Book + Lake = Heaven (plus a little gelato)

OOPS! We need to backtrack a bit to yesterday.  You can see why leaving here is difficult--so beautiful.  The late afternoon scenes on the lake and then another wonderful dinner.

Here's a some shot of the mountains as thing cleared a bit, especially showing the ridges as they run into the lake

Here's Ty, the chef,  telling us about the dinner last night...  It was so yummy..ending with a chocolate and plum strudel....

NOW ON TO TODAY:....Steve took his usual trek up the mountain to the Chiasa del St. Martins.  As you can see that, on the lake, there is no shortage of beautiful villa's.  Elva can't help by daydream of somehow living here in one of these gorgeous villas....

and another of which one just gets peaks from the street

you can see the grounds of this 'castle on the left upper middle of this picture from the trail as Steve goes up the mountain.

And this morning rewarded with a view that shows the depth of the mountains around Lago Como

Most of the rest of the day we relaxing and reading on the lovely lake patio...