As distinguished automotive events go there are few as prestigious as a concours d’elegance. The calendar is dominated by a handful\u00a0of the most exclusive occasions that only a select few have the pleasure of visiting. One of the lucky mortals that appeared on\u00a0the lawns of Lake Como for this years Villa D’este was none other than the very short, bearded and out of place person that is sitting in a London Coffee shop writing this very story. Me.<\/p>\n
The sun shone so brightly the infamous lake glistened like shattered glass as I disembarked from the creatively named ‘Villa D’Este II’, a wooden hulled boat that gently split the waves that separated myself from the world famous Villa a stones throw away from\u00a0the palatial hotel in which I was being accommodated. Having suitably arrived in style my senses were treated to a scene that would not have been out of place in a Baz Luhrmann production such as The Great Gatsby.<\/p>\n\r\n