postcards from lake como

Let’s cue a summer flashback, shall we? Back in late September, Ty and I hopped over to Tuscany for a friend’s wedding and along the way, we decided to take a little detour to Lake Como. Neither one us had been before and I had always wanted to visit since studying abroad in Northern Italy back in college. Something about a secluded string of lakefront towns, surrounded by mountains always just sounded so idyllic to me, like the setting for a fairytale. It also doesn’t hurt that a certain Clooney couple lives there, but I digress. Of course, as we drove up north from Tuscany (a several hour drive), nothing could prepare me for what we settled...