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July 01, 2007
Sunday swimming in Menaggio
Gaya came to visit last week. She stayed with us in Milan from Friday to Tuesday. Milan was warming up again after a couple of weeks of dubious weather, and it gets quite unbearable in the city when it's hot. So on Sunday we took a trip to Lake Como for a Sunday swim. We took the train to Varenna and then the ferry across to Menaggio.
There was a Vespa club convention in Menaggio and the road between the ferry pier and the beach was lined with colourful Vespas. I love the colours, design and details of some of them! We fantasised about getting our own Vespas with matching helmets (orange or lime green with white racing stripes down the middle).
We arrived early, just before noon, and spent the entire afternoon sunbathing. When it got too hot and we were basking in our own juices (eww!), we jumped in the water. The water was so cool and refreshing and we could see schools of fish swimming below us. It was lovely!
Maybe we should come here every weekend until August. I love the smell of skin after a day of swimming and sunbathing, kind of a mix of sun lotion and water and skin scent. We were fairly brown by the end of the day; Gaya tans so well, I've never seen anyone bronze quite like that after just a few hours. We were sleepy and tanned and relaxed.
In the evening, we had cold beers and sandwiches in Varenna before catching the train back to Milan.
I'm thinking of taking Gaya to Venice sometime this year, maybe September. It would be super cool, except Robert would get jealous that I travel without him.
Posted by Yasmina at July 1, 2007 01:37 PM
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Hey, I didn't come online last night so I missed the chance to talk to you. Buzz me when you're online again, okay? This entry made me shiver with delight! :-)
Posted by: Morningdew at July 2, 2007 03:15 AM
