There was a planned metro strike scheduled for 8.45am to 3pm today, and again from 6pm onwards. With this in mind, I planned a day trip to Lake Como to avoid the strike action. My plan was to take the 7.45am train to Como, explore the town, then take the public ferry to Bellagio (journey time two hours), explore Bellagio, then take a short ferry to Varenna and get back to Milan between 3pm and 6pm.
Unfortunately, my day didn’t go as planned. When I arrived at Como San Giovanni station, I walked 20 minutes to the ferry terminal and noted en route that it was windy. When I got to the lake, I saw that the water was choppy and I wondered if the ferries were running. As it turned out, all ferries had been canceled that day. Yikes.
I decided to simply enjoy my time exploring Como itself. I walked northwest along the lakefront and enjoyed the beautiful scenery, eventually ending up at Villa Olmo, an old villa which was now a public park. There, the lakeside walkway ended, so I returned to Como with a pit stop at Tempio Voltiano (see next entry) before exploring the town itself.Read more
March 27 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C