Day 5: Rapallo

I like seeing new things, but there’s also a special comfort in returning to old favorites. The little towns along the Ligurian coast are charming and bring back great memories.

We had breakfast in adorable Camogli. isn’t it cute?

Then we took the train to Nervi, also adorable.

Nervi has a brick boardwalk along the cliffs that is stunning.

Six years ago I started taking online Italian lessons with this amazing and fun teacher in Genoa, Italy. Two years ago I spent six weeks in Genoa attending her language school. We’ve become “buoni amici.” She came back from Tokyo last night, but was still willing to get together with me and play in person. We shared travel stories, commiserated about the US election, talked in two languages and dreamed of future travel. (Uzbekistan? Sri Lanka? South America?) It was a truly special time.

Federica and I at her wonderful school called “A Door to Italy.”

Here you can order an aperitivo and the glass of wine will come with more than ten little delicious snacks. (Better than Spanish tapas!)

They kept bringing us more and more delicious food. We couldn’t believe all that food, plus a bottle of wonderful Prosecco cost only 30 euros (about $32)

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  1. I have been with you long enough that I remember some of these pictures. Truly picturesque. What fun to get together with your Amici. Are you only sticking with the romantic languages or are you thinking of learning something more Eastern? Maybe for your Cambodian trip?

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