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17 - 20 August 2008
 

 Sunday - 17 August
Driving From Cisternino To Como With Edouardo !
 
Views From The 'A14' Autostrada
Adriatic Sea
From The
A14 Autostrada
Pretty Bridge
A1 Autostrada - Bologna

  Monday - 18 August
City Of Como, Lombardy And Beautiful Lake Como !
 
Dale
Lake Como
From Lido Of
Villa Olmo
View
Towards
Brunate &
Volta Lighthouse
Dale
Lake Como
Villa Olmo
Boat Landing
Barry
Villa Olmo
Dale
Lake Como

 We Walked Along The Promenade of the Villa Olmo
(Passeggiata di Villa Olmo). This Pathway Skirts Around The Bottom Of
The Southwest Arm Of Lake Como (In The Shape Of The letter 'U')
 
Dale
Lake Como
View Just
North Of
Villa Olmo
Barry
Dale
Villa Gallia
Barry
Villa Saporiti
& Villa Gallia
Como
Bell
Tower

 
 
Barry
Como
Aero Club
Seaplane School
Dale
Como
Waterfront
View From Ferryboat From Como To Bellagio
Lovely Villas & Towns

  Picturesque Bellagio !
 
Dale
Bellagio Arrival
By
Ferryboat
Dale
Narrow
Street
Dale
Lunch At
Sidewalk Cafe
Bellagio Ferryboat Landing
View From Our Sidewalk Cafe

 
 
Dale
Lunch At Bellagio Sidewalk cafe
Barry
Piazza
Mazzini
Dale With
New Texas
Friend
On Salita
Serbelloni
Serbelloni Hill)
Dale Waves
From Top Of
Salita
Serbelloni
(Paved With
Smooth
Fist-Sized Stones)

 
 
Barry
Narrow Streets
Via Garibaldi
Lake Como View From
Bellagio's Punta Spartivento
Looking Towards Cadenabbia & Griante On The Left
And Menaggio And Varenna On The Right.

 
 
Barry
Piazza
Della
Chiesa
Punta
Spartivento
Barry
Boat Harbor
Punta
Spartivento
Dale
Punta
Spartivento
Barry
Punta
Spartivento

 
 
Dale &
Bell
Tower
From
Via Roma
Via
Roma
Barry
View Of
Pizza Mazzini
Inlet To
Grand Hotel
Villa
Serbelloni
Dale
Ferryboat
Landing
Piazza Mazzini

 
 
Belllagio
Barry
Old Sports
Car
Bar
San Remo
Barry
View
From Bar
San Remo
Departing Bellagio On The
Battello, the Slow Ferry
(We See More Lake Towns Up Close)

 
 
Departing
Bellagio.
Varenna In
The Distance
Bellagio
Lake Como
Villa, South
Of Bellagio
Lake Towns
Possibly Cadennabia & Griante

 
 
Elegant
Villa
Carlotta.
Tremezzo
Grand Hotel
Tremezzo
Small Mansion
On Hill.
Tremezzo
Tremezzo
They Store
Boats Under
The Bridge.

 
 
Tremezzo
Tremezzo
Villa With
Boat House
Underneath
Lake Como Towns Between
Tremezzo & Lehno
Lake Como
Town. Possibly
Mezzegra

 
 
Lake Como
Town. Possibly
Mezzegra
Possibly
Lehno
Villa
Barbianello
Seaplane
Villa
Barbianello
Villa
Barbianello
Loggia

 
 
Villa Barbianello
Possibly
Ossuccio
Sala Comacina
And
Isola Comacina
Dale
Docking AT
Isola
Comacina

 
 
Isola
Comacina
The Only
Island In
Lake Como
Departing
Isola Comacina
Lake
Como
Perfect
Little Villa
For Me :-)
Lake Como
Town
Just North
Of Argegno

 
 
Lake Como
Town. Just
North Of
Argegno
Argegno
Barry & Dale
South Of
Argegno
Dale
Mountains Split
Late Afternoon
Low Sunshine Into
Beams
Barry In
Prow Of Ferry

 
 
Lake Como
Panorama
Idyllic
Lake Como
Unidentified
Lake Como
Hotel
Unidentified
Lake Como
Village

 
 
Churches, Villas,
And Mansions Dot
Lake Como's
Shores &
Mountainsides
Dale On
Ferry Steps
Lake Como
Mansions &
Mountains
Docking At
Cernobbio
Cernobbio
Waterfront
Park

 
 
Villa Erba
Cernobbio
Seaplane
From Como
Aero Club
Volta
Lighthouse
And The
Brunate Commune
On Mountaintop
City Of Como Waterfront

 
 
Funicolare
(Steep Railway)
Como To Brunate
Barry
Como
Lakefront
Boat Ramps
Como Lakefront
Palace Hotel
Dale
Lakefront
Promenade
(LungoLario)
Tempio
Voltiano

 
 
Dale
Lakefront
Passageway
Back To
Villa Olmo
Como Lakefront Panorama
Brunate Funicolare - Aero Club - Yacht Club
And The Sinigaglia Stadium
Villa
Private
Boat
Entrance
 
 

  Tuesday - 19 August
Day Two In Como, Lombardy
 
Camerlata
Fountain
Near Edo
And Enza's
Home
Edo's
Hospital
Historic Distric
Como
Old City Towergates
Dale
View Of Como
From Brunate

 
 
Edo & Dale
Views Of Como From Brunate
A Mountaintop Municipality (Commune)
Narrow
Streets
Of Brunate

 Higher And Higher Edo Drove To The Tops
Of The Mountains Surrounding Lake Como.
We're Now In San Maurizio.
 
Edo & Dale
The Volta
Lighthouse
Stairwell
Edo
We Climbed
To The
Top Of
The Lighthouse
View Of
Southwestern
Branch Of
Lake Com
From
Lighthouse
Switzerland
Is Just
Next Door !
Dale
View Of
Switzerland
From Volta
Lighthouse

 
 
Dale & Edo
Views Of Lake Como
From Top Of Volta Lighthouse
Village Of
San Maurizio
From Top Of
Lighthouse
Edo
Dale
Barry
Shot Taken
By Lighthouse
Keeper

 
 
Barry
Dale
Edo
Lighthouse
Keeper
Dale
Barry
Dale
A Little Park And Snackbar
By Volta Lighthouse
Edo Knew The Owner, Who Made Us
Some 'Piadina Romagnola',
a delicious flatbread sandwich!
Narrow
Streets
Coming Back
Down To
Brunate

 Edo Dropped Us Off In Brunate So That
We Could Ride The Funicolare Down To Como !
 

 
 
On The Road
To Cernobbio
View Of
Villa Geno
Barry
Cernobbio
Dale & Edo In Cernobbio

 
 
Dale & Edo
Delle Torre
Ristorante
Balcony
Gardens
Cernobbio
Driving North On SS340, The West Side
Of The Southwest Branch Of Lake Como
We're Heading As Far As Laglio

 Towns, Villas And Scenes Along SS340,
The State Road From Como To Laglio (and Beyond)
 

 
 
Home
Over The
Roadway
Metal Bridges
For Pedestrians
In Laglio.
George
Clooney
Didn't Meet
Us (His Loss)
Historical Como
Dale & Tiziana
Nino & Edo
Piazza
Mazzini
Edo's Old
Bachelor
Pad

 Visit To Historic Center Of Como,
Una Cittą Murata (Walled City)
 
Tiziana
Edo
Dale
Nino
Dale
Piazza
Fedele
Tiziana
Dale
Edo
Nino
Cafe
Edo
Dale
Barry
Tiziana
Piazza Duomo
Tiziana
Edo
Nino
Dale

 
 
Como's
Cathedral
Bell Tower,
Broletto
Porticos
(Ancient
Town Hall)
& The Cathedral
Dale Rubs
Headless Frog
For Luck
Tiziana
Nino & Edo
Dale & Barry
Ristorante In
The Hills Of
Cernobbio
Tiziana & Nino
Dale
Ristorante In
The Hills Of
Cernobbio

 Nightime View Of Como
From The Hillside Restaurant In Cernobbio
 
 
 

 Wednesday - 20 August
Our Last Full Day In Italy
Edo Drove Us 'Next Door' To Switzerland !!!
 
Alprose
Schokoland
A Chocolate
Factory &
Museum
Caslano, Switzerland
Edo & Dale
Gift Shops
Morcote
Lake Lugano
Barry
Huge Cheese
Morcotte
Lake Lugano
Dale & Edo
City Of
Lugano From
Campione
Dale & Barry
Campione, Italy
(Italian Enclave
Surrounded By
Switzerland)

 
 
Lake
Lugano
Switzerland
Bridge
Switzerland
Back In Como
Dale & Views From Inside The Duomo (Cathedral)

 
 
Dale & Barry
Relax At A Waterfront Cafe
Along The Lake Promenade
(Lungo Lario Or Lungo Lago)
Ducks
And
Dale
Dale
Buildings
Along The
Lungo Lario.
View Of
Brunate

 
 
Barry
Lungo Lario Trieste
Dale & Barry
Pretty Buildings Along The
Lungo Lario Trieste

 
 
Dale
'Our' Cafe
On The Shaded Promenade
Dale
Train
Station
Right Across
From The
Waterfront Cafe
'The Last Dinner' In Como
We Walked From Edo's House
To 'Il Birrifico Di Como"
(Beer Brewery)
Barry & Edo Share A Wurst Platter

 
 
Fabrizio,
Edo &
Dale
Edo &
His Colleague
Fabrizio
Il Birrificio
Di Como
Via Pasquale Paoli
Fabrizio Drove
Us All Into
Como For One
Last Stroll!
The Cathedral
At Night!
The End !!
(But We'll Be Back )!!