Aosta, Cogne & Valnontey, Italy

One last view from our hotel at Santa Margarita
Cogne, Italy--above and below.

Aosta breakfast, above and below. Notice the view out the window.

Aosta center, above. Best pizza of the trip below (wood fired, of course).

Our Aosta hotel above.

Hello: We have now traveled to the northwest corner of Italy. Aosta is where we stayed last night in a very nice hotel. Aosta is considered the Rome of NW Italy. It has alot of ruins from ancient times. That is about all we know. . . We had great food--including the best pizza of the trip--of which we have included a picture. The breakfast was also the best of the trip. The scenery from the hotel is beautiful. . .but we are back to having some rainy, cloudy weather--so the views are not always clear.

We will be here in Valnontey for the next 3 nights. There is excellent hiking promised--it is the oldest Italian national park.

We can tell we are close to Switzerland. The menu had cheese fondue for the first time. We had to taste and it was good. It was a first to have pickles included for dipping--also bread, meats, and potato.

This is our last stop for activities. From here we will go to Geneva for our flight home next Wednesday.