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Mario shows Poldi their hidden wine cellar.
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Not an artichoke.
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How did the city municipal center get an architecural waiver?
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Paolo's fields of azaleas.
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Tea plants, early tests to see if they can grow in northern Italy.
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A panorama of Mario and Rossella's yard.
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A flower that Paolo helped Mama plant.
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Old friends reunite.
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Mama with Cetta, Rossella and Poldi.
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And me. She seems to like men.
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Mario and Rossella take us out to dinner overlooking Lago Maggiorie.
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The Saturday market at the neighbor town Intra.
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Another reunion, this time including classmate Daniele.
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On my last day in Verbania, Poldi and I took the commuter and tourist boat to the islands in Lago Maggiore.
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Rossella is forced to present photographic evidence to Daniele.
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