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While my wife was here, we visited many of the little towns around the lake by Moto and by Ferry; frankly, the ferries were much more fun.
There was a car show in Bellano
We took a ride to the Mediterranean to meet up with my friends from Switzerland...Italy's Autostrada has tolls, but still pretty quick.
Back in Varenna, we strolled down to a restaurant we passed several times, but had not yet tried, just up from the train station with an outdoor area high above the lake: Ristorante La Veranda Dei Pescatori. In addition to a great view, they offer a shuttle service back up the hill to Perledo in a cute little 3-wheeler that we thought might be a fun cap to my wife's stay.
See the little white car in the background? A Fiat 500, that's a Harley next to it, and to the right, out of the picture, is a restored Vespa. Clearly, there's a petrolhead about...
We chat with Davide about a ride back to Perledo, and I ask who owns the Harley: he does. An immediate conversation about motorcycles ensues. Davide wants to buy another Harley in the US, ride around for about a month, then ship it back. I provide him Stefan's Heidelberg information, and it turns out that Davide's wife is from Heidelberg. He's also the owner of the Fiat 500, and the Vespa, both of which he restored, the 500 twice. He immediately says, "We will take the Cinquecento up the hill and get a coffee!" Hell, yeah!
There was a car show in Bellano
We took a ride to the Mediterranean to meet up with my friends from Switzerland...Italy's Autostrada has tolls, but still pretty quick.
Back in Varenna, we strolled down to a restaurant we passed several times, but had not yet tried, just up from the train station with an outdoor area high above the lake: Ristorante La Veranda Dei Pescatori. In addition to a great view, they offer a shuttle service back up the hill to Perledo in a cute little 3-wheeler that we thought might be a fun cap to my wife's stay.
See the little white car in the background? A Fiat 500, that's a Harley next to it, and to the right, out of the picture, is a restored Vespa. Clearly, there's a petrolhead about...
We chat with Davide about a ride back to Perledo, and I ask who owns the Harley: he does. An immediate conversation about motorcycles ensues. Davide wants to buy another Harley in the US, ride around for about a month, then ship it back. I provide him Stefan's Heidelberg information, and it turns out that Davide's wife is from Heidelberg. He's also the owner of the Fiat 500, and the Vespa, both of which he restored, the 500 twice. He immediately says, "We will take the Cinquecento up the hill and get a coffee!" Hell, yeah!