Donna and Jack's European Vacation Montenegro to Milan

We spent the day getting on and off the ferry at stops along Lake Como. It was a very nice way to spend the day. We left on the first ferry at 10:30 and arrived back in Argegno at 5:50. We visited Bellagio, Varenna, and Menaggio. Bellagio is probably the most popular city on Lake Como and it was lovely. After hearing so much about it, I think we might have been expecting more. It was the most polished of the places we visited and it had lovely shops. Prices seemed a bit higher than some of our other stops over the past couple of months and it was pretty crowded. We enjoyed our visit and moved on to Varenna. This was probably our favorite stop today. It's a pretty town with lots of flowers and character.  We had lunch in Varenna and we each enjoyed pasta while overlooking the harbor. A side note about restrooms. We needed to duck under a chain they set up to keep out non-customers from using the restrooms. The restrooms offered squatty potties, which means they do not have toilet se...

 As I'm writing this in Lake Como, we have our balcony doors open and we can hear the conversations taking place below our room, all in Italian.  Out hotel has a restaurant on the ground floor. We also hear the church bells in the distance. There is some traffic noise mixed in but that is minimal at this time. The hotel is in the middle of Argegno which is a small village on the west side of Lake Como. We are about 25 minutes north of Como. This area is off the tourist track but conveniently located across the street from the ferry station. It isn't a fancy place but with that it isn't overrun with tourists. We definitely feel like we are in an Italian village which is fun.  We loved staying in Lake Garda but moved on this morning to Lake Como. We attempted a stop along the way in Bergamo for lunch. The northern part of town looked amazing but we didn't make it that far. We planned on stopping for lunch but we couldn't find parking, got frustrated, and got back on t...