Baita to Como

Cycling Summary:
Baita to Colico - 85km
Colico to Como - 50km

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Baita to Lake Como

The Wedding

Steve and Ingrid are both from Melbourne, so it was a given that they would get married in Soglio in the Swiss alps. 

Soglio is an almost saccharine mountain village. It is just over the Italian border, down the road from St. Moritz. Perched over above the Engadine Valley, it is an organized mess of cobbled winding streets, flower-pots and surreal centuries old homes. There’s a general store that runs on an honour system (pick your loaf or bundle of chestnuts and pay your Swiss Francs into the box). There are perfect green grassy meadows that one is forbidden to walk upon in order to preserve the fodder for the cattle. There’s daily fresh milk and bread available in the local store. Oh, and there’s a wedding.

Holiday within a holiday

OK, we haven’t blogged for a while. We were afraid that our cycle-touring cred may have taken a bit of a dive during our recent exploits.

Here’s a little snapshot of our oh-so-indulgent, side trip to the Alps.

The setting

Italy: Milan, Aprica and ‘La Baita’ (a renovated stone farmhouse in the mountains where shepherds once lived while their flocks grazed on the summer pastures)

Switzerland: Soglio, a quaint mountain village where shepherds still graze their herds and a mini industry of chestnut based products flourishes