Thursday, May 10, 2018

Un Giorno a Camogli

Woke up to sun shining over Camogli.......although the shutters on the terrace doors did a great job of keeping out the light, and we slept in  later than usual. 

Today we are going to let the images do most of the narrative for us.  This is for two reasons; first, the pictures often convey more than our descriptions.......and second, we are a bit tired of writing!

Our primary activities today were threefold. 

  1. Explore Camogli
  2. Visit our friends at Bogliasco
  3. Take a late afternoon trip up to San Rocco
Each of these will become apparent.  The sun and lighting were great all day for our pictures.  In fact, I suspect that the volume of images here will create an overdose for some.  For us, however, it is difficult to edit.......so the more, the merrier!

EXPLORING CAMOGLI

Overall view of Camogli from Cenobio dei Dogi (hotel)

View from our terrace

Front entry courtyard to hotel

relaxing!

incredible wood structures for the weekend celebration and bonfire

pretty complicated framing!......totally unclear what they are building


violet gelato on strawberry!












BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION - VILLA DEI PINI

close to the view we had from our room 2 years ago

the roses were in full bloom

looking up the coast towards Genova


a stop at our favorite bench in the garden





looking up at Villa dei Pini........our old room on the upper left


on the front terrace after lunch

Fiske with the Director, Ivana

all 3 goldens still there!

OUR TRIP UP TO SAN ROCCO
A pilgrimage to the coolest bar anywhere......Bar Dai Muagetti......on the hilltop beyond the village of San Rocco

even the pictures don't do justice for how astonishing this is........on a hiking trail from San Rocco to San Frutuosa.......no cars, a few hikers......and a view to France!

Literally carved into rock in the side of a mountain

the most romantic place to watch the sun set

with aperitivi snacks that are enough for dinner!......although we kept ordering prosecco!


s small serving bar cut into the rock





BACK TO CAMOGLI FOR THE EVENING

the drive back as the sun was setting was beautiful.  We left around 8:00 because we did not want to walk back along the cliff in the dark!

SUN SETTING FROM OUR ROOM TERRACE







and a final dolce and limoncello from the hotel bar






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