Up
at 03:45, leave the house at 04:15, we meet up with Carol & Giuseppe in
Departures at EMA at 05:00, check in and proceed through to Departures for a breakfast
before boarding our flight to Milan. Suzie reads while us 3 sleep.
Transfer is
by a very comfortable minibus to the Hotel Grand Britannia Excelsior at Cadenabbia on the
shores of Lake Como. We check in, have lunch, then go for a walk. We end up in
Menaggio and wander round exploring. After an ice cream cornet in the square and cola/lager in the Hotel du Lac we dodge a shower and catch the shuttle "train" back
to the hotel. After a nap we go down for a drink in the bar followed by dinner.
Earlier we'd seen bags indicating a large number of departures but as we go
down to and come out of dinner reception has a massive queue. And the rain has
blown in, hard and heavy. So we sit around chatting and drinking, take a walk
to their lido and back (during a short lull in the rain) as there is nothing
happening there. But sitting in the bar down in the basement is just unbearably
hot so we find a spot off reception with some vacant armchairs to relax in for
a chat before tuning in for the night at the end of a long day in which we have
flown, driven and walked miles.
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