Category: Liguria

The Jackie & Rosemary Italian Road Show

by RoseMary Griffith | Mar 26, 2019 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 18 |

Logically, my older sister Jackie asked, “Now what?” when we emerged from Malpensa Airport. Not...

Some Places are balm for your soul

by RoseMary Griffith | Jul 13, 2018 | Liguria, Travel Musings, Wales | 10 |

Places evoke emotions in us human beings. A small village in Italy—Manarola in the Cinque Terre—that has a profound effect on me. Manarola wraps itself around a visitor with colorful buildings, lyrical language, and food and wine to delight every palate. Each contribution it makes to the beauty of a day soothes your heart.

Are life’s surprising pleasures really chance encounters?

by RoseMary Griffith | Jun 10, 2018 | Italy, Liguria, Opinionated Musings, Travel Musings | 4 |

The setting: Cinque Terre Park, Italy. The setting: Cinque Terre National Park on the Italian...

Wandering to Santa Margherita on the Red Carpet

by RoseMary Griffith | Aug 13, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 20 |

If you don’t make it to a Hollywood bash to stroll the rolled-out red rug, try ambling along the...

Surviving the Hike from Portofino to San Fruttuoso

by Rose Mary Griffith | Aug 6, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 16 |

Or, How I lost my favorite pink hat in the Italian woods… Joining our friends from Milan, Lorenzo...

A Notable and Truly Steep Hike in Rapallo, Italy

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 30, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 18 |

If there’s a hike to remember around Rapallo on the Italian coast, it’s the one down from Nostra...

In the Italian Riviera? Don’t skip Camogli!

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 23, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 14 |

One visit to Camogli leaves you eager to return for more. Even these two Americans, who are...

Rapallo, Italy’s Promenade is a Poetry of People

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 9, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 23 |

Travel is about the new and exploring Rapallo, Italy provides a whole world of new from food, to people-watching, and critiquing the drivers trying to park.

Italy’s Beautiful 19th century haven of Rapallo still rocks

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 2, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 14 |

Rapallo, Italy on the Golfo del Tigullio is a quaint town to discover stony beaches, delightful shops and staying at the Hotel Vesuvio made it all worthwhile.

A walking day in Genoa, Italy – museums, architecture and more

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 25, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 20 |

Genoa was the largest city (850,000 residents) we visited during this Italian adventure. Arriving...

Triumph in Genoa! Awed by the Elaborate San Lorenzo Cathedral!

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 18, 2017 | Italy, Liguria, Travel Musings | 13 |

Genoa, Italy’s San Lorenzo Cathedral was well worth the three different trip and tries it took to see the inside. Stunning, elaborate, gorgeous and so much more.