On another day in Riomaggiore, we decided to explore the
upper regions of the town. We found a paved pathway, which circled around the
many apartment buildings closer to the water’s edge and led upwards to the
church at the top of the hill. It was difficult to imagine the construction of
the many buildings that nestled into the cliff face. Lyle took this first
picture of a cluster of buildings. The buildings are too close together for me
to see them properly, but Lyle tells me that from our high vantage point you
can see the red roofs in the foreground and the varied colours of the
apartments nestled against the face of the cliff on the other side of the
narrow ravine.
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| Riomaggiore |
From the upper limits of the town we took a hiking trail
that led still further uphill to the road. I never did reach the road although
I made a valiant attempt at the steep grade. At various intervals along the
pathway, there were maybe half a dozen homes etched into the side of the slope.
As I was tiring from my one time struggle uphill, I marvelled that the people
who lived in these homes would need to carry every supply along the same route.
There was no other way in or out. The second picture shows me standing on a set
of steps carved into the rocky path.
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| Sue on path |
The last picture is of our apartment building by the marina.
For those of you who can see, I am standing in the window on the second floor.
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| Sue in apartment |
Enjoyed the pictures, especially the picture of the room with you in it. Houses close together LOL.
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