We took a long, slow ferry ride from Urio, just south of Laglio (our villa), to Varenna, across the lake from Bellagio and spent the middle of the day in Varenna. We stopped at every small village on either side of our fork of the lake to drop off, pick up passengers. The coastline was beautiful and the small villages looked tranquil.
We had a nice lunch on the lake at Varenna Caffe Bistrot and watched a family of swans and a family of coots on the edge of the lake. Shopping was simple and we went up and down small alleyways. Charlie and I roamed through the gardens at a villa turned hotel.
The last boat for Urio left at 4:40 and we began our return trip–5 hours traveling and 2 hours visiting. Since we arrived at Urio at 6:30 we decided to eat there. First we had a bottle of Amarone red wine at an Enoteca–it was so good, we bought 6 more bottles to take home–then we ate dinner at AcquaDolce. Dinner was excellent…the servers were attentive and pleasant…we had an “amuse bouche” to start our meal…all of the restaurant walls were made of glass so our view of the lake was amazing…and the food was excellent.
It was a good day!
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