June 11, 2011: our last day
Today started with the toughest wake-up of the trip. One more day in Italy? What am I gonna do without gelato, lasagna, pizza... and how can I ever get myself to eat previously frozen pasta again? We all reluctantly woke up (kind of, we were never fully awake in the mornings), had breakfast, and took a short bus ride to beautiful Lake Como, the deepest lake in Europe! The town of Como was less touristy and more cultured, a perfect way to go out in Italy. It was set on the southeast end of Lake Como, across from gorgeous green mountains sprinkled with residential houses. Our plan was to take a 1 hr and 45 min boat ride to Bellagio to check out the scenery and marvel at some more mountains, but a huge afternoon thunderstorm derailed our plans, so we just decided to drink wine on a covered patio on the lake. Not bad, besides the part where the not-so-modern sewage system overflowed onto the street. I'll spare you those pictures (yes I did take pictures of it) but here are some from our day in Como
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| Lake Como |
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| Some of the team |
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| Streets of Como |
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| Great pizza |
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| Our last gelato :( |
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| One of my favorites from the trip! |
After a wet day in Como, we jumped on the bus and headed back. Our last night at the hotel consisted of packing, lots of cheap wine, and a good dinner, with all intentions of going out with a bang. I would say we did pretty well.
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| Some of the girls with Pino our driver and Sara (to his left) our tour guide. They were so good to us, we were so lucky to have such gracious, awesome people to take us through Italy! |
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