Blogs from Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy, Europe - page 2

I'm new to this. I love the Lake Como area of Italy. My favorite restaurants range from very casual to chic and expensive. If you're in the area, you must try Da Rosa in Capiago Intimiano. Wonderful everything but their specialty is seafood. We love Valverde, near Maslianico for pizza and the best Branzino al Sale on Lake Como. For Lombardian cuisine in a delightful family atmosphere try Trattoria Faggiano in Moltrasio. On a sunny day, nothing is more delicious and fun than going to the Locanda dell' Isola Comacina. This is our guests' favorite day out. I hope this helps. Jim Cantwell Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italy... read more

Ciao all! Well, after an exciting tour of Andalucía my parents and I made the flight from Málaga to Milan, well, some may call it a flight, it was more of a super nap at a very high altitude for me; I think I was awake maybe 5 minutes and was awoken by my head being smashed into the seat in front of me on landing. A rough landing well worth it to see Chiara waiting for us in the terminal. From the very start Chiara’s Dad, Emilio, and my Dad had a bond. They would spend the next four days talking about…um…things. We just sort of let them be talking out on the patio. The days usually followed this pattern: Wake up, breakfast, Dad and Emilio have a deep cultural chat, lunch, Dad and Emilio ... read more

Leaving our lovely little spot it was time for a serious drive over another mountain pass as a short cut to Lake Como. Winding up a narrow road for about 45 minutes we found the turn off and headed up the seemingly good large yellow road. Winding up higher and higher we got above the snow line and found the bob sled run, just around the corner there was sign that said CLOSED, bugger, the gate was not down so we though that maybe they had just forgotten to take the closed sign down. Deciding to have lunch and think about it and 4 wheel drive came down so I flagged em down, they told me in no uncertain terms that yes the road was in fact closed and looked at me as though I was ... read more

HE SAID... We arose very early (6am) for a 7.45am train to Milan. We arrived around 10am and had a short orientation walk before heading up to the roof of the Duomo. It was a fantastic view of Milan’s sprawling cityscape, and the feat of engineering required to build the cathedral was mesmerising (although I continued to ponder the cost in human lives that was spent constructing such colossal monuments). We wandered around the city, stopped for a coffee and then met Michael, Milroy and the kids (Ren’s cousins) in front of the Duomo at 2pm for lunch. The sun finally struggled out from behind the rain clouds and started burning down on top of us, so my scarf had to double as a headpiece (which changed my appearance entirely - I now looked like a ... read more

Lake Como: 10th - 14th May 2009 Like so many of our choices during this trip, we're here to test the hype. Lake Como was reputed to be romantic, idyllic, perfect...how could we resist? Our first mistake was not organizing with George Clooney to stay at his place. According to the residents, he got it right: his own villa overlooking the lake with several adjacent villas for guests. Instead, we found a 3(ish) star hotel for a few days. Now, I'll stop here and confess that, back in the days when Raymes and I were choosing between 4 stars and 5 stars, there wasn't much to laugh about: Kelvin at the Four Seasons in Langkawi got my g&t's just right (NB: not too much tonic is the secret); and Nunu, our driver in Lisbon, was so ... read more