Europe 2014 - Lake Como, Hoop Boat

I left the girls to themselves and took off just to take pictures one afternoon.  This vantage point was a quarter-mile or so from the hotel.  Didn't think much of it at the time, taking a picture of what I saw as just a weird boat, but it turns out that this type of craft is famously unique to the Lake Como region.  I was lucky to get this guy by himself.

The line that's going up the hill at center right is a trolley leading to the top.  We inquired about it at the hotel and were told that it's not commonly used by tourists, the reasons for which Allison and I discovered when we looked for it one day (see post dated November 10th).

Just a few moments after taking the pic above I zoomed to get a closer look: