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| Classic Portofino |
As we headed south to ultimately end up at Levanto we planned
to stop in to Portofino, a well-known place for A list celebrities. I guess we
saw one there, a popular soccer player with his pregnant wife since they were
covered online the next day in a local paper.
They were just taking photos up near the church on the hill in
Portofino.
On place to stay was Chiavari, a beautiful city about 20 kms
away from Portofino.
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| Chiavari |
The place we stayed, Casa Olivia is up behind Chiavari in
the hills overlooking the sea and our host Cristina was incredible at
decorating. Both the B&B and her kitchen were right out of a decorating
catalog. She works part-time in Genoa as a designer, and runs the B&B as
well. She does a great job of both apparently.
A benefit of the bike is when we drove to Portofino we fit
right in with the locals and parked in the moto parking area and with the bike
cover on, they couldn’t see that we weren’t locals not like our friend with the
Lamborghini who got a ticket and was towed.
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| Not his day |
From there we toured the
picturesque spot, took our required pictures and finally went out for a really
nice lunch sitting right on the water. OK, meal prices are all increased by 4E
just to sit here, but it’s something you have to do.
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| Lunch in Portofino |
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On our way there we stopped in Rapallo, another bustling
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| Rapallo Fort |
place and saw the old Fort that protected the harbor. The weather was perfect
and later in the afternoon we enjoyed the private deck that came with our room.
It was very enjoyable.
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| View from Sestri Levante to Portofino |
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| Old Guys Corner |
The next day on
the way to Levanto we stopped to visit Sestri Levante a larger centre that has quite an Italian
tourist draw. It is a pretty place that we will come back to. While there we
noticed a group of old guysbegin gathering at a favorite beach spot, hidden
under some trees behind the change area of one of the beach resorts, they come
every day to visit. What a nice place!
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| Neck Muscles |
I was intrigued by the strength of this African migrant worker carrying her wares, amazing.
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