Lake Como

Ciao George...Clooney that is. Welcome to Lake COMO! First things first: start hiking. We figured it was only appropriate to initiate Harrison and Michael into our hiking club. Destination: the castle on the hilltop. When we arrived to the start of the trail we encountered a few obstacles.

Gate #1: Forbidden...We think not.



Gate #2: Don´t Enter = Bypass



Gate #3: Third times a charm



Gate #4: Success...on our way to Freedom!







(This is why rules were meant to be broken)

We ended the night with a family feast (carbs, of course) and resumed our Spades tournament. This was only the beginning of what we like to call the Spades Olympics Summer 2010. That night the boys took the GOLD and we were obliged to treat them to gelato.

The next morning we woke up to rain, but that wasn´t about to stop us. We frolicked to the top of the lighthouse and saw some legit views of the lake and town.





From there we began our excursion to Torno, or so we thought. Mere moments from twilight, we were still "on the trail". Once a snake slithered across Emily´s foot, we knew it was time to peace out of mother nature´s haven. Once safe and sound in our flat, we resumed the Spades tourney...only to lose to Harrison and Michael once again.

The next morning we were reunited with our Italian brother, Luca, spent the afternoon in Switzerland at Lake Lugano and then headed to the Milan airport...Athens bound.