So we have been “Smart working” as the Italians call it for the last 3 weeks in Italia.  We are keen to move here A) So that I can improve my Italian and B) Because I have fallen in love with the sea and have never spent any time living on it! So we will be here until mid September 😍

We are in Fezzano a small village 30 minutes from Cinque Terre, 10 minutes from PortoVenere and 15 minutes from La Spezia in Liguria.  It has been amazing to swim and explore the small Villages before and after work. 

Of course I am keen to get as much sailing in as possible and my plan was to find crewing opportunities or sailing clubs and sail as much as possible in the evenings and weekends - Turns out there is not as much demand for recreational crew in the beautiful med vs December in England so it has been difficult to find opportunities.  There is a great FB group however called BLA BLA sail where you can find chances to join skippers on their boats for a decent price (About €80 a day).  The trick is to find a boat where you actually get the sails up! A lot of the boats seem to be pleasure cruises more than sailing :-/.

We found a great boat and arranged 3 days sailing the Ligurian coast.  It was nice to leave from Fezzano Marina having been staring at the Marina for weeks dying to get on a boat. 

The day started with Prosecco, salami, and sea bass Ravioli as all sailing trips should 🇮🇹🍝🍾.

We sailed out of the gulf of poets.  So called as the area was a favourite spot for Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, George Sand, Petrarch and many more.  It was great to see all of the marinas and villages we have been exploring from the sea!  

Dodging the expensive boats and Mussel buoys hanging around Portovenere we lost
The wind and motored up the Ligurian coast getting a close up view of Cinque Terre the beautiful colourful houses nestled into the hill side as can be seen in Wolf of Wall Street and the recent Disney Pixar Luca. 

We are settling in for the night on Anchor in Rapallo, there will 100% need to be a tender trip ashore for Gelato 😍🍦.

I have also started reading Frankenstein in Honour of Mary Shelley and was surprised to see that it begins with a sailors tale!

Finally sailing Liguria - Cinque Terre

Crew: 3

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