Guess where we stayed in Lake Como? The view was out of this world!
Ha, now we can say we have stayed in the REAL Bellagio (not the one in Las Vegas). Back in early September when we decided to come, I was looking forward to swim in the lake. However, it was no way I'd jump into the freezing lake when we arrived. :( Man, this year in Italy is just not my swimming year... I only swam twice: in Spotorno (Liguria coast) and in Cinque Terre.
Lake Como was beautiful and peaceful. We took ferries traveling from one town to another in leisure. All of us agreed that Varenna is the prettiest town due to its unique walkway along the water and colorful buildings. Oh, and we also found a geocache (www.geocaching.com) there!
The best birthday gift for me this year was relaxing and having fresh and yummy lake fishes for dinner!
Photo on Left: Group Picture at the Northern End of Bellagio
Photo on Right: Fanny Bridge
So what did I do on my birthday? Well, I didn't want to become a human popsicle in
the water and my companions are hikers... so I was 'forced' to hike to a church way way way up on a mountain to celebrate my turning of 25. :p (Yes, that IS the church we were going for!)See how happy Syd was showing me the way to the church.
After about 1 hour of zig-zag hiking straight up, we finally reached the church. I was the last one getting there, of course (hey, Doug and Jen are Ironpeople while Syd hikes for a living). I still couldn't believe I hiked (instead of swimming or karaoking or dancing or drinking... well, I drank some but that's another story) on my birthday!
Photo on Left: Look at the View Behind Us atop of the Mountain: See that Castle?
Photo on Right: A Bigger Photo of the Castle
1 comment:
Love the pictures and was so happy to share your birthday with you in the "real" Bellagio! Yay to hiking to the top to the church.... Now you can do an Ironman.... That was training #1. :)
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