The first stop of our journey was Lake Como, where we took a boat to see the beautiful villas overlooking the lake. We met our fabulous tour guide, Anne, and our travel mates: Longtime friends Tom + Joe from New Jersey; a couple from California, Allen + Cindy; a couple from Boston, Brian + Debbie; newlyweds from Singapore, David + Jessica; a couple from Boston, Sonny + Mary; a couple from Tennessee Rick + Deb; travel pals from Pennsylvania, Donna + Cheryl; mother Nancy and son Henry from New York and Florida; a couple from Canada; Mark + Shiree, a world traveler from Australia, Pauline; and a couple from Mississippi Candy + Hal.