The Mistress

17 thoughts on “The Mistress”

1. I haven't been to Zurich, but I like Lake Cuomo. It's probably taken over by the Kardashians now, and ruined.

2. Zurich is one of my very favorite cities. As I am ethnic Swiss, Bern is the ancestral home, but it's hard not to feel the same way about Zurich. There are a lot of Muslims (rich ones) in the Zurich area, but once you get out into the more rural cantons, life gets more normal…not so many Kardashians and places that Oprah doesn't visit. I think that it's much the same with Cuomo Province. I prefer Lake Maggiore and Porto Valtravaglia in Lombardy Province precisely because there are fewer Kardashians. However for the story, the train that runs to Lugano and Cuomo every hour from Zurich simply fit the narrative. So I went with it.

3. Maggiore is/was neat — I went there once with a former Gurkha officer (WWII vintage). Had a lot of fun. There were lots of British expats living in the hills, which sounds primitive but wasn't…

4. Not primitive at all. Nice villas, slow lifestyle. Fishing is good in the lake and you can own and ride your horse around. Lombardy is one of those places that people bypass – which is good for residents and people like me/you and I, who have the privilege of a visit now and again.

5. Swiss? Oh. I thought you said you was swift.

6. No, my body is built for sex, not speed . Swiss, definitely Swiss. You never see a Swiss guy in the Olympics lapping a Kenyan on the track. But the trains run on time, the banks are full of gold and every home has a machine-gun in it with white people who know how to shoot the eye out of a squirrel.

7. Wonderful writing!

   I've only been in Switzerland a few times, and it was always either a stop-over on a direct flight, or to change planes.

   I hated the stop-overs because they wouldn't let you off the plane, but the times I got to change planes, there was always a couple of hours between flights, so at least I was able to wander the airports at Geneva and Zurich.

   Too bad I wasn't able to actually spend some time in-country, as I'm sure I would have enjoyed it.

8. It will bend your wallet, but it's a great place.

9. And one soon to be ex-, while #??? is in the wings, or boat house in this case :-)

10. first time here, I think, but not my last. Great writing, wonderful details, enchanting story. Can you tell I am impressed?

11. The next ex in the boat house? Likely.

12. Thanks for dropping by Pigpen – you're always welcome.

13. Or perhaps the concierge was making out pretty good, too. Financially that is.

14. As concierges do the world round.

15. One thing I learned early in my rather limited "World Travels", is that if you want something, anything, see the concierge.

    If he can't get it for you, he probably has a "friend" who can….

16. It's the first duty of a concierge, who is a "fixer".

17. and the PA is a concierge by another name… killer job, but you have to be able to run really fast in high heels…

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