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When you peruse the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, you will quickly notice that Italy has more than its fair share of places to visit.  Ou...

"Villa Balbianello is bathed in sunlight all day", sayeth Miss Bentley, a.k.a. Vanessa Redgrave in "A Month by the Lake"...

Buongiorno!  I'm taking a detour from the "photos from our trip" series and will highlight Villa Balbianello for a few days (n...

Good morning!  I hope you are enjoying this series.  This photo was taken from our balcony at Albergo Lenno (and I cannot recommend this h...

Good morning everyone and as promised, here is the counterpart to yesterday's photo.  This is directly across from Laglio, where George ...

More in the series.  As we drove from the southern part of the lake to our destination in Lenno, we paused for a few minutes above Laglio.  ...

OK, so I didn't post this the NEXT day.  The fact it was within 7 days is amazing given how much I've neglected my blog! This is t...

This is Salita Serbelloni, taken from the very tippy-top of the stairs, in Bellagio. Even if you haven't been to Bellagio, odds ar...

This is Villa Monastero, taken from Villa Cipressi.  It may be my favorite villa on Lake Como (although it is in stiff, stiff company for...

This was taken in a little hamlet called Loppia which is on the water not far from Bellagio (walk through Villa Melzi and keep going).  We h...

Good morning! I am picking through some random photos I took last summer.  This one was in Varenna, on Lake Como.  It was so very hot in J...

Once again it's New Year's Eve!  Where did this year take you?  Did you stick to your resolutions (even if it was to make no res...

A toast to Friday! Above:  from the Eremo Gaudio in Varenna, Lake Como. Below:  from the Vecchia Varenna in Varenna, Lake Como. ...

Ha, ha, ha. You know those bumper stickers that say "My Mercedes is in the shop" or "My other car is a Porsche..." Ha...

Hi everyone!  This is Varenna on Lake Como. I just got home from my first ever entry to a photo competition. I joined a photo club...