The first picture is a view outside of our window at the Hotel Dino at Lake Maggiore. We started the day early with a boat ride on Lake Maggiore to go to one of the small islands on the lake that has a palace and gardens that belongs to the Borremeo family, the same family that St. Charles Borremeo comes family. The wealth has been in the family for years and although their coat of arms contains the word "Humility" there was opulence in every one of the 22 rooms of the palace as well as the step gardens that were behind it.
We then came back to the hotel to board a bus that would take us to Lake Como, the home of the infamous George Clooney. I kept looking for him, but he was no where to be found. We took a boat ride to see some of villas, but his villa on the lake was beyond the point where we were going. However, George is a motorcycle enthusiast and after we had a bite to eat in the town of Como, we headed to Lake Lugano which is just over the Italian border in Switzerland. To our surprise, there was a giant gathering of the Pan-European Harley Davidson Motorcylists. Maybe my friend George was here, but all I saw in abundance was black leather, booze and body piercings and tatoos as well as tons of traffic. So we did not get to do the shopping we had antipated. I only had the time to be able to pick up a bar of swiss chocolate and then head back to the hotel minus a George Clooney sighting!!
Tomorow off to Pisa and Florence.
We then came back to the hotel to board a bus that would take us to Lake Como, the home of the infamous George Clooney. I kept looking for him, but he was no where to be found. We took a boat ride to see some of villas, but his villa on the lake was beyond the point where we were going. However, George is a motorcycle enthusiast and after we had a bite to eat in the town of Como, we headed to Lake Lugano which is just over the Italian border in Switzerland. To our surprise, there was a giant gathering of the Pan-European Harley Davidson Motorcylists. Maybe my friend George was here, but all I saw in abundance was black leather, booze and body piercings and tatoos as well as tons of traffic. So we did not get to do the shopping we had antipated. I only had the time to be able to pick up a bar of swiss chocolate and then head back to the hotel minus a George Clooney sighting!!
Tomorow off to Pisa and Florence.
Hey Glor, Don't the Italians take off for the whole month of August? I think they call it Ferragosto. Hope you're back by then. How does the country function if nobody is working?
ReplyDeleteMaybe like our Federal government.........
Fred