drove most of the day to get to our villa in Lake Como.  Along the way, we encountered a downpour with hail!  Thank goodness it wasn’t TEXAS sized….breaking our car window…finally stopped and the sun came out and we traveled on.  We had GPS that was doing a fabulous job of getting us to our villa when  we got to a road block.  Ahead, we could see what appeared to be a tanker overturned, completely blocking the street we needed to go down.  But Elizabetta Maria…Betty for short…as we are calling our GPS girl….guided us around the wreck to north of the closed section of the road.  Our hostess, Laura met us and got us settled in the Villa.  We had to climb dozens of OLD stairs to our door.  The first floor has three bedrooms each with its own bath and a laundry room with washer.  Bill & Suzy have a queen bed room.  I have a queen bed room and Suzanne and Andy have a queen bed and bunk beds. All have TV’s.   The second floor has the living room with big screen tv and DVD player and a dining room table seating 8.  There is a breakfast room three steps up and a small sitting room and the fully equipped kitchen.  Off the breakfast room is a huge patio with three tables with umbrellas and this overlooks Lake Como.  Just heavenly!  We went to a store down the road and bought yogurt, cheese and crackers and wine and water to tide us over.  Then we went to dinner at a nice place down the road.  Made reservations for a lovely place for tonight.  The restaurant looks like they have a glassed-in gazebo room overlooking the water.  Laura told us her family lives above us…and they completely renovated our space 4 years ago.  She said the building is over 1000 years old.  We intend to just chill here today.  Will go to the real grocery in town before lunch and pick up essentials, have lunch and come back to sit on the patio and watch the activity on the lake.  Will start exploring the area tomorrow.  It’s Sunday…so a day of rest!