Hot or What? - Italy

It was always on my bucket list to visit Italy, so when my lovely hubby booked us a week in a really post hotel, in a room overlooking the gorgeous Lake Como, I was thrilled.

The Grand Hotel Menaggio was the height of luxury, with fabulous food, friendly staff and all-in-all, one of the best experiences of my life. A decade later, I still remember the intricate patterns the housemaid made from my nightie - it was beautiful origami.

It was one of the few holidays we had where we didn't hire a car, but we discovered another way to travel - by ferry boat. Not the huge, well-equipped car ferries with shops, restaurants and cabins, but more like a bus or train, travelling across water instead of roads.
One of our favourite places to visit was Belaggio, and Como town was everything you might expect from a local centre.