Our ferry arrived eight hours late in Genoa, so we sort of missed out one of our hotel bookings, although we did manage to persuade them to give us breakfast, which was welcome and very good (although at 70 euros once we'd 'missed' the night, so it should have been!). The journey to Riomaggiore takes about 2 hours from Genoa, and takes in some breathtaking coastline scenery; little villages clinging to the rockface and wonderful sea views. Our appartment courtesy of Mar-Mar, turned out to be wonderfully spacious and tastefully done. We stayed two nights while Gavin came down with, suffered from, and then started to shake off (onto Heather) a cold. Heather is starting to wish we hadn't agreed to share everything on this holiday... We took in two wonderful suppers at La Lanterna, enjoying
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