Another hot (33c) and glorious day Varenna. We thought it would be a good idea to take a long boat ride to keep cool and then tour the town that gave Lake Como its name, Como. The ferry ride is just over 2 hours as the boat stops at several of the lake towns along the way. But we enjoyed the ride, taking in the scenary, having a capaccino and enjoying the breeze that kept us nice and cool.
Como is located at the bottom of the east leg of Lake Como. The mountains have been reduced to high hills and Como lays in a valley at the end of the lake. As many of the towns and villages along Lake Como, Come was an important stop on the Roman road system between the north and sounth. We spent all of our time within the old town and were pleasantly surprised at how beautiful and well preserved it was. We even had time for shopping but amazingly, I was the only one who made any purchases.
We thoroughly enjoyed our short time in Como. We headed back on a faster ferry as we had made a reservation at a very popular waterfront restaurant in town to celebrate our last day in Lake Como. It was a very worthwhile decision. Rita had the local lake trout and I had the seabass and both were fabulous. We headed home to a wonderful hazy sunset and started packing for our long journey to Frankfurt, via Freiburg tomorrow.
Rita checking out the information on Como during our 2 hour ferry ride
One of the ferry stops was to the medieval hamlets of Coatesa and Riva di Castello which are joined together by the Romanesque bridge called Civera.
Rita walking down one of old town Como's narrow shopping streets which had laid down a pink carpet to help attract visitors
The Gothic 15th century facade of the cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore
The interior of the cathedral houses many works of art which we did not have a chance to see as Rita was asked to leave due to her bare shoulders. I quickly took this shot of the 17th century high alter before joining Rita outside
The "Broletto", a 13th century building is attached to the cathedral and the 19th century "Town Hall Tower" is attached to the "Broletto" and the three buildings are at the core of the main square the Piazza Cavour. 
Rita showing us, in her best Italian, the location of the hazy sunset from our deck .
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