“Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.” - Fanny Burney

We spent the weekend on Lake Como, Italy, and it was beautiful. It really is one of those places that looks just like the movies. Old buildings, windy streets, and green mountains surrounded us. We totally lucked out with the weather since it was supposed to be rainy, but we ended up getting sunshine all day Saturday with the exception of a thunderstorm while we sat on a deck by the lake for happy hour. We had absolutely no complaints.  

We ate pizza the first night and then lasagna the second (Mr. Clooney ended up having to cancel on us). We made the mistake of ordering the half liter of wine on Friday, so we went for the full one on Saturday. We are fast learners.

Our hotel was in Menaggio, and on Saturday we took the ferry across the lake to Bellagio (not to be confused with Vegas). We both loved the whole weekend.

 

The Lake Como ferry system. A little different than the Seattle - Bainbridge line.

The flowers were in full bloom.

I love the man on the stoop on the right.

We had a delicious lunch in a wine cave and tried a wine from a "very rare grape" in Tuscany.The owner wanted to make sure we knew the grape was VERY rare.

Happy hour watching the storm roll in.

We even got a beautiful Sunday when we returned to Lugano, Switzerland to fly back to Geneva.