Bordighera

On Sunday, March 10, 2013, we drove across the Italian border to Bordighera with Eric who was in France during spring break. At his request, we eschewed the highway and drove along the coast, passing Nice, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Monaco, Menton, and Ventimiglia. The drive took quite a bit of time but the scenery made it well worth it. Unfortunately, throughout the week Eric was with us, the weather was not the greatest; it rained a great deal, and when it didn't, the skies looked dark enough to make one believe that the reprieve was only temporary. Of course, this did not lessen the pleasure of doing things en famille, though it did have an impact on my photographic output. Full disclosure: most of the images shown on this page were, in fact, taken on a Sunday almost exactly one year earlier, on February 19, 2012. On that day, Vicki and I had visited Bordighera for the first time.

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The train station	Via Vittorio Emanuele


Corso Italia	Back alley


Intersection	Along the waterfront


The beach	The beach


Getting ready for the tourist season	Right now, we're in the off season


The Mediterranean sparkles!	Along the seaside promenade


Lungomare Argentina	Resting a while


Villa Capriccio	Closed for the season


The blue deck chairs	By the Via Sant'Ampelio


The coastline looking west	Rock sculpted by the elements


Mother and son photo session	Vicki and Eric


Picturesque walkway	Thistles


Shower among the rocks	Harbor wall


The harbor of Bordighera	Harbor view


The yellow hose	The green boat


Above the harbor	The coastline looking east


Shoreline	Sant'Ampelio


The bell of Sant'Ampelio	Chiesa di Terrasanta


Chiesa di Terrasanta	Mediterranean view


Blooming aloes	Aloe flower


Vicki and her new friend:	A cat that purrs in Italian

Menacing skies: time to head back home

Before driving home, we made a stop at a café in the heart of town were a year earlier we had not only discovered a fabulous cappuccino of the kind only Italians know how to make, but also what have got to be the best Cannoli we had ever tasted. Naturally, we just had to go back there to see if the experience of that first trip had been some kind of fluke. I'm happy to report that our little snack was every bit as good as we had remembered it—and about half the price it would have cost across the French border. We'll be back!

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