Saturday 11th June. Milan, Italy. I am enjoying some coffee (these Italian really know what they do) with two of my friends in a terrace in Brera’s neighbourhood. In a couple of minutes, the sky gets white and then black… It starts raining and we are glad we are covered by a canopy, but our protection is not enough for what is coming: Hail. For around 15 minutes, Milan streets get covered by hail (Some of it, with a quite significant size), and the people on the streets cannot hide their surprise of such a strange event.
Milano was okay, but the daytrip to the Lago di Como was gorgeus. You can reach the Lago di Como from Milano in less than an hour and for around 3 euros. Quite fast, cheap… and worth it!
First thing I did when I arrived there, was taking a boat that goes all the way up the lake till Bellagio. Great views from the boat, with high mountains surrounding it and with small towns spread on them.
Lago di Como is well known because Mr.Clooney (George) owns a Villa there… I don’t know which one, but there are lots of nice (and extremely expensive) places to live in… althought the weather seems not to be too fine. I enjoyed some clouds which added an extra of humidity and decreased the temperature a couple of degrees. It seems it is quite common on that area, as in Milano.
The boat ended in Bellagio, where apart from repairing my broken glasses (I almost lose one of the glasses!), I enjoyed a delicious pizza and a small cute town. It is said to be the most beautiful one around the Lake, and in fact, it has inspired some of the most famous casinos in Macao, and of course in Las Vegas (you probably remember them from the Ocean’s Eleven saga).
Just two hours later, I was back on the boat, with some time to take a look to Como and its cathedral, and take the train back to Milano.
More pictures from Lago di Como in this slideshow.