Milan and the Italian Lakes

We enjoyed a beautiful weekend in Italy. The first two days were spent in Milan. We shopped (though Matt may have subconsciously planned the trip for days when most shoe/purse stores were closed), ate gelato (several times), roamed castle grounds, found a festival (as usual), rode the metro (Eli's favorite), and climbed with the spires on top of one of the largest churches in the world!

On Monday, we took the real Choo-choo train to the town of Varenna on Lake Como. This quiet village was even quieter on this winter day. But the scenery was magnificent. We strolled the foothills of the same mountains that were visible from the top of Il Duomo in Milan just a day earlier. We could see the Swiss border not far to the northwest. We enjoyed a nice lunch with yet more Italian wine, played on another Italian spielplatz, climbed some steep lakeside pathways, and just watched the water traffic from the harbor. After the relaxing day, it was another trainride to Bergamo and the flight home.





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