Lake Como and Lugano, Switzerland

Lake Como is indeed beautiful but pretty sleepy, which I guess is the attraction. We relaxed by the pool the first afternoon, had a great meal the first night and then decided we'd had enough relaxing. So we got in the car and drove to Switzerland, specifically north and west to stunning Lugano, about 30 minutes away.

The circling back to Lake Como and figuring we'd have lunch at Villa d'Este. Apparently the place was rented out for a couple of days for a private function and "we thought we'd stop for lunch" didn't cut it. Somehow, someone had left us off of the invite list.

So we headed back to Tremezzo...

... and lunch at the TPizza, the hotel's wood oven pizza resto by the pool. Would rather have eaten of Villa d'Este. But on the bright side, I no doubt save a few hundred euros on lunch.

For dinner we decided to drive 5 minutes north to Menaggio.

The lasagna looked better than it tasted at yet another TripAdvisor dud.

Although the after dinner gelato was excellent.