Rich and I are on holiday at the moment in Liguria, North West Italy. We are staying in Carpasio as usual but we are here on our own for the first time. It is bliss. Despite some dismal weather forecasts, so far the weather has held out and we have managed to get out and about as well as lounge about the house, reading and surfing.
We arrived to a rainy Nice on Saturday which was most strange but the bad weather stayed in France as we took the coast road along to Arma di Taggia. After a supermarket run, we headed up the mountain to Carpasio which stands 775 metres above sea level.
Yesterday we took a drive out to Imperia and generally took things easy. In the evening, we ate some antipasti followed by mushroom risotto (mushrooms are a regional ingredient). We played some Scrabble (I lost) and then watched a couple episodes of the first season of The Wire which we brought with us – loving it already!
Today, we had a lazy morning. I read in bed for a while with the windows open and the sun pouring in. Once we got ourselves together, we went north and higher up into the mountains to Monesi. This is a ski-resort so was dead at this time of year but we had heard of some interesting military installations which you could get to from there so we thought we would investigate. The road which we were told to take to get to the fort was clearly not suitable for normal cars – 4x4s only – and having made that mistake previously, we decided not to risk it. We parked up and walked up and up for a couple of hours. Realising we were still no where near the fort, and seeing some ominous clouds coming over, we decided to walk back down to the car and then took the ‘scenic’ route back to Carpasio.
Tonight, we have Genovese Ravioli on the menu and probably more reading / bath / The Wire. So far we are having the best time. Ciao for now!
Someday I want to go back to Italy. Have so much fun!
Thanks Stephanie – we are having a blast!