Relaxing in the Rain At Lake Como

With Dale’s birthday over we had 2 days to spend before attending the opera in Verona. I’d found that Lake Como was not far from Maranello and Verona and found a hotel near the city center and the lake.

Our friend Dieter wanted to drive all of us, so we packed our bags into his car, we squeezed in and off we went to the lake. It was raining but the rain let up enough for us to go into the old part of town. We walked along the lake before finding dinner.

We found a little restaurant that had good options and opted to eat outside. Wouldn’t you know, while we were eating and visiting, a thunderstorm hit with winds. Rain was pouring down and blowing on us. We opted quickly to move our dinner inside. It was cozy warm and easy to watch the storm carrying on from our 2^nd floor perch.

The following day, Dieter and Inge wanted to do some other things, and we were unsure of what we wanted to do, so we went our separate ways until dinner. We got our rain jackets on and went out walking when the rain started again. Ducking into a little café we ate a sweet and had coffee, hoping that the rain would let up.

We found that our 30+ years old rain jackets were not rain jackets any longer, rather leaky jackets. Fortunately, they are Patagonia so we will send them back for new ones.

The sun came out finally and we quickly walked to the funicular. We were able to catch the next one within minutes. At the top of the mountain, we were treated to a wonderful view of the lake and surrounding area. There is a restaurant at the top along the edge with windows along the side where we got a limoncello for me and a beer for Dale while enjoying the view.