After driving up a hill next to Lugano we walked from the village which Hermann Hesse visited frequently, Carona, through the forest high up over the lakes.


Looks like an advertisement (Litfaßsäule) but it’s a shrine and the start of our leafy walk.


Autumn


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Nice bit of sun around the corner.


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Growing on a tree stump.


Great view today


Just the place for a picnic.


A few sculptures to round things off.


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What a hearty couple.