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Posted on October 6, 2018

A view of Varenna from the water, as we take the ferry to Bellagio. (Varenna, Lombardy, Italy)

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Posted on October 6, 2018

Heather on this afternoon’s cruise around Lake Como. (Varenna, Lombardy, Italy)

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Posted on October 6, 2018

Front row seat! (Varenna, Lombardy, Italy)

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Posted on October 6, 2018

Yesterday at dinner, I ordered an antipasto of “polenta with fish from Lake Como.” The fish was served whole and our waitress was having a lot of fun watching me try to separate flesh from bones. “No. Eat it all! Even bones!” She got a good laugh out of that. ? (Varenna, Lombardy, Italy)

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Posted on October 5, 2018

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Florence anymore. (View from our room at Villa Varenna B&B.) (Varenna, Lombardy, Italy)

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Posted on October 5, 2018

Florence ? Varenna

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Posted on October 4, 2018

After we dropped Heather’s parents off at the hotel, Heather and I took the bus to Piazzale Michelangelo for a hilltop view of the Florence skyline. (Oltrarno, Tuscany, Italy)

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Posted on October 4, 2018

We finished our sightseeing in Florence at the Uffizi Gallery whose collection of paintings is just as impressive as the Accademia’s collection of sculpture. (Oltrarno, Tuscany, Italy)

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