Decided to skip a steep climb shown in another route I used, and opted to ride through the Lago di Piano natural preserve via an old railway path and tunnel. Some of it was flooded out, so I had to improvise. And the last part down to the lake was definitely more MTB territory! Luckily I scooted along and got down just fine. In the name of adventure! It was awesome revisiting Como again. It just feels different than Lugano. And the food was definitely cheaper, haha, it really is a special place. Spent some time at Sartoria Ciclistica (in their new location) to avoid the heat (damn, it was well over 100 F in some spots, today), and got some fun gear and talked shop with Angus, a nice Australian dude. He even recommended me a pasta shop that was open still - I had lemon ravioli and pesto. Holy crap, it was tasty. Again I ask, can I just move here already? lol Rolled back through some interesting roads (motorbikes go on some of the bike paths here it seems), climbing up to a church near Chiasso in 104 degree heat, then rolled past a weird spot with a miniature town of Zürich for some reason. Also witnessed a dude riding his bike (with white bibs, I’ll add) break his derailleur hanger right in front of me. Oof, hope he gets things sorted. Been there. Anyways, it was a hot, but awesome day. Freaking wonderful.