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

Posted on October 6, 2018

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

Posted on October 6, 2018

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Front row seat! (Varenna, Lombardy, Italy)

Posted on October 6, 2018

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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)

Posted on October 6, 2018

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

Posted on October 5, 2018

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Florence ? Varenna

Posted on October 5, 2018

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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)

Posted on October 4, 2018

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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)

Posted on October 4, 2018

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