Our IC train at Milan station
One of the busiest train stations in Europe -- Milan
Is Mom taking another picture?
Tim needs another espresso
Emma is already thinking of the beach in Rapallo!
The Rosabianca hotel in Rapallo --wonderful place to stay.
View of Rapallo's harbor from our hotel window.
Emma by old defense cannons -- Rapallo.
Tim's boat (he wishes)
Looking north over the harbor. Palm trees are everywhere.
The Ligurian Sea at Rapallo.
The easy life in Rapallo for this deserving couple!
Sail boats in Rapallo harbor.
Santa Margherita harbor with statue of Mary blessing the sailors.
Gazebo on Rapallo's waterfront.
Market day in Rapallo.
Cheers!
Rapallo's castle built to defend against the Barbary pirates.
View of Rapallo's castle from other side of harbor.
Walking along Rapallo's waterfront.
Hotels, businesses, churches along the Rapallo waterfront.
Photographer Tim spies this interesting shot.
Good friends strolling arm in arm down a Rapallo street.
From Rapallo's northern harbor promontory.
Pastel homes and boat houses in the stone wall.
Emma had to stick her feet in the Ligurian Sea! Temperature was pleasant.
Colorful Monterosso house.
Alley in Vernazza.
The beautifully variegated waters of the Ligurian Sea (Rapallo).
We have not yet found out what the stone grid up above is.
Jutting up out of seemingly nowhere! (Monterosso)
Fortress or abbey of long ago.
Another view as we climb up the hill.
Stone carving outside the town of Monterosso
Cinque Terre path
Olives!
Rickety steps, Cinque Terre
Shrine between Monterosso and Vernazza
Hotel at the edge of Monterosso.
With Monterosso barely behind us, our legs were already exhausted from the upward climb!
Some of the other hikers enjoying the day.
Monterosso -- steps to a church
Leaving Monterosso and headed for Vernazzo -- Abbey & Emma.
Monterosso point from Monterosso-Vernazza trail.
Terraced gardens with a lot of vineyards and vegetables.
The Cinque Terra coastline looking south toward Vernazza.
Good view of the trail and an olive farm -- in the middle of “nowhere.”
Farmer sitting in the shade, taking short siesta.
Hiker Tim!
Monterosso now far away as we begin our descent to Vernazzo.
The harbor of Vernazzo.
Small cove near Vernazzo.
Yoo hoo, Abbey & Emma!
The trail across the face of the mountain as we look back toward Monterosso.
Vineyards; cable for hauling the baskets of harvested grapes down the mountain.
Cog-wheeled cart goes up & down this metal tube to carry grapes, olives, and lemons.
Vernazzo
Vernazzo from the Monterosso-Vernazzo trail.
Vernazzo of the Cinque Terre.
Vernazza central piazza
Amazing striations of the rock (Vernazzo harbor).
Leaving Vernazza and looking back to Monterosso.
Part of the path, Cinque Terre.
Another view of the path across the mountain.
And another view of Corniglia.
Tim using me to illustrate how tall the Yucca plant is.
Again, the girls show us up by hiking way ahead!!!
Cinque Terre pathway
From Vernazzo to Corniglia
Promontory near Corniglia
Corniglia, the most remote and unchanged of the Cinque Terre towns.
For Abbey & Emma, 900 steps -- ask them about that one!
Christopher Columbus statue in Santa Margherita Ligure.
Interesting home, Santa Margherita.
An overcast day in Santa Margherita
Gathering for an afternoon of socializing.
Locals gathered for a high-stakes card game -- winner buys espresso for all.
Santa Margherita from the train station
Old ship in Genova (Genoa) harbor.
Love the bow of the boat!!
School of harbor fish -- Genova.
Genova harbor from atop the aquarium landing.
Street scene, Genova
Genova cafe.
Interesting church, Genova
“No, Abbey, you can NOT buy that framed painting to haul back to Paderno!”
Another Geova street scene -- note the “EMMA” sign (backwards)
And yet another.
Okay, it was raining earlier in the day!
Genova
The harbor with machine for hoisting ships in & out of the water.
A lovely rooftop garden -- Genova
Duomo and other church, looking south.
La Palazzo Rosso, the Red Palace and art museum
Rapallo from the sea.
Homes along the waterfront.
Portofino
Portofino cafes for locals and tourists as they stroll the town.
We want to buy this house.
Or maybe we'll take this property.
Portofino harbor and main piazza
Tim plans to buy one of these sailboats when he hits the lottery that he doesn't play!!!
Near harbor of Santa Margherita
Christoper Columbus, Liguria
Abbey -- star of sun, sea, and sky!
Portofino Tower
Believe it or not, a Ligurian jellyfish -- Emma spotted them all over.
The reef way below the surface of this clear water -- for Emma's science project.
Fishing off the San Fruttoso Abbey's harbor
“Sisters, sisters -- there were never such devoted sisters”
Lovely day for the ferry to Portofino and the abbey.
On ferry back to Rapallo
Point between the Abbey and Portofino
View of San Fruttoso Abbey from the ferry as we approach the harbor
A small chapel off the main part of Montallegro Abbey
Walkway near Montallegro Abbey
approaching Montallegro Abbey
San Fruttuoso Abbey
View of Rapallo and Ligurian Sea by the Abbey
You're being watched, Montallegro Abbey, Rapallo. Doesn't the woman look like she's sucking a lemon?
Steeple of Montallegro Abbey, Rapallo
Interior of Montallegro Abbey, Rapallo
Montallegro Abbey, Rapallo
Rapallo bell tower.
