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Started in London. UK first edition. Mostly read on AA91, LHR-ORD

Read at Southampton Arms, London

Delayed by lost Kindle

Purchased 2015-05-27. Started in Phoenix

Purchased 2012-05-23; finished in London

When you're crossing Lake Como from Cadenabbia to Bellagio on a sunny day, it looks like this: I've also uploaded a full-sized JPEG (15 MB) to Azure storage. Enjoy.

I can imagine why the Catholic Church build Gallio Palace on the shore of Lake Como: We didn't make it to the palace because we were distracted by food. I'll have more to say about Wednesday's dinner in my next couple of posts.

After Venice, we stayed here, way up in the hills above Gravedona on Lake Como: It was gorgeous, and Mariella was a gracious and lovely host. Just one thing, though. It's 825 m up in the foothills of the Alps, reachable on a winding road with 6 km of switchbacks, ending at this driveway: In this car: We named the little guy Boba Fiat. It's not one of those high-powered North American models; no, it's a 0.9-liter European model that took four attempts to get up the Agriturismo's driveway the first time....

The Venetian church, viewed from the terrace of the Hotel Danieli: