San Francisco Walk

A long walk in San Francisco: Embarcadero to Fort Mason to Union Street…
A young man stopped me on the Embarcadero.
“I’m doing research on working life, for young people aged 18-22 who haven’t known success. What one piece of advice would you give them?”
I kept my answer short.

Lecco: Between Lake Como and the Alps

Want to see (and, in winter, ski) the Alps? Get off the train in Lecco and walk across the station parking lot to the bus stand in via Montello, where the #5 bus departs, roughly every hour, for the Funivia (you can buy bus tickets at the newsstands inside or outside the railway station, or on the bus itself, though that will cost more).

Take the #5 all the way up the hill to the end of the line at the Funivia (cable car). Take the cable car to Piani d’Erna:

…where you will find ski facilities, restaurants, hotels, bars, and an unbeatable view of this end of Lake Como (above).

Pizzo d'Erna, Aug 22 2004

Tourist Information for Lecco

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