Category Archives: Travel
Piove
Rain stopped play. Today was a bit lot of a washout. We never left Bellagio. We’ve overstayed, anyway, in a sense. Two nights here would have been plenty. On reflection, staying in Como would have placed us in a geographically … Continue reading
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My Ears Are Burning
Boneheads, indeed! Sarah was right, though. It took me a good hour and forty-five minutes to drive the sixty or so kilometres from Lenno to Bellagio. As Sarah said, I probably should have left the car on the western shore … Continue reading
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Men Are Boneheads
I’m sitting here in our very lovely hotel room in Bellagio with the children, but without Ian. Where is he, you ask? I’ll tell you. Lake Como is shaped like an upside down capital Y. Bellagio is at the point … Continue reading
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Bellagio
Here we are in the Italian region of Lombardy, more than 1,000 kilometres from home. 768 of those were covered yesterday, as we traversed the Netherlands and Germany, making it into Switzerland before nightfall. When the children’s bedtime was looming, … Continue reading
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The Road Beckons Once More
Sarah wants to go travelling again. Me, I could live without it this time. For one thing, Koninginnedag will be here in a couple of days. We were in Istanbul last year and missed it, so Eloïse doesn’t really have … Continue reading