We started off on our journey like most everyone, on the ground. For three hours. Waiting for weather and forty planes in line ahead of us to take off before finally lifting into the sky over England, Netherlands, France, and Switzerland before arriving in Italy.
Some of our friends and family wanted pictures of food, so our first meal of the trip was the plane food. Enjoy! On the ground the weather was almost identical to New York just ten hours before, overcast and cool, but not unpleasant.
The train portion went smoothly. No surprises and very little waiting. It was rather impressive just how easy the train was to locate and figure out the transfer. Getting off in Como, we took a ferry from the bottom of Lake Como up to Bellagio.
It was a great way to take in the various towns on the lake as we stopped at several along the way. The towns are stunning in their colors and simplicity. Also wonderful are the flowers everywhere. When we landed in Bellagio almost immediately we both commented on the sweet aroma in the air. At first I thought it was gellaterias, but we kept getting traces of it all over town as we explored. Just heavenly.
Starving and certainly not adjusted yet to Italy time, we picked up some fantastic cow's cheese. Gooey, yet firm, and the rind was a real treat as it wasn't too pungent.
Just enough to tide us over for dinner. Apparently porcini mushrooms are in season and the restaurant we chose had a special menu based around them. Of course we ordered some and were well rewarded for doing so.
So it is 10:45pm here but we haven't slept for an entire day or more at this point. Time to fix that. Buona notte!
--NT
2 comments:
Glad to see you made it! We read about the "tornado" in parts of Brooklyn and hoped it didn't affect your travel too much ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11354269 )
Looks good! I'm dying to read and see more!
I was happy to hear your travels were smooth from the airport to Bellagio given you had to look into that leg a bit more. So jealous!
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