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Views from Brunate Sant'Andrea Apostolo

Funicular at Como Connects Como to the village of Brunate and has been operating since 1894. A return ticket is €5.50.

Thanks VPS, I can't believe how brazen they are. JV has been saying for awhile about passengers losing things from the overhead luggage areas on planes during sleep times. Emphasises the need to keep bags locked at all times. It really does suck and certainly did put a dampener on our trip...

Como We caught the ferry from Tavernola to Como - ferries run ever half hour, except at lunch time, they run hourly. Cost of the tickets were €1.30 each. Short ride - approx 10-15 min. Mum, Dad and Bub Family outing

Tavernola

Lake Como A beautiful part of the Italian world. As we were staying near Centrale, we caught the train from there to Como San Giovanni and the cost was €4.80 each. We stayed at the Sheraton which is on the outskirts of Como near the Tavernola ferry wharf. If we were doing it again, knowing...

We were booked into the Hilton located only a couple of blocks from Milano Centrale Stazione, which given the heat wave at the time was about as far as we would want to walk. It has an Executive Lounge which is not common in this part of Europe. Sorry... due to the bad experience I'd had...

Time to move on to Italy. We took the train from Nice to Milano - changing trains along the way. Sometime during the second half of our trip my computer was stolen from the luggage rack above our heads. We weren't aware until we were getting close to our stop. We went straight to the police...

A very tidy, pristine and hilly country, with lots of stairs to eliminate you getting dizzy! There are many staircases that go from street to street, otherwise you would need to follow the road around in circles to get to the bottom/top.

Someone of some importance I believe :D

Sights around Monaco Monaco railway station The Palace From our room at night fall - around 10.45pm In the grounds of the Palace At the bottom of the hill from the Palace - probably all belonging to the Palace

Changing of the Guards at the Palace. Not nearly as entertaining as it is in Athens, enjoyable to watch just the same. Views from the Palace grounds

Race day... or is it Show day??? :D

Views from our room

Monaco By this stage the heat had increased and there were news items that people were dying from the heat right across Europe, including a 33 yo roof tiler. We are amazed at the amount of people running up the hills, riding bikes, sun baking in the hottest part of the day, even playing boules...

Nice scenery along the coast between Saint Maximes and Monaco

Saint Maxime Accommodation that night was at Hotel Martinengo . Now here's a place you don't want to stay! JV found this on Expedia. Listed as a 4 star - we don't honestly know how that has been rated. The bed is hard and the pillows likewise; the sheer curtains on the 4 glass doors don't...

Le Lavandou. We stopped here for a look and an ice cream, that we almost had to drink! We did have a little walk around, however it wasn't long before we retreated for cooler areas - the car! According to the ice cream man, it was unusually hot, however the day before it was 42 deg and it was...

A library on the beach - what a good idea!