Last nights electrical storm was spectacular – it rained like there was no tomorrow, heaps of lightning and the thunder just went on and on and on. Today is an absolute pearler – crystal clear blue skies, white fluffy clouds clinging to the sides of the mountains, the bright greens of the mountain side forests and the deep blue of the lake – perfect for our boat trip to Como.
The slow boat takes two hours, but has the advantage that it’s slow and stable – good for photos – and you can sit or stand outside on the bow of the boat.
The ferry bounces down the lake criss-crossing between the small towns on either side of the lake. There is a new attraction on the lake, which the boat stops in the middle of the lake to point out – George Clooney’s house – ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! (Imagine a high pitched female scream). Apparently George was there 2 days ago! (more screaming)
Our trip took us to stops at Cadenabbia, Tremezzo, Lenno, Lezzeno, Isola Comocina, Sala Comacina, Argegno, Nesso, Careno, Urio, Torno, Moltrasio, Cernobbio, Tavernola and finally Como.
On the eastern side of the lake, we could see the crazy little road that we had taken to get to Bellagio on the Saturday. It was good to see that most of the cars were traveling at a fairly sedate pace. We’re going back that way on Saturday as the views are so spectacular.
We took lots of photos on the way down, some of which are now up on our flickr page.
We went for a walk around the central shopping district of Como, visited the local market and then stopped for lunch at a local pizzeria and had a beer with lunch – XXXX can you believe. To drive home the point, it comes in a XXXX glass with the words Australian Beer written underneath the XXXX, so you have no doubt about what you’re drinking.
We caught the fast cat back to Bellagio, so now we’ve been on all the ferry types on the lake – car ferry, slow boat, fast cat and the hydrofoil – which was the most fun.
Walking to buy dinner, Anne found a sports shop that sold cycling gear, so we bought a cycle shirt for me that has a map of the lake and the towns, which they have a race around each year. Apparently, the Giro D’Italia also came through this year and the church on the top of the hill has the bike of the Italian rider killed in the Tour de France several years ago. It would be a beautiful area for cycling and a race around the lake like Taupo would be fantastic to be part of – I for my part have the T-shirt.
Dinner at night was a bottle of white, a bottle of red, Brescaola with olive oil, olives and cheese, finished off with Gelato from the Gelateria downstairs and a glass of dessert wine sitting on our balcony watching the world go by – FANTASTICO!!!!!
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