Mon 13 Oct- PT/INR location, Hotel Belvedere, prescription refill at the pharmacy

Mon 13 Oct- PT/INR location, Hotel Belvedere, prescription refill at the pharmacy
Mon 13 Oct- after breakfast, Kiyomi continued working on her report while Stan finished 'Drop Shot', an enjoyable and funny detective story, and started 'A Season in Hell', a book by Jack Higgins. We were waiting for the sky to clear and for it to warm up before our walk.
Stan checked with the hotel receptionist about when and where he could get his upcoming PT/INR test done. She found out it could be done at the hospital in Menaggio, or at a once-a-week clinic in Bellagio, a 25-minute walk or 5 minute taxi ride. Stan decided to have it done tomorrow, close by in Bellagio, even though it's earlier than necessary, because now the boats to Menaggio are infrequent. We asked the GPS, and it told us 15 minutes walking would get us there, so we tried it; actual time was 25 minutes, but we took several round-about walkways.
On the way back, we stopped by the 3-star Hotel Belvedere for a beer and cappuccino (at E10/US$15, expensive, but we were there for the excellent view of Mt. Grigna, the other alps, and Lago di Lecco, so considered we were buying a nice view also; the cafe across the street was 1/4 the price, but no view). Their dining room also has the great view. It wouldn't be a bad place to stay, though it's a bit far from Bellagio center and the boats/ferries/shops/restaurants.
We continued our walk back through the fishing village Pescallo, and up, up, up the path and then down, down the path to Bellagio. We walked up and down in Bellagio for a while, Stan got a new backpack to replace his camera bag that has fallen apart, then back to the Metropole.
Kiyomi's prescription of 25 mg hydrochlothiazide tablets was getting low, so we decided to try the pharmacy. Sure enough, they looked at the prescription on the label, and immediately fixed us up with a refill, 20 tablets for E1.25 (that's less than US$2).
Kiyomi continued shopping, finding a very good shop named 'GLAMOUR' at Salita Serbelloni 18, with a knowledgeable proprietress while Stan returned to the hotel to blog and read.
For dinner we had: 1/2 liter house white wine; proscuitto with artichoke & garlic toast with tomato & basil spread appetizer; conchiglie pasta with mixed cheeses and tagliatelle pasta with meat sauce for the first plate; lake trout with aromatic herbs and roast beef with peas & ham & potato Lyonnaise (in cream sauce with onions) as second plate; Sacher tort and lemon sorbet for dessert.