were climbing:


After 2 hours of climbing, only saw 2 people during this time period, we reached to this spot: