Mottarone

Above Gignese, where we were staying, there is a mountain called Mottarone. It's not a huge mountain, but it's a nice day trip for skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer. We took Sophia and William up one morning, went on the Alpine bobsled (well, Sophia did, William was too little), had lunch and went back down to Gignese. It was a great morning outing.

Instead of driving the 20 minutes up the mountain we took a cable car. Sophia loved this.

At the top of the cable car ride.

On the chairlift going to the top of the mountain. Thank goodness for this or we would have not made it to the top.

On the way up on the chair lift.

Daddy and Sophia overlooking the lake

At the top of the mountain there is an Alpine bobsled. Basically you sit in a little car that's on a track, and you control the break with your hands. We were sure Sophia was going to come back scared, but instead she wanted to go over and over again, as FAST as possible! (A video is at the bottom of this post. You wont be able to see it by email)















Daddy and Sophia going by.

Sophia also rode with Mommy, but she was going too slow!

A nice picture of the lake and some islands on it.