Woke up and had to take a picture of Lake Lugano at sunrise, then breky with Matt, Bethany & Issy, then we hit the road for Milan, to get a keepsake for Rosie Milan Lett ! I don’t know why so many travel sites give Milan a hard time, it really is a nice city centre, very much like Vienna in its layout of tree lines boulevards. The New Year sales were on, I don’t know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but we did get a few things for Rosie. The Vittorio Emanuele II is a imposing structure along with The Duomo in the main square.
We had made a last minute decision to go to Portofino, as in all my previous research, it looked like it was basically closed down for the winter. But I found a hotel on a last minute site, so we drove another 2 hours from Milan to there. Well this was a stroke of genius, what an amazing area, it’s the Italian Rivera, just between, the Cinque Terre and Genova. The hotel, was a blow away deal and a stunning location; we thought there must have been a mistake, but it wasn’t. I would hate to think what this would cost in the peak of Tourist season, probably add another zero! We walked the winding walkways and through the little lanes in this picture postcard village!
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