Thursday, September 30, 2010

SEPTEMBER 30 - CARRARA, PORTOVENERE, AND LEVANTO


The road to the Carrara marble quarry is pretty challenging.

Harry's next motorcycle!

Steve rides the marble bull.

Tricia our tour guide and Mario our busdriver
After driving us around for nearly two weeks, we must say goodbye to Mario.

We arrive in Portovenere to do some sight-seeing on our own...
...and to do lunch. Here we are at a seaside restaurant, dining with Richard, Judy, Steve, Donna, and Tricia.
After lunch we climb up the hill to check out the picturesque church.

The extra time provides a rare opportunity to do some shopping. I bought little necklaces for our granddaughters on this street.

We leave Portovenere by boat, passing by four of the five towns of the Cinque Terre.

We disembark our boat in the northernmost Cinque Terre town, Monterosso al Mare.
where we have free time to explore before we catch the train for a short ride a little further up the coast, to Levanto, where we will be staying at Albergo Primavera for the next two nights.

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