科莫湖――户外写生者天堂.docVIP

科莫湖――户外写生者天堂对于旅行者来说,意大利实在有太多值得流连的地方――罗马、威尼斯、佛罗伦萨、那不勒斯……这些大名鼎鼎的地方每年不知吸引了多少游客。也许正是因为意大利的名胜古迹太多,很少人会注意到其北部的湖区。位于湖区的科莫湖距离熙熙攘攘的米兰只有一小时车程,环境清幽,风景如画,被誉为“米兰的后花园”。英国诗人雪莱曾用“超过了所有的美(exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty)”来形容它。本期“环球风情”将带大家领略科莫湖的别样风情。 My wife and I began visiting Italy in 2000. Each year we would pick a few different places to see. We started with some of the most well known destinations ? Venice, Florence, Rome, the Amalfi coast, as well as many less well known places and small towns. We toyed with the idea of actually moving to Italy and leaving San Francisco for good[永久地]. But as much as we liked Italy, no place really grabbed us. That is until we went to Lake Como. We arrived in October of 2003. By April of the following year, we were full time residents[居民].Just like that! After a few days in Varenna, we visited Bellagio and then Menaggio. But it was on the western side of the lake, an area called Tremezzina ? one of the nicest and certainly the warmest, that we decided to live. We now make our home in Lenno, an ancient romantic village nestled[挨着,靠着] on the shore. When we stepped off the train that day in Varenna, it was a bit like walking through the looking glass[镜子]. The beauty of the lake is truly incredible. It changes slowly, endlessly and you never really get used to it. Surrounded by very steep[陡峭的] mountains, the lake stretches[伸展] for 25 miles. The largeness of the lake provides the area with relatively[相对地] warm winters. Palm trees are everywhere. Persimmons[柿子], oranges, figs[无花果], and even kiwis[猕猴桃] grow easily. Numerous villages dot[在……上打点] the shore at times, stretching back up into the mountains here and there. Some are perched[栖息,位于] on ridges[山脊]. Thick stone masonry[砖石建筑] is everywhere, as are splendid[壮丽的] 18th century villas[别墅,小屋] and simple stone houses, many of which are five hundred years old. Life is slow and simple. And yet the bustling[熙熙攘攘的] world of Milan is only an hour away. It was this combination