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August 8, 2026 · Adventure & the Culinary Life · Quality 6/10

It was such an epic day that I need to break this post into two parts to give it justice.

Day 14 of a 22 Day Adventure in Italy Part 1 of 2

Today was the final full day of our first Innaugural Investor Retreat. It was such an epic day that I need to break this post into two parts to give it justice.

After breakfast, we hosted a culinary cooking class guide guided by Chef, Edward and Chef Dray. We had a very good showing of a guest who were taught how to make fresh pesto from scratch by our team. A good time was had by all.

We hopped in our chauffeured vans and went off to the Duna Beach club in the town of Chiaviri. The club is owned by our new partner and co-owner of Villa Riviera Resort Matteo. Chiaviri is also his hometown and he’s very much regarded as the Mayor. Everyone knows and loves Matteo.

It was nice to unwind and slow roll the day at his beautiful beach club.

Key lesson: Days this full deserve to be savored in two parts.

Summary: Day 14 part 1: cooking class, Como sights, a great hotel, and an extraordinary dinner.