Posts

Showing posts from April, 2015

Lake Como, The Bernina Express and Torino

Image
(Varenna's central plaza with 16th century church on the back ground) (12th century remains of an abbey in the village of Varenna) (Varenna view from the ferry) Back in Amsterdam I am getting used again to the Amsterdam lifestyle, meaning: a lot of walking around the city with occasional stops at a terrace drinking a beer, while people watching; daily shopping for food; living the "fishbowl lifestyle", meaning never closing the drapes. I am gradually getting to that stage, that writing a blog about our Italy trip has a more reflective tone. It feels more like story telling. (3 views of the town streets) A one hour train trip brought us to Varenna, where the weather was overcast and windy. Not the ideal weather to enjoy a beautiful lake, that shines when basking in sunshine, but under cloudy skies it looks and feels cold and doom-like, if there is such a word. (On the day we left the weather cleared, views from our hotel room verandah) We tried to sit on our verandah for a