Today, we drove from Lago Maggiore through the corner of Switzerland and have ended up in Lago Como at a town called Menaggio. The weather is great... plenty of sun... high 20's in temperature. Our complaint today (there is always a complaint) draws attention to the terrible air quality... just as bad as Greece. Three or four consecutive days of sunshine seems to be followed by heavy haze. In Australia, air this dirty would be an election issue... it is so bad... mind you, the colour of Tony's budgie smugglers is an election issue... so, perhaps we need a new measure of importance.
On our drive this morning we had our morning coffee overlooking Lago Lugano... so we have ticked off 4 of Italy's big lakes... this touring is no holiday... ticking boxes is hard work.
We came to Menaggio for two reasons... to meet up with Sue and Patrick (Sue was a fellow teacher at Willoughby Primary)... that happens at dinner tonight... and to do a spot of George Clooney watching. George is supposed to live half of the year here... which half of the year??? the half when you're not here.
The season seems to be off to a slow start in the lakes district. The mountain roads are already impossibly busy... but the towns and restaurants look empty. We walked through a hotel grounds this afternoon... one with a beach facing the lake... with real sand imported from Australia. On this beautiful summer's day... some 200 banana chairs were available for the British and German sun worshippers... not one of them was in use. (See sad little photo below.)
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