We go to Lago di Como (Lake Como) a lot. We live less than an hour away and its a beautiful drive. Last weekend we went to Lecco on Lake Como. One of the reasons why we were excited to come to Italy was so that Andy wouldn’t have his two plus hour commute every day to get to and from work (Penn Yan to Ithaca). We now live literally 10 minutes away from where he works but if you catch the train crossing than its 20 minutes and I always catch the train! When we first found out that we were moving here I wanted to live in Lecco because it is on the lake but then he would have had a two plus hour commute again. Having a shorter commute was more important so we live in Biassono.

Lake Como is shaped like an upside-down Y. They say it looks like a man walking. Andy found these magnets in a store and changed one to look like Keuka Lake. Ha Ha! Lake Como even has a Nessi monster like Keuka too.

It’s fun to drive to one of these lake towns, eat lunch outside and walk around. Shopping in Lecco is like shopping in an outdoor mall. There were many stores to chose from and they were only a block from the lake.

The towns on Lake Como are connected by a ferry service. We are headed back to Lake Como on Wednesday to spend the day. We will probably start in Como and then take the ferry to Varenna and Bellagio. We found that parking is easiest in Varenna so sometimes we will put the car on the ferry to park it in Varenna and then hop back on the ferry to go somewhere else and come back to get the car later. Varenna and Bellagio are my favorite Lake Como towns. So far…