Today we woke up bright and early at 7am, packed our bags, and prepared for our four hour marathon bus ride. Breakfast was the same as always, bread, bread and more bread!!!! We took our last look at the beach and piled our bags and ourselves onto the bus.
Our driver, Antonio, told us that he'd been driving since 4am this morning and needed to take a break an hour into the journey. After stocking up on Red Bull and croissants, we took to the road again. We finally arrived in Bellagio at 1.30pm, and looked down at the beautiful Lake Como that lay before us.
For the two hours of free time we had in Bellagio, time was spent hunting for food and a working ATM. Food was easy to find but the ATM was a bit harder to locate, and impossible to work. Unfortunately, due to the rain, the scenery was not as spectacular as it could have been. The town itself was very beautiful to look at with interesting architecture and many curious alleys to walk up, down and around.
After some lunch and and a walk about the village in the rain, we waited for the bus to return. The bus finally arrived at 3.30 and we boarded for our final hour and a half ride to Milan.
We passed through numerous valleys and mountains on our way as our skilful bus driver zig-zagged up the mountain ,with some of the boys getting as much sleep as they could. We arrived in Milan around 5.30 and settled into our hotel. We enjoyed some free time to check out the nearby shops (in particular an international food shop with Milo in a can?!), followed by dinner at a local restaurant, where we enjoyed minestrone, a lamb stew and an interesting dessert, a large apple for each of us.
Lake Como T-team
Jacob, Campbell and Dom.
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