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Erika in our hotel room in the morning.09:47:21
Oh dear... a portent of unpleasant things to come: all the ticket machines at Genoa station were broken.10:02:01
I'm fairly sure that's not how an escalator is meant to work.10:37:22
Chie and Erika on the train from Genoa to Sestri Levante, before the unpleasantness...
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Some grape vines seen from the train.10:38:44
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Now in Sestri Levante, on the way to our hotel, after the highly annoying run in with TrenItalia (Europe's worst train company) staff on the train.11:58:15
Me outsite our hotel for the next two nights, the Grand Hotel dei Castelli. I'm really not sure these trousers were a good idea.
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Don't really like this picture.12:13:01
The old switchboard in the hotel.12:18:01
On the swing chair in the hotel gardens.13:19:04
Lunch - Genoese soup.
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The wine glass had the restaurant's name on it. but you can't really make it out here.13:38:50
Yet more pasta with pesto.13:38:55
Chie doing a silly facial expression.14:03:03
La Cantina del Polpo - where we had lunch.
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Coffee and a little bit of cake.14:14:08
Outside Cantina del Polpo.14:40:13
The entrance to the lift up to our hotel (it was on top of a hill overlooking Sestri Levante).14:41:17
The tunnel leading through to the lift.
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Corridor from the lift to the hotel.14:45:06
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Checked in now. Here's the view from the balcony of our hotel room.14:51:46
...and again (taken on my mobile).
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The hallway outside our room.15:20:22
The stairs.15:21:29
Hallway on the floor below ours.15:30:06
Taking a stroll round the hotel grounds.
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Some goats.15:36:37
Boats in the bay of Sestri Levante.15:39:47
View down to the hotel's private pool.15:39:58
A boat.
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Chie and Erika on the steps.15:47:08
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Some peacocks.
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Probably needs a bit of attention?16:02:46
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From the front of the hotel, overlooking some of Sestri Levante.
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Erika having a wander round.16:22:15
Self timer shot on the swing chair again.16:27:38
The entrance to the restaurant.16:40:44
Time for an early aperitif!
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Me and Erika on the swing. Still not sure about these trousers.16:47:55
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Admiring the foliage.17:12:29
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Hello small lion.17:21:26
Hello larger lion.18:43:33
Wandering around the town centre of Sestri Levante before dinner. This pasticceria had a nice frontage.
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Chocolate tool set.18:45:55
I assume the building with the tower is the town hall or something like that.19:49:33
Pizza for dinner.19:53:58
Erika had some spaghetti.
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Outside where we had dinner - a place called 4Canti.20:38:29
Frantoi Bo - where I'd been told by a colleague to buy some olive oil. Closed at this time.20:56:20
Sunset over the bay from the beach at Sestri Levante.20:56:41
Chie and Erika on the beach.
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Our hotel there up on the hill.21:06:51
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Good night Sestri Levante.