Lucky
for us we had time for a nice sit down breakfast before our longest journey of
the trip to
Varenna on Lake
Como. We had one of the best
croissants with ricotta that we’ve ever had. The owner of the restaurant made it very clear that no eggs
would be served for breakfast in his establishment.
Our
train leaving Vernazza was late this morning and we barely made our connection
in Siestre Levante. We arrived in
Milan and then transferred again to continue up the side of the Lake Como to
Varenna. There were some stunning
views out the windows.
Varenna
was quiet. All the summer tourists
were gone and everything was closed.
We found our quiet hotel and had a few minutes to wander around before
dinner. We enjoyed the gardens of
the hotel and strolled the quiet streets.
Bellagio
to see how things were in that fancy town. We got there a bit late and many of the shops had already
closed. We enjoyed window shopping
and looking at the highend shops.
There must be very fancy people watching that goes on here.
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| relaxing before dinner |
We meet for an early, relaxing dinner on the water’s front. We didn’t have much of an agenda so we
decided to catch the boat to
After
we returned to Varenna we decided to make arrangements to take a water taxi
ride the next day along the lake visiting villas and learning about the
different homes along the lake.
Since Lara got the job for all Italian speaking requests – she made the
call to Luca. As she was on the
phone, she noticed a gentleman leave his table at a restaurant to take a phone
call and walk outside. It took a
couple of minutes, but Lara quickly realized she was speaking on the cell phone
to the gentleman, who by now, was only a few feet away from her. Like what was mentioned earlier, there
were not a lot of people in town.
Lucky for us Luca, the water taxi owner, was one of them.
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| Lake Ferry |
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| Varenna's water front properties |
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