Kristin and I woke up early in Milan and walked back to the train station to catch a small regional train to
a place called Como. Como is a
small town at the base of Lake Como, which stretches out beneath the huge
mountains of the area. We found a
place to stay through Air BnB that was advertised as an actual bed and
breakfast, rather than just a room in an apartment. When emailing with the woman, both Kristin and I got good
vibes. They offered to come pick
us up at the train station, which we gladly accepted, given our heavy bags.
After about 40 minutes on the
train, we walked through the train station and found Enza and her daughter, Stefania, waiting for us with a sign. They were super kind, gave us big hugs, and drove us
back to their house, about 6 miles away from the center of twon. Enza speaks Italian and French, and a
little bit of English, so I mostly translated for Kristin. We both told her that we wanted to learn some Italian, so
she some spoke to us in Italian as well.
Their house was so nice, and exactly what we were looking for. Quiet, relaxing, and stress free. When we arrived, Enza showed us her
peach tree and had us pick five or six peaches.
The peach tree
We sat in the garden eating some peaches when she brought us
a delicious salad with cheese, salami, olives, and radishes in it. We were so happy and surprised… we
found out that the image of Italians always wanting to feed you was very true
here at BnB Mimosa :) When we finished eating, they happily drive us back to
the center of town where Kristin and I wandered along the lake, window shopped,
and relaxed in some of the parks.
The views were gorgeous and we were both ecstatic to be in Como. Since it was quite warm out, the breeze off the lake was also really nice. We relaxed in some parks and enjoyed the views while drinking a glass of refreshing white wine.
Enjoying our wine
We also took a mountain “cable
car”/tram up to the top of one of the mountains where we again had amazing
views of the surrounding areas. We
could even see Switzerland! It was cooler at the top of this mountain, but we opted not to take the bus to the very top of the hill because it wasn't a very clear day and we didn't think we'd be able to see a ton more than what we could at this spot.
The view from the top!
As it has in every city we’ve been it, it rained in
Como later that afternoon. We tried distracted ourselves inside, escaping from the warm raindrops. We checked our the town's church, and some fun department stores that had lots of home decorations. Enza
graciously came down to pick us up early.
Back at the house, she fed us melon and prosciutto. It was right before dinner, but we
didn’t refuse. Even the weather seemed to apologize and welcomed us to Como :)
A rainbow!
We ate dinner at
the local restaurant. For our second night in Italy we tried pasta with
pomodoro sauce. They were super nice and also added zucchini. We both agree that we’venever had such fresh and delicious pasta. The sauce, which wasn't even really a sauce, was chopped up tomatoes, olive oil, and the perfect amount of salt and herbs. It was incredibly delicious.
Best pasta ever.
We then walked right across the street to the gelateria, where we bought some gelato and watched the France-Portugal game. The gelato was super good, we both tried Nutella this time. We had held off buying gelato, and it most definitely paid off. The base was almost a milk flavored gelato, but it was filled with scoops of nutella. The game was fun to watch, even though France lost. We were ore excited about the Italy game the next day!
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