Day 14 – Levanto to after Sarzana, Italy – 49km
It sneaks up on you. You spend years cultivating a sense of self that positions you as different, as considerate and other-aware, as grateful for the services and care you receive, and you recognize that even if you’re still a tourist in the end, at least you’re not one of those tourists. Until you are. […]
Day 13 – Sestri Levante to Levanto, Italy – 30km
And on the 13th day, Dave rested. Sort of. I slept in, all the way until 6:44am! My alarm was set for 6:45, so it was with particular mirth that I read the time on my phone after returning to life this morning. I’d spent the previous evening with the proverbial angel and demon propped […]
Days 11 & 12 – Genova to Sestri Levante, Italy – 53km
We don’t know much about the older generations of the Giannini family. They hailed from an isolated corner of Liguria, the gorge of the Fontanabuona, the village of Favale, cut off from the populated coast and a challenging place from which to eke out an existence. Not until 1892 was the road to the Lavagna […]