Back view of cemetery at Lezzeno on Lake Como. I will have to come back to see it, along with the island cemetery in Venice |
Bellagio from Lake Como |
Bill at the southern end of Lake Como. |
Funicular at Como. Hard to see but it's that line up the centre of the photo. |
Museum in Como dedicated to the life and work of Alessandro Volta of "battery" fame. He lived here. However, as it was siesta time when we called, the place was shut! |
Our time in the Lago di Como area has been spent very pleasantly and we will be sad to leave tomorrow as this would really be one of the world’s most beautiful places.
As the lake is large, most things happen on the water around here and we spent the last few days “messing about in a boat” to quote those lovable Wind in the Willows characters, Ratty and Moley.
Yesterday,we visted Lenno, Tremezzo, Varenna and Mennagio. All of them have their own personalities; in the case of Lenno and Tremezzo we could have walked between them but they still had their own shops, their own churches and their own particular way of presenting themselves to the world .
We are sure that most of Australia is in Europe at present and it was a hoot yesterday, when we were having lunch at Tremezzo, to hear Aussie tones from a couple at a nearby table. They were about our age, and when the wife asked her husband how he was enjoying his meal, he answered in such a heartfelt fashion that “the ham tasted like ham used to taste, 40 years ago!” And he was right!
Not like any corner shop we'd seen before! Nothing in here would be the price of anything in any usual corner shop! |
This sums up the philosophy of the Italians re their way of life! |
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