24th September Today was our last day in Rapallo, tomorrow we drive to Pisa to catch the plane to Spain. Had to repack and clean up. Gary and I had to take the bracket off the sofa bed the Matt managed to bend to a workshop to get straightened. The man was rally good and managed to fix it. When we got back to the car there were blue flashing lights and a few angry Italians around it. Seemed we created our own kind of road block. They park anywhere, why not fol...

23rd September Glorious sunshine again this morning, luckily because we were off to Cinque Terrewith Klaus for the day. We caught the train in the morning from Rapallo to Corniglia and then walked to Manarola. Cinque Terre is a UNESCO listed collection of 5 villages along the Ligurian coast.These fishing villages are traffic free but not tourist free. It was really very crowded. Back in the middle ages they were pirate villages but now they are thriving fishin...

20th September Today when we woke it wasn't raining, for a change, so we decided to take the boat trip around the coast to Santa Margharita Ligure,Portofino and San Frutuosco Abbey. By the time we got to Portofino it was raining. This was very disappointing as I know how beautiful this place is when it's sunny. Luckily Gary packed the umbrellas. We wandered around for an hour and hopped back on the boat to San frutuosco. This is an Abbey built in the 10th cent...

20th September Today when we woke it wasn't raining, for a change, so we decided to take the boat trip around the coast to Santa Margharita Ligure,Portofino and San Frutuosco Abbey. By the time we got to Portofino it was raining. This was very disappointing as I know how beautiful this place is when it's sunny. Luckily Gary packed the umbrellas. We wandered around for an hour and hopped back on the boat to San frutuosco. This is an Abbey built in the 10th cent...

21st September Todaywe woke to sunshine. Yeah. After having a morning coffee with Klaus and a look around his place, which is right on top of the hill overlooking Rapallo, we drove around the coast to Porto Venere. This is a picturesque port with a protected fishing harbour lined by colourful houses. The old church out on the point, typically decorated in the horizontal stripes of many Italian churches, has a great view from the top. We hada lovely dinner at K...