Thursday, April 4th, Lecco, Italy

Greetings!

Thirty miles north of Milan is Lecco, a small non-tourist town sitting on the shores on the peaceful, gently winding shoreliine where the Adda River flows into Lake Como.  From there, we traveled upriver to the third landing known as Mandello del Lario.  The home of Moto Guzzi (the Italian Motorcycle company), and site of the events narrated by Manzoni in "the Betrothed", its origin was best chronicled by Vittorio Veneto Vincenzo Zucchi in "Oppidum Mandelli". 

For at least a thousand years, Mandello del Lario has played a role in the governance and use of the lands in this area, as a Roman defense garrison to the site of industrial innovation over the last hundred years.  

Back in Lecco this evening, we shared a welcome dinner at Ristorante Frigerio.  Slow food at its best, served by a very talented and entertaining owner and staff.

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