Italy day 46: Como to Fontanella

October 4th: We started with breakfast in the pizzeria. It was still rainy but the view was great.

Our table for breakfast (and dinner the previous night). Lake Como in the background.

We couldn’t leave town without paying our respects at the temple to Allesandro Volta., founder of electrochemistry, inventor of the electric battery (“voltaic pile”), and discoverer of methane.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t go inside because it was closed for renovation. The museum houses some of Volta’s original devices.

Our next target was a gastronomic one: Salumificio Rossi, one of Italy’s top producers of prosciutto.

The retail store. Each of those hanging lumps is a prosciutto-cured ham.

The meat sampler for two included several prosciuttos and salamis.

Parmigiano Reggiano is also produced in this region. This is a sampler plate of different ages.

The cheese came with fig, apricot, and cherry jams. And Italian basil leaves.

Did I mention that they made prosciutto?

Then a lot of driving in the rain. Easy to blog because nothing much to say. We stopped for the night in Fontanella, and had dinner at a simple pizzeria.

Carol got a calzone; I ordered a smoked salmon pizza.