Days 25 and 26

(Rhia’s comments are italicized)

• Train ride to La Spezia
• Bus ride to Porto Venere

We left Genova after only 18 hours. It was just a brief stop on our way toward our first long stay somewhere, Porto Venere! Time for us to really slow down.

We met up with Rhia’s childhood friend, Jules, for a one week stay at a seaside resort, in an Air B&B that overlooked the ocean. It was such a beautiful place to stay.

We spent our first full day enjoying the balcony view, and then took a small walk through town to explore

The Mediterranean Ocean was such a deep blue and the cliffs offered picturesque views. Thankfully, we just admired the views. Lord Byron (poet) used to vacation here and, apparently, he used to swim from this point around an island and to another. It was considered quite a feat. I bet he didn’t complain about having to climb up a few (thousand) steps!!

It was such a pretty place to just stare out to sea and think.

But wait, there’s more. Looking up from where Lord Byron used to begin his swim, we could see part of the town walls and a church.

These are views I could certainly wake up to every day! I’m definitely going to buy a lottery ticket when I get back to Tucson…🤞

The inside of the church was interesting; it was a bit like being inside a Liquorice Allsort.

…but the view, again was spectacular! It was a very relaxing and wonderful day spent with great people.

And this perfect (father’s) day ended with the taking of perfect photos from our little home-for-the-week!