Mon 20 Oct- we enjoyed the included buffet breakfast at the Villa Serbelloni, the coffee made fresh for us, and the nice selection of items, then took a leisurely walk around the Serbelloni gardens again, then got ready to leave to join our GCT tour group at the Hotel Regina Olga in Cernobbio. We went by limo, a lovely one hour drive along Lake Como, usually several hundred feet above the lake itself, with a beautiful panoramic view of the lake and the towns and mountains on the opposite side.
On arriving at the Regina Olga, we were pleased to be met by our GCT Tour Guide, Lucio, who was expecting us, and assigned us a very nice room with a terrace. After settling in, we went for a walk and came upon Villa d'Este. Our limo driver had recommended it, so we decided to visit: the 'admission' was to have a drink and/or snack at the bar; so we sprang for two E10 ($14) Nastro Azzuro beers, and were glad we did. The garden was quite nice: it was designed to climb up the hill, toward a statue of Hercules, featuring a very long cascade falling from the statue down to the beginning of the path up, which featured very erotic mosaics, bas relief and statues.
We returned to the hotel and enjoyed the welcome champagne drink, white wine and the special dinner prepared for the GCT group: penne pasta with white cheese sauce, loin of veal with herbs and veal with chard and potato, and delicious meneghina sponge cake with cream custard for dessert. We met some of the group who will be our companions for the next 10 days or so.
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