Italy, day 10

We stand corrected. We thought we awoke to rain yesterday, but that was just a drizzle. This morning, it is raining! With an ominous forecast for today and tomorrow, we kicked Cinque Terre to the curb, and decided to roll the


dice and drive to Portovenere, another small fishing town at the tip of the peninsula.

It proved a very good decision, as the pounding rain slowed to a shower just before we arrived, and did not pick up until after our departure. The town was beautifully quaint, with narrow walkways between buildings harboring shops of all varieties, luscious gardens adorning resident's small backyards, and brightly colored buildings along the waterfront, many serving food for the day's tourist excursions. Two churches, one right at the edge of the


ocean, and another high above the town, stood out, while the entire area gained protection from a very large fortress at the top of the hill standing sentinel over the port's entrance.

As we headed back for our Saturday night dinner in Italia, we were met with more driving rain for much of the trip to the hotel. There was so much rain that the muddy runoff carved a path into the sea as it poured from the hillsides through Rapallo, a neighboring community. We had a delightful dinner focused away from seafood at Oca Bianca, and then prepared for our departure to Parma.


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Location:Santa Margherita, Portovenere