Day 21-22 – Lake Como Stay

We stayed in the beautiful Lake Como for two nights, unfortunately it rained the whole time so we didn’t get to enjoy it in all its glory.

Sights of the stay

Lake Como really is a stunning area, it’s a place we definitely want to come back to and wish we had more nights there. We were staying in Menaggio and so we explored around the town, we also explored the neighbour towns Varenna and Bellagio via ferry. They were all amazing and were worth exploring in spite of the rain. There was a fog over the Lake while we were there but as we were leaving it lifted and we got to see a bit more. Lake Como combines the beauty of Swiss snow capped mountains (very close by- a lot of people live around the lake and drive to Switzerland for work each day) and Italian colourful houses and landscape.

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Kirsten receives cooking masterclass

The rain didn’t ruin the stay as it enabled us to spend some more time with our hosts Antonietta and Andrea. They were so friendly and had us into their home for dinner both nights we were there. Kirsten received an Italian cooking masterclass from Antonietta, Kirsten mastered Risotto and Lasagna (from scratch including making the pasta) during our stay. Antonietta also whipped up some ‘typical’ Italian entrees which were awesome (lots eggplant, cheese, croquettes and bread). We loved spending time with our hosts and felt we got a very authentic Italian experience. Andrea whipped out the Italian- English dictionary many times throughout our meals and we had lots of laughs together.

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Living with George Clooney

We were excited to find out that we were living in the same region as George Clooney. He has a villa nearby and his favourite golf course was only 800m from where we were staying. Antonietta bragged about seeing George twice over the last few years (on his Harley Davidson). We searched and searched for him but unfortunately there were no sightings of Mr. Clooney. See below a drawing of George’s house by a talented local.