Pisa, Italy

On Aug. 16th we first had to take a swim in the Mediterranean then we headed to Pisa. We were getting the hang of the navigator and found our way pretty well. The weather continued to be unusually hot for that time of year. It is usually around 85-90 and we averaged 100 degrees.

Seeing Pisa was definately one of my personal highlights. It is not only unusually leaning, it is a beautiful building of white marble.

Dad says the baptistry is leaning also.

We loved buying souvenirs here for the kids and a fan for me to keep cool.

Dee Hopper

My dear, sweet, humble, friend Dee Hopper is dying. I will be there for her this week to hold her hand and make sure she doesn't die alone in this world. All blogs of our trip will wait until I see her off to the Lord to be embraced in His ample arms.

CAMOGLI

This looked so typical in my mind of a european scene.This lady had some ladies underwear in her hand ready to hang. Everywhere we saw lines of laundry hanging out to dry, even inthe nicest of places.

This is the view we first saw of Camogli from the ferry.

One more shot of the mornings at the hotel "Portofino Kulm".

Camogli/ day two / aug.15th

Camogli

After we left San Fruttoso, we took the ferry to Camogli. This is the town closest to our hotel. Here we had the expensive dinner that we didn't really eat, the one with the fish eye. Here we took the shuttle bus back to our hotel.

There were some old, beautiful, buildings in the background. It was pretty hot, humid. We went home, showered off, and headed for the pool.
This is the harbor where we got off the ferry. Dad thought it was a great picture.

I had to show you the color of this beautiful water.

One last shot of SanFruttuoso

San Fruttuoso Aug.15th

This is San Fruttuoso

This is the abby we toured. Dad said it dates back to 989.

Another view. This place is only accessible from ferry boats or hiking in to it.

This is the view from above our hiking trail. We were almost there by the time we could see the cove below.

This hike really affected my quads and I was sore and stiff for the next three days. It was a beautiful cove and I would have preferred, in hindsight, to have taken the ferry over and spent the morning swimming!

leaving San Fruttuoso

Here we are leaving San Fruttuoso and hoping for another opportunity to swim in that beautiful water.