Macugnaga

It's a small resort town in Piedmont region Italy, situated at the foot of the immense and spectacular east hedge of Mount Rosa, the second highest peak in Europe, this resort offers a unique vacation combining sport and culture. Macugnaga is also a beautifully picturesque village with chalet style houses and villas, clustered around an eye-catching market square. The colours and the atmosphere of the people inhabiting the area is quite unique. Totally different than the ones in the neighboring areas, probably because they were the families of Germanic origin who migrated hundreds of years ago.

We drove there with the company car courtesy of Emil Rathod, our colleague from England. It took about two hours drive from San Donato through quite a breathtaking scenery of Maggiore Lake and several villages on the hillside along the way. We took a chairlift to the nearest peak and walked our way to one of the glacier tops. At one point we stopped to have lunch in one of the restaurant. Me and Ira had this very juicy and delicious roasted lamb with corn sauce. Emil had a large plate of local pork shanks and polenta. The weather was fine with occasional breezy chills and we just sat there enjoying our meals. It was wonderful.

Then, we continued our walk to the top amidst hundreds of other traveller. The path was quite tricky with lots of slippery slope down the line. But it was really worth it when we reached the apex, we were just quiet and awestrucked by the magnificent view surrounding us. It was just so beautiful and also at the same time very dramatic.