Liguria. Franco and Renata

We take an early cab to Milano central train station and a leisurely ride right to Chiavari where Franco meets us a few blocks from their home. We spend only two nights so our visit stays close to home but when home is Portofino, Santa Margarita, the Cinque terra, Sestri Levante.....well what more can we say.

Of course ......Portofino

It is 11 AM so time for an apertivo

This is the entrance to the Camelia villa where we stayed when we first came to Portofino years ago. The entrance leads to a tunnel about 100 feet long that ends in an elevator that rises through solid rock to the garden of the villa.  Very dramatic way to enter.  Talk about first impressions.

Portofino and Santa Margarita

Marina at Lavagna

Church in Lavagna

Porticos in Lavagna

Very old tower

Buying tomatoes and grocer adds some greens for free as a thank you. A very traditional custom.

Sestri Levanti

Portofino is one of the most beautiful places on earth but every so often nature provides some dramatic enhancement.

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