Bonjour mes amis! After visiting Milan, April 1, Lee and I traveled to Lake Como. Lake Como is an hour's drive from Milan but "light-years" of difference in pace and way of life. Lake Como is lined with elegant, 19th century villas, crowned by snow-capped mountains, and is busy with ferry boats and hydrofoils which transport you from village to village around the lake. We stayed in Varenna, which is a beautiful mid-lake village and a handy base to explore other villages. There is very little commercialization in Varenna, just lots of walking and "taking in" that more leisurely pace. Varenna has a romantic promenade, a tiny harbor, narrow lanes, and its own villa. Saturday, April 2, we took the ferry to Bellagio and Menaggio. We especially enjoyed exploring Bellagio, which is across the lake from Varenna, and is a much more substantial town than Varenna. Bellagio is called the "Pearl of the Lake" with its charm and elegance of the "Old World." It was such fun to explore the narrow streets and passageways of Bellagio. The scenery and colors in and around Lake Como were "off the charts" beautiful!
Mme. Wallace
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