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| Greenway walk to Lenno |
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| Sumptious villas |
Exploring the villages on Lake Como was a treat - from the moment Conal met and befriended the ferry keeper at Pognana Lario to the men on the ferries whose 'Ness-o, Bell-a-g-i-o, Men-a-gio, Len-no, sounded like an Italian opera. We stepped off ferries, went for long walks past ancient buildings in the villages, down narrow cobbled passage ways passing little churches, some dating from the Roman times, dipping into the lake at lidos.
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| Conal and ferry master at Pognana Lario |
We ate pizzas in small trattoria for lunch, followed by delicious gelati - and spent a few days just lazily watching Jan being entertained by his endless energy and his enjoyment of the little dingy and floating biscuit at the end of the pier at the beach resort. In the evenings we would barbie and the first evening we were even entertained by a giant fireworks display across the lake.
Anna and I celebrated our combined birthdays at a very special place set high up in the hills called Bella Vista in Veleso - and it lived up to its name. The little restaurant and hotel is a family run business and we had the most delicious meal and chianti ending with limoncello - yum!!! The evening was all made possible by Eric and Robin kindly ferrying us to and from Bella Vista. Our elderly waiter could have been out of a movie and Conal was fascinated by his studied earnest concentration.
Far too soon we found ourselves making our way up the steep path for our return journey to catch a bus to the station - only to find the bus full. Conal's response was predictable to those who know him - bus full? Never - and to the surprise of the passengers and bus driver, he quickly re-arranged the bus and in no time the 7 of us were aboard. For Africans, he said, a bus is never full ----
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