We had our Autumn Lunch on a beautiful day at the Osteria Gallo d’Oro. We were twenty with 18 members and 2 guests. One of the guests has been offered membership of BRA by the person who invited her to the lunch, as a gift and is in the process of applying to become a […]
Members of BRA were invited on 8 November by the Italian group from Genoa (or with links to Genoa), the ‘Liguri’ to a video showing presented by Aldo Osti. He had the video made with english subtitles on the work of the restoration of the ‘Resurrezione’ by Piero della Francesca in San Sepolcro, with which […]
A contingent of 13 BRA members from Ticino went North by train to meet up with our Vice Chairman Angela Meier Jones and her group coming from the North West region for our cultural day out. The 9th of October was a very wet Autumnal day outside, but nobody had to brave the elements. Instead, […]
One of our members reserved one of the terraces overlooking the garden of the Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola for our first get together of the autumn, after the summer break. It was a perfect day, sunny and warm without any wind and the seventeen of us were comfortably seated on the smallest of their private […]
We set off in a holiday mood, boarding our boat at Lugano Giardino, heading across the Ceresio for the Cantina di Gandria. There we could picnic on the edge of the lake, which was popular with the children who were comfortably dressed for the weather in their bathing costumes and clearly enjoying dipping their toes […]
After a short hour’s drive and a pleasant 20 minute boat ride, we were pleased to find room in the free car park at the Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens. Although we were 16, we were generously granted the group rate normally for groups of 20 or more. Inspite of the hot weather we walked comfortably […]
On Tuesday 4th June we had a perfect evening for our celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday. This was held as usual at the Hotel Lido Seegarten, where there is still plenty of free parking, a precious commodity in Lugano. We started off the proceedings with refreshing drinks. As soon as everyone […]
A small but enthusiastic group met up at the Puricelli Centre in Riva San Vitale, we were welcomed by our excellent guide Signor Luciano. In his introduction, he explained that Puricelli is unique in that it is the ONLY firm in Ticino that separates and recycles different types of plastic. They manage to recycle 85% […]
The Magnolia Grandiflora, together with all the other mature magnolias and pines, were felled during the violent storm just a few months ago, leaving many spaces but also open views across the lake. Adolf and Sheila, with their gardeners, have done an amazing job of replanting and tidying up but first the helicopters had to […]
We were a good number for our Ticino Spring lunch and we had a good turn out from the other side of the Gotthard, with people coming to enjoy the early spring, surrounded by magnolias and camellias already in bloom. Our famed Ticino weather came up trumps yet again and we were able to have […]