Wednesday, a good day for a trip to Lake Como

I arrived in Como at about 10 am and surprisingly, the sun was shining! I was thrilled because I knew I’d have some good pictures because of the light. I got into town and did some shopping for sunglasses and then had a quick caffe and brioche and headed towards the Lake.

I decided to take the Funicolare to the town at the top of the mountain – Brunate. It was a lot of fun going up the mountain in the Funicolare and I had a great view. The ride was too short! Once I got up to the top, I took some pictures and could even see the Alps! It was a gorgeous, clear day!

I started to hike back down the mountain, but the road I was on was very narrow and I kept having to squish against the walls when cars would come so when I saw a sign that said “Pedonale e Como” I decided that a foot trail seemed like a good idea. At first the trail seemed like the road that I had been on, except no cars – great! Well, it soon became a very narrow, rocky trail and I realized that I was going to be hiking through the woods.  At first it was nice, I was just taking in the scenery, enjoying the quiet, but then I started thinking that there could be shady characters lurking in the woods wanting to take advantage of tourists like me and I started to think that this wasn’t such a good idea. Then I heard wolves off in the distance and I thought – this really isn’t smart. There could be bears or coyotes out here as well, and I don’t have anything to protect myself with. After I had sufficiently freaked myself out, I fell down on the rocky trail. I skinned up my shin pretty badly and it swelled up.

After that, I really didn’t care much about the scenery, I was on a mission to just get down the hill. I got down in about 1 ½ hours and then decided that I deserved a nice lunch after all that cardio.

I found a ristorante overlooking Lake Como and had asparagus ravioli and tiramisu. It was fabulous! I walked around the lake some more and then decided to head home to show J my bruises. What a day!