Hello,
Some of you may have seen my other threads on here from Barcelona and Paris. I just spent a week in Lake Como and Venice and wanted to share the links to my blog with everyone. There are only two posts now, but there will be more. I'm not posting any text here because it's mostly photos.
http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...lake-como.html
http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...illas-x-2.html

Enjoy!

Lovely!

I was in the Lake Como area on Saturday (Varenna and Bellagio), and oh - did it rain! But still, very lovely towns. Your images are great; thanks for posting them!

I love your photos. I enjoy looking for the perfect shots too. Keep posting!

Thanks!

And more - the town of Como and the funicular up to Brunate: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...t-heights.html

Great photos. We leave for Milan tomorrow and will be staying in Bellagio the first part of next week - can't wait! Thanks for posting these - they are absolutely gorgeous.

Hope to make it to this area one day. Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures.

Sharbear84

What blogger system do you use? I can't seem to find it.

I loved Bellagio, my daughter and I walked up and down through the boutiques. I still regret not buying a beautiful pair or jeweled sandals I saw on a window right behind the restaurant by the pier

John- We were in Milan too for a day, before Lake Como. Not sure why I didn't post about it first, probably because I don't have a lot of photos! Thanks for the kind words.

I'm working on a post about all the amazing food we ate, in case you're interested in some recs while you're in Bellagio.

Pooky - I use Google Blogger...I'm not very tech savvy and it was the easiest one for me..

We are for sure interested in your food posts and your recommendations. This is our first trip to Milan and Lake Como so anything you can share would be appreciated. We are also going to Venice (we've been once before about 11 years ago) so I'm looking forward to your Venice report too.

Here's the Bellagio food one: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...pesce-and.html

sharbear84, I also have the blogger and I was able to see the setting now. I haven't touched in a couple of years.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Venice one. My kids and I will be in Venice the second week of June. I can't believe we have only 4 weeks to go, time to start packing!!

Oh my!!! The food looks fantastic. Thanks for posting - we will have to try a couple of these restaurants next week - they look great. It seems exactly like you said - each one better than the other - going to be some tough choices - but heck - someone has to do it, right? Very interesting about your chef/chauffeur - sounds like you had a really good time.

Glad I could be helpful! You will have a wonderful time! I hope you report back to us on Fodors.

Great pictures! We'll be in Bellagio in late September/early October and really looking forward to it. Staying at the Metropole for 3 nights. Your Paris photos also very nice - we had lunch at Taillevant in 2008 - a great experience!

Thank you for sharing those photos! They are beautiful! We're actually deciding our summer travel plans and Lake Como is a place we're considering. I am wondering . . . Did it live up to the hype? Was it really so wonderful, like you know why George Clooney chooses to live there of all places? I would love to hear an opinion. Also, what was your favorite experience?? Thank you!

I do think it lived up to the hype! Not to sound obnoxious, but I've been to a lot of beautiful places, but this was right up there, and when you add in the wonderful food, great shopping, friendly people...I would definitely return, and since I'm someone who likes to go to new places, that's saying a lot. I would like to return and see it in the sun of course!

And some photos of Venice: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...oto-essay.html

Bellagio is gorgeous, we stayed across the lake in Cadenabbia.


I would also recommend going for a day to Como, I was surprised on how nice and how beautiful its Cathedral is.

I believe Como is overlooked and underestimated, I would go back there in a second. My daughter and I took the bus from Cadenabbia several times to go to all the towns and one rainy day we spent it strolling in in Como.

pookymimi, how did you find staying in Cadenabbia? How were the busses when you went off to the towns? And how did you get there in the first place, bus or boat?
Never been there before, and we are going in Sept.