;)) I will post some pictures when I get the chance. Pictures of figs, that is.

Edit:
I've changed the title from "Greetings From Campione D'Italia" to the above now that I am back so that the thread will reflect a broader view of the trip. 
I will be posting plenty of pictures and hope to use this thread as a journal or archive of the vacation.

Below: Mykonos

 

Wait!!!  You forgot to bring me along!

Well, have fun anyway  :)

Have fun, your figs have been tasting pretty darn good while you have been gone. When did you say you are getting back??? I will give you updates, lol. Post those photos, I can't wait to see them.

arrivederci e buon viaggio!

Waiting to see what figs you discovered:)

Suspense.

Enjoy every second Frank. I am most jealous, I love it there...and fig trees are everywhere.
Cheers

I hope you get over to Pomona.

Greetings man!

Have a great time Frank, send those photos.

Campione .... means "sample" in Italian and that it is!  Enjoy the mountains!

Frank,
Enjoy and be well.

Campione d'Italia is such a great and historic place to be at. Enjoy!

Thanks, all.
Having problems with wifi but would love to post pictures of the most incredible fig find ever. This fig blows all the others I have tried right out of the water'
Anyone know an easy way of resizing photos on the iPhone to less than a megabyte so they can be posted?

Frank, others will know more but have you tried texting the image to yourself?  I read elsewhere on the forum that the image gets reduced down to a reasonable size by doing this - good luck.  Would love to hear/see more about what you found.

Email me the photo and I'll post it for you.  Plus mail me some figs!  :)

If all else fails, we are patient and can wait until you return, I am sure it will be worth the wait. Have fun and take some great photos!

Hope you're having fun.  On iphone pull up photos, hit edit on top right corner.  Then hit the crop symbol on far right bottom.  If you hit it - it will say "crop photo".  Any minor change will be enough.  Click crop on top right and then save and that's it.  Keep in mind that permanently changes saved photo though.  The most minimal change will re-size it below 1mb.  At least it's worked for me.  

Thanks, here goes.

Wow, looks great, what beautiful color.  I'll text you my address!

All kidding aside, I wonder what the difference will be when it is uncaprified.

Frank, the shot of the tree seems to show dark fruit while the close-ups of the fruit shows a green fig. Are they two different varieties?  The green one does look fantastic!

Nice Frank, really nice, keep them coming.

Frank, does that name have a formal variety name there?

I mixed up photos from the the dark variety of the tree from Campione with the green fig from Ponte Tresa. My bad. George Clooney is in the area and I'm going to go ahead and blame him for the mix up. Hee-Hee.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure there is no wasp in Switzerland due to the cold winters. And Harvey, I have no idea if this fig is a named fig. All I know is that I would put this against anything I've ever tasted before. It has a lemony zing just before its full fig flavor hits the palate like a semi. My wife and the others were blown away by it.
I will try and post some more photos when I get a chance.

Frank, did you find the Swiss fig as fruit in a market or growing on a tree in Ponte Tresa?  Presumably the latter since you seem confident of where it came from. Anyway, I think you know where I am going with this...

Heck with posting...smuggle in some cuttings:)