Movies and Rain

We're back from Locarno (a week ago) and I can truly say I had a brilliant weekend.  Our 3 hour road-trip to this little town close to Italy was breathtaking. We took a longer route over the Gotthard mountain pass but were rewarded with breathtaking views.  At the top we were met with mysterious spooky fog which made for a dream-like experience.

Once in Locarno we walked around taking in the rustic architecture, bustling film-festival goers & enjoyed listening to everyone around us speaking Italian.  Once we realised that a few crisps munched in the car didn't count as an adequate meal, we stopped at a little café by the lake and shared a salad and the cutest mini croque monsieur while wishing we could speak better French (him) and Spanish (me). It didn't rain until about 30 minutes before they scanned our tickets to let us into the Piazza Grande so we quickly bought some bright yellow plastic ponchos which we wore while eating our pizza slices & espressos-to-go as we waited for the stars to arrive.

We werent really fans for the film Cowboys & Aliens but Drive, which was the second feature film was far more entertaining (although I had to close my eyes at the gruesome bits). The soundtrack was amazing.

 Sometimes we take Switzerland for granted: view we got while driving towards Locarno

Huge rock faces whilst we drove over the Gotthard mountain pass

We found ourselves driving through many of the tunnels pictured here at the bottom

The higher we got, the foggier it became

 Mouth-meltingly-good:  our Mini Croque Monsieur

Salad with Goat's Cheese

 Italian Coffee by the lake

 Just saying hi to my friend Craig

  Sitting in the Piazza Grande for a drink before the Films

 Locarno's massive open-air screen, it's as big as the buildings!

 Waiting in line to see if we could still watch the movies in the rain

 We could...  We did (with the help of our sexy ponchos)

We saw celebrities and the atmosphere was great, it was very much worth it

 on Sunday after a long sleep, we watched some beach volleyball in Basel before watching another open air movie

Nice seats we had with the Historical Barfüsserplatz Museum in the Background.

We ended up seeing 3 movies in an open-air setting in 2 Swiss cities within 24 hours. It was certainly an experience, but I may be watched-out for a week or so.  Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.