Blogs from Sanremo, Liguria, Italy, Europe

Anita reminded me it was our eighth day, in other words, we're more than half way through the trip. As the saying goes, "Time flies." We decided to take a day off today to get rested and ready for our trip to Milano tomorrow. We did muster the energy to go the train station (a dry run for tomorrow's departure) and buy our tickets. On the way back we shopped a bit, went into the central market, bought some snacky food, and sat in the park to eat it. Then we went back to the hotel for a nap. We got so much energy from our nap that we decided to rent a two-person pedal cart and rode along the bike path. It was harder than it looked. We ate dinner at a place next to ... read more

Today we walked up to LA Pigna, the antique part of town, wa-a-ay up on top of the hill above the city. Great view! Of course, we had to eat after that. On the way down we stopped at Il Mulattiere, a restaurant where Anita and Mel had eaten a couple years ago. The owner is big baseball fan and coaches the neighborhood kids to play baseball. He is a personal friend of Alex Liddi who used to play for Seattle but got traded this year to the Orioles. There are a couple of Anita's photos on the wall that she took of the owners on their previous visit. Today was supposed to be stormy, but we went out anyway. I even took a bike ride along the bike path that runs along the beach. Since ... read more

That's Italian for "We're here!" We had a mixed train ride here--from Nice to Ventemiglia, we were packed in like sardines, unable to move, standing all the way, then from Ventemiglia to San Remo, we had the train to ourselves, but all in all, it was a smooth trip. We had a two hour layover in Ventimiglia, where we went for lunch---pasta and a glass of wine. An interesting woman, who spoke Italian and some French, cooked the pasta just for us. An Indian (from Calcutta) street vendor tried to sell me sunglasses for 15 Euros. I got him down to 8 and bought them. A friend of the waitress asked where we were from. When I said Alaska, he asked if I was from Nim. It took me a minute figure out he meant Nome. ... read more

An diesem Tag bin ich von Menton nach Sanremo in Italien gefahren. Zwischendurch war ich noch in den Bergen. Abends habe ich in Sanremo noch einen Spaziergang gemacht.... read more

Geo: 43.8184, 7.77842 GUN 15 günlerden CUMARTESİ San Remo ,Ventiglia'ya fark atmış. Müthiş bir yer. Önce kalabalık..sonra hayat var… Sokaklar dolu…gençlik var …insanları çok şık giyimli.. Ayşe'yi marina da güzel bir cafe ye oturttum . O, birasını yudumlarken ben kenti dolanmaya başladım. Ferrari'si fazla kaçmış bir kent .. Allah vermesin ama ,trafik kazası geçirecekseniz, soranlara hiç olmazsa "Ferrari çarptı" diyebilirsiniz burada.. Trafiğe kapalı ana caddenin zeminine ,San Remo festivalini kazananların adlarını ve şarkılarını plaket olarak koymuşlar . Tanıdık isimler ve şarkılar sizi alıp gençlik yıllarınıza götürüyor . Bendeniz , pek İtalyan müziğinin hayranı değilim ama ölümsüz şarkıların ilk kez burada seslendirildiğini bilmek,mekana ayrı bir anlam kazandırıyor ... Bazı yıllar ve bazı anılar size : ... read more