Lago Mergozzo

Friday, August 21, 2009

Lago Mergozzo

8:50 PM |

Dana Kaplan, Stresa Sights |

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A glimpse inside an open window reveals a fragment of a fresco on a ceiling...

A white chair on a balcony from which someone watches the water...

That's what we do here... Find a seat, face the water... Relax...

Even the little boats seem at rest...

And as the sun sets the water becomes as still and as smooth as glass.

These are a few photos I took at Mergozzo in July, 2009. I'm particularly fond of this tiny speck of a lake. There's something about it that says slow down, sit, don't do anything, don't disturb the calmness of the water, be tranquil... And after only a few minutes there, I am...

I wrote about Lago Mergozzo in an earlier post, here.