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Gravedona – Touring the towns of Lake Como

Gravedona

Our mountain rustico, although 1150m up from Lake Como, is officially in the commune of Gravedona ed Uniti.  Therefore this makes Gravedona our “local” town (it takes 30 minutes to drive down the mountain to get there, but hey). As… Continue Reading…


One day in San Marino

San Marino is a country and we were passing right by it!  Er, then a stop was a no-brainer..  Clark knew about the country because of its football team…the one everyone wants in their qualifying group (I get the impression… Continue Reading…


Valtellina Valley – vines and wines

Grumello castle - Valtellina

Why did we chose the Valtellina valley?  It may have become obvious from previous posts, but we like our food and also the pleasure of a glass of wine.  When we first visited the Northern end of Lake Como we… Continue Reading…


Marche – A week of Medieval marvels

Grottammare Marche

We’ve been house (and cat) sitting in the area of Marche in Italy.  I had to look it up as this is a new one on me, I mean Tuscany, Umbria. Lombardy…I’ve heard of all of these, but Marche?  Quick… Continue Reading…


Domaso – Touring the towns of Lake Como

Domaso

Domaso on Lake Como is one of the places we visit regularly.  The beautiful harbor, a good choice of eating places, a bike shop and great gelateria are the things that keep us coming back. This time though, we wondered… Continue Reading…


Sorico and Gera Lario – Touring the towns of Lake Como

We’re exploring the Lakeside towns of Como starting with Sorico and Gera Lario, both towns that we drive past on a regular basis.  We’ve decided to park the car and wander the streets of each town to see what we… Continue Reading…


Living off-grid

living off-grid

Where are we? We have managed to get to Italy and are living off-grid in our little ‘rustico’.  Our house is 1100m up a mountain in the pre-alps and our nearest neighbour a good ten-minute walk away; this is what… Continue Reading…


Pleasantly surprised in ‘Piemonte’

We went to Piemonte (Piedmont) because we wanted to visit the wine region where Barolo is made.  What we knew before we went was that Barolo is made from 100% Nebbiolo grapes and is known as one of the best (and most… Continue Reading…


A week of things to do on Lake Como west.

Previous Next My parents celebrated their 50th anniversary a few weeks ago (well done Mum and Dad!) so, as they were coming to visit us on Lake Como to celebrate their half century I thought a good gift would be a… Continue Reading…