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Wonderful Lake Maggiore in June! What a fantastic trip! Four of us travelled to Lake Maggiore in June this year and found it all we hoped for and more! We flew into Milan Malpensa airport & stayed the night at an hotel near the airport. Next day we caught the Alibus to Verbania( http://www.safduemila.com/alibus_malpensa_lago_maggiore.html ) and then onwards via a local bus to Cannero, a fantastic little town right on the lake front. We nearly started with a disaster when one of our party left her bag on the bus. It only contained her passport, all her money, credit cards and jewellery! Panic, panic!! However, she waited for the bus to turn around further down the lake and return. Much joy!! Sitting proudly in the front of the bus window, as it came round the corner, was her bag! Someone had found it and handed it to the driver, how honest is that and what a relief! We stayed at the Hotel Cannero, http://www.hotelcannero.com the most beautiful hotel on the lake. I would say it i...

Well here is our latest girlie trip. A visit to Cheltenham to sample the shops & get a little bit of culture too! We had a really good deal at the Queen's Hotel in Cheltenham, http://www.mercure.com/ a lovely hotel and very central, only a short walk into town. We enjoyed the breakfasts and had a lovely meal at the restaurant next door - Raymond Blanc's! Pushed the boat out that night, but there are good places, much cheaper, in town too. The shops are excellent, but that is what you would expect of Cheltenham. We visited the home of Gustav Holst, ( I think the curator was delighted to have a group of women to talk to) and strolled out to the Pitville Pump Room. Great looking place, but disappointing inside, rather bleak. In the evening we went to the Everyman Theatre for a performance of Wilde's The Importance Of Being Ernest. We enjoyed it, the actors were well cast, with the exception of the female ingenue who had a weird, shrieky voice that was difficult to listen ...