Ranzanico, Iseo and Como

We drove from Garda to Ranzanico - a tiny village on a small lake near the larger Lake Iseo.


We took a ferry out to the island in the middle of lake iseo. We spent the afternoon hiking around.

The island is so small that no cars are allowed. Everyone's got a scooter. We should have taken a hint an realized that even the locals don't walk around the island in the middle of the hottest summer in years.

It was a long, hot hike. I distracted myself with all of the bugs and plants.
I have 24 more bug and plant pictures if you'd care to see.

Can you see the sweat literally dripping off of our faces. That's right you can't. I photoshopped it out.

I was feeling rather skeptical about Eric's navigational skills. Soon after this we found ourselves wandering through the forest without a clue as to where the path was.

We finally found a sign. After 1 large black snake, several blackberry bush entanglements and 57 mosquito bites later.

eric is so proud of his navigational skills.

The fabulous Lake Como. Well, it's beautiful and all but.... not my fave. Don't tell George Clooney.

Took a ferry ride to the town of Bellagio. Yes, the famed hotel is not named after an Italian hotel but a town. Who knew?

Lunch with allllllll the other american tourists.


Once again, the option of flicking through 60 random, not-good-enough-for-a-blog pictures