The little villages clinging to the steep lake side are very picturesque. We spent a lovely, lazy morning slow boating it up the lake from Como trying to spot George.
George who you may ask?
Well George Clooney has a house in the area apparently but it was probably a bit chilly for pleasure boating so our chances of spotting George on the lake were probably a little thin so we opted to follow in the foot steps of a different George. George Lucas.
Lake Como played the role of the lake country on the planet Naboo in Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones. We hopped off the boat at Lenno to visit Villa del Balbianello.
Even without the galactic connection the villa was well worth the visit as the gardens were beautiful and amazingly well looked after. I really couldn't guess how they trimmed the tops of the trees.
We spent the afternoon wandering the narrow alleyways and market in Como before enjoying some local cuisine. As suggested by just about every guide book we opted for more local dishes such as Risotto and Pasta rather than Pizza as Pizza is a southern dish. We still avoided all of the meaty slabs that the waiter was hoping that we would try. The other thing that we have noticed does not go down well is our aversion to wine with our meal and our preference to only order one course rather than the four that all the other tables seem to splurge on. I can only imagine that the waiter has not seen me blown up like a ballon after I have tried to eat two rich, cheesy, creamy, pastary plates followed by a dairy laden dessert.
Our, very enjoyable, hotel was amazingly well placed for more geek points on the Piazza Volta, named after the Italian scientist, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta who was born in the area. Volta invented the first electric battery in 1799.
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