Cappuccino, warm chocolate croissants, fresh fruit, yogurt, more cappuccino - what a way to start the morning. The dining room here at Hotel Central has a slight view of Lago Como, but none-the-less, it is a very lovely setting. The french doors are open and a cool breeze pours over us. Pretty pots of flowers in full bloom, grape vines displaying forming clusters of grapes, glimpses of the boats making their way back and forth across the lake - just wonderful way to ease into the day. It is so nice to be retired. As we tell everyone, we highly recommend it....
Today we utilized the ferry to go across the lake. We thought we were heading first to Varenna (N.E.) but the ferry we were on tookthrough the Hamlets on the western edge of Lake Como. Our first stop was Cadenabbia where we got off the ferry and walked to Tremezzo, Lenno and Mezzegra. We retraced our steps when the pedestrian walkways gave out and reboarded the ferry to return to Bellagio.
After a quick cooldown in the room and a bit of Blog-work we stepped into a nearby cafe for lunch of local lake fish served heads and fins on! It was full of fine bones but very delicious.
Back to the ferry and this time we crossed the lake and stayed on as the ferry made its scheduled stops in Mezzegra, Tremezzo, Cadenabbia, Menaggio, Nobiallo, Santa Maria and finally back across Lago Como to Varenna.
By now the temps are scorching and we've walked several hours today. A quick tour of Varenna brought us back to the Point to reboard the ferry to Bellagio. We're exhausted - lots of up and down steep streets on cobblestone paths. Beautiful but hot. We needed a bit of time to rest before dinner.
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