Dear Voyeurs,
Down the road from where we were based at Tremezzo is one of the few grand villas that are open to the public. Naturally, we headed inside to see how the other half lived. It's called Villa Carlotta, named , not after the Sydney Drag Queen, but some obscure Princess, who married an even more obscure European prince. Her mother brought it for them as a wedding present!!!!! Sadly, they only visited it a few times in the four years because of pregnancies and his alleged work duties in Milan and she was dead by the age of twenty three. Kaz, to borrow your saying " Reason Number 367 for not having children"!!!!
This place is stunning. The gardens are spectacular with mature camellias, rhododendgrens and azalea hedges that would be astounding to see in spring, lemon grove walkways, and beds of and incredible array of annuals and perennials. The house itself is not shabby either with grand rooms and hallways that one could easily host an indoor soccer game comfortably.
After there we headed to lunch at Varenna, a lovely hamlet where we sat waterside for lunch. Now, Lake Como has 146 kilometers of shore line, many of it remote with no nearby houses, townships or any development at all. So if you were after a discreet place to ditch the cossie and sun yourself in the buff, there are no shortages of options available to you.
But no. Why do that, when you can anchor your very cool and sleek motorboat a few meters from the shore, facing a bustling outdoor restaurant and get your gear off whilst people eat their lunch and alterrnatively pretend not to notice or laugh quietly at the posturing and poncing about by the two quincies on board!! I can tell you that the boat was a decent size!
After Varenna we headed back to Bellagio to soak up the sun in the beautiful lakeside gardens they have there. Lake Como had worked it's magic and we were truly relaxed. We finished the day with an Aperol spritz (Aperol, Prosecco and Sparkling Mineral water) and watched as a bride was collected by sleek boat bedecked in white roses and transported to her ceremony across the lake.
Back to our hotel, where we enjoyed another exemplary dinner again. We will hate to leave here but it's off to Venice via Milan and an easy train trip.
Keep up the sunscreen
Kelly & Siobhan xx
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