Friday April 30, 2010

The good news from the night before the man who had a heart attack underwent surgery and was do ok and should be going home in 5 days.

The Greenway Trail has turned out to be a great means of walking for us to explore the little towns and get transportation to other places across the lake. The trail goes notheast and southwest from our hotel and takes you up steep walkways to avoid the near single lane streets. The picture at the top is a villa where one of the James Bond 007 movies was filmed. After walking up and down the hills for about 3 miles we decided to hop on the ferry boat and spend the rest of the day visiting and enjoying the sites of Bellagio, Varenna and Menaggio. For just 11.00 euro a piece we could ride the ferry all day and stop at the towns, do some shopping (buying nothing) eating and drinking. The towns were all very unique some more full of stuff than others and some far more expensive than the next one. We had to double back a few times as our stop at Lenno is not a direct ride so we went back to Bellagio at least 3 times.

It seems this entire trip we have some how been at a place where there is a wedding. At our hotel a couple from Japan and 20 guests celebrated their wedding at the Villa del Balbianello. The Villa is just beautiful perched on a peninsula all by itself surrounded by lush green gardens.

We walked down the stone walkway to a small ristoranti and had a light dinner before calling it a day.