On Saturday we checked out of the Miramonti and began our drive to Bellagio. It was a beautiful day, and the sun on the mountains made them gleam against the blue sky. We passed through many villages, each one with similar architecture of red tile roofs on multi-storied houses, some pastel colors, some white, a very narrow road with stores and residences only a few feet off the road, balconies with hanging geraniums leaning over the street, people eating at little cafes, and cars zooming through the villages at breakneck speeds.
Our drive took us over hills planted with grapes and corn, through valleys with little streams that ran alongside the road, and finally into the mountains. We stopped and bought groceries at Lecco on the southern end of Lake Como and then found the autostrada which took us very quickly north, mostly in tunnels, to our destination Varenna. From there we found the ferry to Bellagio and arrived almost at exactly the time we told our landlord we'd be at the house in San Giovanni, a small town just one mile north of Bellagio.
We unloaded the car, put our gear away in closets, got the groceries out and made antipasti and sat out in the garden for quite some time just enjoying the beautiful sunshine and cool air. Darkness found us making our plans for investigating the town of Bellagio the next day.
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