Ending our trip at Lake Como was a wonderful way to spend our last couple of days in Italy. We were really able to relax and unwind from all the previous site seeing. The highlight of the last few days was a boat tour of the lake. It was a romantic ride at dusk with only Lenette and myself, a canadian couple, and the driver/guide. We had complimentary champagne and got to watch the sun set while we cruised across the lake.
We stayed in Bellaggio, “The Pearl of the Lake.” We will explain later why it was given this quaint nickname. We had a really nice studio apartment which was very affordable and could not have been any more cute. The wonderful owner even picked us up from the ferry at 11PM in his personal car. He was very helpful and recommended a couple excellent restaurants/etc.
This region is the choice vacation spot for most Italians from Milan. As a result, many affluent Italians own the historical villas that line the lake in this area. Next time we come to this region, we plan on touring their extravegant gardens, many of which we saw from the boat. On a funny side note, one amazing villa had a sign on it’s waterfront wall that read “no george.” The owners put the sign here to inform people that this villa was not the one owned by George Clooney, who also has a villa on the lake.
We are writing this post from an Internet Point just outside Milano Centrale, the primary train station in Milan. This will be our last post before starting our long journey home this evening. We will travel by train to Napoli (Naples) and then fly to Munich, Germany. From Munich, we will fly non-stop to San Francisco. From San Francisco, we will be taking the BART to JoAnn Till’s house where she was kind enough to let us leave our car. We will most likely be staying the night there at her house and driving back to Chico in the morning, or the evening to us. 🙂 This whole journey will take us almost two full days.
Although we have had an amazing trip, we are both looking forward to being home. We can’t wait to share all the wonderful pictures and memories that we have brought back with us from Italia.
Until our next trip, Ciao!
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