Night descended upon Lake Como like a canopy of midnight velvet studded with millions of diamond stars. The surface of the lake was calm as polished obsidian, reflecting the twinkling lights of Bellagio, Tremezzo, and Menaggio glowing like constellations along the darkened shoreline. The warm evening breeze whispered through the olive groves, carrying the soft, romantic strains of an Italian mandolin drifting across the water from a distant restaurant terrace.…
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