We were off on our daily excursion a little earlier today - just
before lunchtime ;-). The destination was across on the ferry to the
eastern side of the lake and the fishing village of Varenna.
Fishing on any grand scale may have finished long ago, but Varenna
still proved to be a very quaint, pretty little village with steep
narrow pedestrian streets/stairs running down to the waterfront and an
equally secluded terraced lakeside walkway.
With another hot day brewing, it was extremely hard to say no to one
of the cafes along the waterfront - where Marea and Robyn got
comfortable, while I felt compelled to take the 15 minute walk
straight up above Varenna to the Castle of Vezio. From the high point
of the castle; the Keep, the views looking over Varrena and up each
'leg' of Lake Como were fantastic!! Even if the haze from the heat
was setting in at the ends.
Back down to Marea and Robyn where we took a swim and Robyn spied on a
local wedding to see how they do it over here. As the bride walked up
into the church, everyone that was standing outside doing the same
thing as Robyn gave the bride a round of applause. Not sure if that
happens at home does it??
Finally, one last walk through the narrow streets back to the ferry
and across the lake to 'home'. This time we waited around for the
bus, but of course because it was the weekend the timetable was
completely different. When a bus did arrive - even the bus driver
didn't know his timetable!! That didn't matter though - what we
didn't know was that you can't buy your ticket direct from the driver
- so he let us go for free :-)
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