The Man in the Middle likes a good lake. He still sings the virtues of the Lake Ohrid trip to Macedonia. The weather helped, as did the price of a potential holiday home. Living the good life - with Elvis as a sailing buddy. He was therefore keen as mustard to sample the delights of Lake Como, when it was thrown into the equation as a possibility for our last day of the Milan trip. The driving rain of Monday and the snow of Sunday had gone and there were better prospects for the weather. It would have been pointless to head north to the lake expecting to see a view in the pouring rain. We were up early, checked out, bags stored and at Porto Garibaldi Station before 9. We interrogated our preferred ticket machine
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