Italy - Lake Como

 Well, it really was this pretty.  The city of Como is on the southern tip of the  upside down "Y" shaped lake nestled in the middle of steep mountains.  The "place to go" though is said to be a little village called Bellagio which you can reach by slow ferry, fast ferry, sea-plane, or for the daring, by car.  My original plan was to go to Bellagio by ferry but the thing turned out to be really expensive and would have cost us about 60euro just to come and go and even then,  we would have to wait for another ferry. 

Cassio is a good driver.  I always feel confident beside him on the road.  After the drive to Bellagio, I know he is an excellent driver and was very happy it was him and not me at the wheel on a VERY narrow and twisty, steep, 2-way road that sometimes felt it was too small for just one car to pass.  Only confident and cautious drivers should take this route.  Other than that, we got to see a lot more and "live" more like the locals by driving this road.  It was not peak season, thank God, so there wasn't much traffic on the road or in the town.  We did do the tourist thing though and take a one hour ferry ride around the lake from Bellagio.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I am a water person though and Cassio wasn't sure what the big "whup" was.  I invite you to check it out for yourselves.  Beautiful scenery from everywhere, water or land.

fyi, be sure to check our other posts.  We have been so busy travelling that we haven't posted in a few days and today we posted a total of four different places.  LOOK!