Off to Lake Como (Wednesday 10/28)

On the Wednesday morning, we left Tuscany and the old farmhouse behind and drove up towards Milan, across the Lombardy Plain and along Lake Como. We were staying all the way at the northern end of the lake, near Switzerland and so were able to see wonderful scenery all the way along. We skirted Milan on their ring road, just like I-285, only with smaller cars and faster drivers! The whole plain was full of smog/haze so we didn't see much going through there. Once we got to the lake is cleared alot, although it remained quite hazy while we were there, which is often the case apparently. But we had gorgeous weather the whole time and loved our time there.


Driving up the west side of the lake


Fascinating old buildings along the way





We arrived late afternoon and settled into the wonderful bed and breakfast Andre had chosen. Fabulous choice and we had a great experience there. It's run by Dani, an English woman, and her husband Julio who is Italian. There were about 7 other people staying there and we actually all really enjoyed each others' company at breakfasts and dinners!


Villa Tres Jolie, the bed and breakfast we stayed at (highly recommend it if you're going to Lake Como!)


Our beautiful room (it had two balconies!)


View from our room


View from one of our balconies


Breakfast patio


Me chatting to Dani, our hostess, over breakfast