Lake Como is stunning. We arrived by train and were struck by the beauty of the mountains, towns and landscape around the lake. Definitely one of the most beautiful places I have seen. We stayed at a great (and updated) apartment in the town of Varenna, just across the lake from the more well-known Bellagio. Varenna was lovely, but a bit quiet for us. It was really difficult for us to find good vegan food here... All the nice restaurants didn't have any options, which sucked and was a bit pathetic. But anyway. We had a nice time strolling around and relaxing. The second day we took a ferry to Bellagio, a really pretty town with a lot of wealthy people walking around. We found an awesome enoteca and had some prosecco and a great salad and olives. Loved the place so much!
We found out the the trains were going on strike the day we had to travel back to Milan. So, we ended up leaving Lake Como a day early. But it worked out because we were honestly a bit bored there.
We got to Milan and saw their amazing Duomo and had some good vegan pasta with veggies. We also found a great happy hour place and drank lots of aperol spritz! It was a rainy night, but also quite nice. The highlight in Milan was the next morning when we got to see the world's largest collection of Leonardo da Vinci drawings. It was amazing. The collection was housed in the Ambrosia Gallery and Library, a building that was a work of art in itself. Wonderful!
One last thing in Italy... The best cup of espresso and fries so far. Plus... The best piece of bread of my life! It was like a mini baguette with olives baked into every bit of it. Like full olives... It was heavenly. From an amazing bakery in Milan. Yum. I want more!
Ciao Italy... it's been fun!
LAKE COMO PHOTOS
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