We headed off today to Como, by regional train to the Lake Como station. This train route is operated by the private Ferro Nord company (from Cadorna station in Milan). Trenitalia's station at Como isn't as close to the lake (although if you go by Trenitalia you have the option of a fast train at certain times). We had lunch at a restaurant on the side of the main piazza, and then did the mandatory lake cruise!
There are a variety of trips you can do by ferry, but we opted for the trip that covered a number of villages in the lower lake as far as Torno (rather than a longer ferry trip to Bellagio or another destination). We had our hearts set on the funicular, but it's closed for repair until the end of July. There is an alternative service to the top by bus, but it didn't seem quite the same, so we declined this, particularly as we had missed a departure by only a couple of minutes and it was nearly half an hour before the next.
Lake Como is a pretty area, but at least in the area we were, there is a lot of development (and, judging by the cranes, this is continuing). Comparisons are perhaps inappropriate, but we couldn't help thinking that we preferred Lake Bled.
We returned to Milan had dinner in the apartment and then set out to find Milan's Navigli district. Our initial encounter was with a backwater (presumably all that's left of an old canal) that had been converted into a duck pond (a good idea but quite smelly in parts!), but then we turned the corner and found a whole street full of riverside restaurants and bars. Being Friday night, the place was very busy and obviously the "place to be". We walked the whole street but didn't eat as we had already done so. We then attempted to find our way home by tram (instead of the subway which we've become very familiar with), and finally managed it although it would have been easier with a map of the tram network (memo to self - have a look at the subway route map on the internet, coz handouts of it don't appear to be readily available). By the time we got "home" we were definitely ready for bed.
During our travels, we saw (and took a photo of) Milan's restaurant tram. I wonder where they got that idea from? Or was it the other way around?
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