Ciao Italy, Hola Espana
Monday Susan, Tim, Tracey and I left our apartment in Florence well before dawn…at 3:45 am for our 6:30 flights…Susan, Tim and Tracey were off to Orlando via Frankfurt and […]
Category Archives: Switzerland
Helsinki, Finland by Car, Train, Plane & Van
The draws are here. Monday, July 22, 2024 Yesterday, Sunday, I took and early taxi to the Lugano Main Station, then the train to Milan-Malpensa airport (yes, there’s more than […]
Doubles Finalists, A Last Walk Through Lugano
Draws are here. Leanne and I lost our 55 doubles final to a good team, Anna Benzon who won the 55 singles over Scola and Monica Giamberini, a doubles specialist […]
Monte Bre on a Steamy Friday
I had the day off from the tournament in Lugano, but we finished so late last night that I slept late and didn’t get started very early today. I first […]
Lugano Singles Champion; Midnight Madness Doubles
Draws are here. I played Carola Kluzer of Italy in the singles final and played very well…though she was not at her best, and won the 65 singles title. We […]
Locarno, Switzerland
Wednesday July 16, 2024, Lugano, Switzerland I had the day off from matches in Lugano today, so decided to take a half day trip to Locarno, on Lake Maggiore in […]
First Round Success in Lugano
Draws are here. Lugano, Switzerland, Tuesday Morning I had my first match yesterday in Lugano. I practiced around 3:15-4 with Leanne Swaysland, then waited for my “not before 5:30 (pm)” […]
Lugano
Draws are here. Today I started by leaving the hotel at 3:30, took a taxi to the airport, then a flight to Zurich then a train (2 trains to be […]
Zurich
Sunday was..busy. After playing a rain delayed doubles final (the wine went to Greta who rides her pink flower covered bike to the courts each day and works the desk). […]
A Trip to Lake Como After Winning Rain Interrupted Singles Final
Draws are here. The day started early with a short warm up with Ellen Neumann at 8am (short because 10 minutes in there was thunder and then lightning, so we […]
A Day Off: Monte San Salvatore & Paradisio, Lugano
Draws are here. I was not scheduled to play a match today (one of our opponents in our 3-team RR tried to schedule a match, but Rosemary was already touring…and […]
Lugano: Into the Semis in the Evening
Draws are here. I am in Lugano for the ITF Masters 700 here. According to the website there are 58 events and 254 players (that total might go up a […]
Barcelona-Zurich-Lugano and Walk to Gandria
Yesterday I took a very early flight from Barcelona to Zurich (6:05am), quite a shock to the system after the late nights of the tournament in Barcelona. However, early flights […]
Bellinzona Castles (90 Flights of Stairs) & Monte Tamaro
Saturday we toured castles and a mountain. . Erin Boynton, her daughter Hannah Atkinson and I decided to tour the Bellinzona castles and take the cable car up to Monte […]
Boat Trip to Gandria
Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Today, Friday, started pretty early, since I warmed up Isabel Gemmel for her 50s final (she won!) at 8am. I walked from […]
Lugano Singles Champion: Is it Switzerland or Florida?
Draws for the ITF S700 tournament in Lugano are here. The record high temp in Lugano was set in July of 1945, around 100 degrees F. That’s the expected high […]
Into the Final in Steamy Lugano
Draws for the ITF S700 tournament in Lugano are here. On a day where the temperatures felt like 97, I was happy to play before 10:30. I played Teresa Lisci […]
First Round Success in Lugano
Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Yesterday, Monday, was hot and muggy in Lugano, Switzerland. Not Palm Desert or Florida hot, but here there’s no reprieve in most […]
Adios Barcelona, Ciao Lugano
Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Yesterday, Sunday, we had a really early start, leaving the hotel at 4:30am (after returning to the hotel after 9pm). We avoided […]
Beating the Rain (and Opponents) on Finals Day in Klosters
My first match today was at 9:30 and my last one finished in the dark as it started to rain sometime after 8pm. I played my singles under cool and […]
Klosters: Into Singles Final; Half Way to Doubles Final
I played Rosemary Everett of Australia today not before 12:30 and we got on at 1:30 which wasn’t too bad. It was fun to play and I played pretty well..I […]