Angera, Italy

The alarm went off at 8:50 this morning.  Lonnie was not ready to get up.  We headed to breakfast,  but they didn't have much to choose from.  I chose yogurt with muesli and walnuts and tried their hot chocolate (just not the same as Swiss). Lonnie had banana yogurt, a half peach,  and a sip of hot chocolate. 

Then we headed out to Rocca Borromeo. It was a fabulous castle,  housing a wonderful doll collection. The dolls were owned by Princess Bono Borromeo Arese. There were beautiful paintings and very old frescoes on the walls. We climbed the 155 steps to the top of the tower.  The last few steps were tall, steep stone steps in the very narrow tower. We grabbed some lunch,  then headed toward Florence,  where we checked into the Novotel Aeroporto Nord at around 9PM.  We have stayed here several times and find it to be a good hotel. We went to the restaurant where we ordered salad and spaghetti.  The salad was wonderful.  Not sure what they did to the spaghetti.  It was not good. The spaghetti had some kind of coating on it and was served with a few cooked tomatoes on it. But that's okay.  You live and learn (at least it wasn't tripe like I ended up with when I ordered a "special" three years ago)!