Thank you very much Avi, I really appreciate it, especially coming from someone who has been there. I posted another set earlier today at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-805858-1.html#14590514

Thank you John; it's one of my favorites too.

Thank you nimbushopper, I appreciate it.

Thank you mvetrano.

Thank you very much Raymond. Sometimes the elements come together and you have a camera to capture them.

Bellagio!

After our cruise around much of Lake Como, we had an enjoyable visit to Bellagio. We then returned to our hotel for our final dinner in Italy – until less than a year later.

My previous post can be found at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-805786-1.html, while the first post of this series (that includes a map of all of the places where we stopped) can be found at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-801137-1.html

Next up: The end of our visit to Lake Como and the start of our drive across Switzerland to the Rhine

We Have Arrived!

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Disembarking

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Starting our wander through Bellagio

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Our credit card took a hit in here

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Lunch!

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A Ferrari seems appropriate in Bellagio; note the UK plate

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On our way back to our hotel

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I'm with you. I've taken photos since I was a child and took two photography classes in college for my fine arts requirement. I set up my own dark room where I did a lot of B&W. I've gotten more serious about photography over the last 6 years when I started editing my photos. I used a P&S compact Canon, upgraded to a better one and was satisfied, but my good friend that I worked with at NASA shot with a Nikon DSLR when we went to the sports car races and his were just better, so I moved to a DSLR in 2017 (also spurred on by our upcoming Norway cruise), started editing in Lightroom and made it more of a hobby. I've got over 200,000 photos on my computer now, and we have several photo albums.

Thank you very much Jo; more to come of this beautiful place.

Thanks Jo. I brought both cameras (my other is a Canon 90D DSLR) and used the G5X almost exclusively when we were off of the ship and the 90D most of the time when we were on the ship. On our 2018 cruise I only had my DSLR (an 80D then) and brought my "walking around lens" (18-135) as well as my wide angle and telephoto. I only used the telephoto the second day and the wide angle a couple of times, so I now only bring that camera with the 18-135 and a bag just big enough to hold the camera, an SD case and a couple of spare batteries. If I need more than 135mm of reach, I have a 32.5MP sensor and can "digitally zoom" in post. I have to remind myself that it's a vacation and I'm taking photos that are for my memories.

Thank you very much Jo, I really appreciate your comments on my photos of this beautiful place; I'm happy to share them.

BTW, I took all of these photos with my compact (fits in a shirt pocket) Canon G5X Mk II camera, truly a great little camera with a large (for its size) 1" 20MP sensor and an excellent f1.8-2.8 24-120 zoom lens. It won't replace my DSLR, but it sure is nice when you're out and about, which is what I bought it for.

Thank you Eugene, I appreciate your comment.

Thank you Mark. Lake Como is one of the most beautiful places we have ever visited. The other 4 major lakes in the area (Orta, Maggiore, Iseo and Garda) are also beautiful, and we visited them last year, with photos to follow after I finish posting all from this trip. We are anxious to get back to Como.

Thank you NMGal.

Thank you Laura, I'm glad you enjoyed the set. I loved that photo-op also and was glad I captured it.

Thanks Longshadow!