The breakfast here was outstanding. Freshly shaved ham slices, homemade rolls, cheese and assorted jams, not to mention cake, yogurt and cereal, orange juice, teas and coffee. With fresh milk. So much yum.
Our main goal for the day was to head over to Lecco to check out the Villa del Balbianello. It was used in Casino Royale! And our other number 1 goal was to get gelato, obviously.
Here are a few pictures from the ferry....
And then at the villa/gardens. It was a long walk and it did cost some Euro to get in, but the gorgeous grounds and views were worth it:
I think we all experienced some of the best gelato that we've ever had after a delicious lunch of bruschetta, pizza, and pasta. It was still a little too hot for me walking around, but the mint and chocolate gelato helped immensely.
We also hit Bellagio, the same town that hubby and I visited last month.
After another short ride on the ferry back to our cars, we found a small grocery store and stocked up on wine, cheese, and even some sausage to have an early dinner/happy hour thing back at the B&B. Since we had our wine picnic basket with us, we had a bottle opener, cutting board for cheese, two glasses, and had also brought along some plates and other cups for everyone else. I think we ended up drinking the first three (of six) bottles of wine out on the terrace before retreating inside to one of our rooms for a rousing game of Monopoly.
But not just any Monopoly... we played MONOPOLI! (As in, the Italian version!)
Oh the fun we had playing with lira and trying to figure out what the Chance cards said as we continued to finish the other three bottles of wine. Between our skills of other languages and of course Google translate, we figured it out.
Yep, that was our big Saturday night at Lake Como, we're the coolest.
Next time...our last day boating adventure, naps, and driving back in the rainy mist.
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