The Arvada enterprise., 1910-09-30
Arvada Boys Trip
From Italy to
Switzerland.

Como, | have just eaten dinner
out on this delightfully."- cool place.
The lights shining across the lake
from the village on the other side
make a very pretty picture.
l left Venice with a pleasant
impression and will be happy to
go there again. l left at 9:25 a.
m. for Desenzano on Lake Garda,
a ride of four and a half hours.
At Desenzano | took the lake
steamer for Riva, a ride of five
hours on the lovliest lake in Italy
and it really seems that the far
ther / go the more beautiful the
scenery is. l think this is the
most beautiful water trip l have
taken. Just imagine, first a nice
clean white steamer, a perfectly
balmy afternoon, water taking. on
{ the most beautiful shades of blue
and green and so clear that one
sees the bottom at a consider
able depth, millions of fishes,
large and small, the lake planked
on either side by mountains that
are beautifully wooded and their
gently sloping sides covered with
grape vines, lemon trees and dot
ted with attractive villages and
villas; imagine this and you have
a faint picture of the beauty of
the most lovely of Italy's lovely
lakes, it is "a miles long and II
miles in its widest point. Riva
is at one end in Austria and
Desanzano at the other in Italy.
spent the night at Riva, then
returned by boat in the morning
to Desanzano from where | went
by train to Milan arriving there
at 400. | was recommended to
the Pension Bonimi and found it
very nice and splendidly located
just opposite the cathedral. This
morning, Sunday, l went to the
cathedral and they were having
mass. This is one of the most
beautiful churches | have seen,
it is built entirely of white mar
BILE, is 496 feet in length and av-
erages in width about 230 feet,
it is in Gothic style and supported
by % huge marble columns, it is
very dark but decidedly imposing
and impressive; the ceiling is of
beautifully fretted marble, the
stained glass windows are beau
tiful and afford lovely color eff
fects, it is plain and not gorgeous
as st. Peters cathedral in
Rome. The exterior is delight
fully fascinating; perfect myriads
of turrets, statues, and marble
ornamentations, there are about
So turrets on the roof and the ex-
terror is decorated with about
1000 marble statues and marble
ornamentations. l very much
enjoyed the trip up and on the
roof and to the top of the spire.
The whole effect is fairylike in
deed and | should think especially
so by moonlight. At the art gal
lery | found a few good pictures.
l went also to see the Leonards
di Vinci's famous fresco paint
ing of The Last Supper, it was
painted in 1887 and is very much
damaged but it shows yet how
beautiful it was when first paint
ed. 1t is on the wall of an old
refractory of the church of Santa
Marie dele Grazel. When Ma
poleon Bonapart occupied Milan
this room was used as a stable
for his horses then later un-
der the Austrians as a
store room for hay. This is all
there is in Milan of great inter
est to see. 1t is a thriving city
of $50, 600 inhabitants next to Ma
pies, the largest city in Italy. 1t
is very modern and quite fine
looking. Had a fine day there.
Left at 2: 20 for Como on Lake
Como. There were six in the
compartment.
A funny thing happened: An
Italian, quite the type of the for
eign fop who comes to America
to marry our girls, was sitting in
the middle, he reached over and
closed both curtains. 1t was very
warm so after a bit l drew back
the one nearest to me or rather
started to do so when up jumped
the fop and jibbering in Italian,
closed it. For what reason | don't
know as he was perspiring ano
tanning himself vigorously; how.
ever held my curtain open per.
haps much to his disgust. He
was the limit on looks. had 8
mustache very much like the devi
wears in the pictures, and he
wore four rings, three wide golc
rings and one diamond, one tur
ouise, a dark blue stone all OF
his little finger covering fromtht
last Joint to the second. | cam