Although we had a perfect day on Lake Como with our visit to Villa del Balbianello, I was feeling under the weather all day. By that night, I knew it was going to get worse before it got better. I had all the telltale signs of food poisoning. The next morning I was only worse; the full fury of the traitorous food had set in. And we had a 6 hour drive from Bellagio to our new apartment in Cortona ahead of us. All the makings of a memorable road trip. We had an awesome day of beautiful scenery punctuated by pulling into many rest stops along the Autostrada. Unfortunately we had to pass Modena by (balsamico di Modena is one of my favorite things in the whole world!) and I spent the next couple of days in bed. At least my jeans will be looser now (at least until all this delicious pasta sets in!).