Gallivanting Geismom: Ferrying along Lake Maggiore

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Ferrying along Lake Maggiore

Did I mention that we are in Angera?

The tiny town actually sits on Lake Maggiore.

At the suggestion of Allesandro, the hotel concierge, we explored the lake via ferry.

Unfortunately the weather prevented us from seeing what I suspect would have been some awesome scenes with the alps in the background.

But we certainly can't complain since the man in the ticket office managed to make us an awesome ticket deal. And, considering that we don't speak Italian, and he spoke just a little English, we felt like it was the deal of the century. In fact, at the end of the day, when we were returning to Angera, I spotted the man on the ferry and thanked him. Marty shook his hand and thanked him.

And....he looked at us like we were crazy. In fact, for a brief second, I thought that we were thanking the wrong man and that he thought that we must be some really crazy Americans.

But, I determined that we did have the correct man.

And, I'm sure that he thought that we were some really crazy Americans.

It's been quite a bit of fun here today. We ended up going to the same restaurant as last night: the food was excellent, and we were guaranteed wi-fi since our hotel still doesn't have their's working.

The restaurant was empty when we entered, and the owner greeted us tonight, seated us, and thanked us for coming back. He even gave us a complimentary appetizer. How awesome is that?

At the moment, he's making a fresh chocolate souffle for Marty's desert. "Give me 50 minutes" he said, to which Marty commented, "We aren't going anywhere". So....blog time.

In any event, I really must keep this brief, so once again, I'm going to post some photos and try to get a more informative story written later.

Enjoy!

The ferry: