The last half of our time in Imperia was quite a bit warmer and we ventured to the beach for at least a part of each afternoon.
More burying. This time involved packing the sand tight. Mikaya actually took some extracting. Note the lady behind the kids who seemed quite happy to be in our pictures. Another family on the beach. Fun to watch them. I suppose they were also watching us.
On the weekend there were way more teens and 20s kids on the scene. Interesting to get a window into the culture. Definitely more PDA than Canada! Kids were a bit wide eyed.
Beach is heating up! We had a shade umbrella at our place which absolutely helped Kylie stay longer.
This is the piazza one level below our place. A common meeting place and hang out zone.
And of course our deck. Pete Holmes’ Comedy Sex God was just sitting on a shelf in Belveglio waiting for us. Transformative writing for a comedian!
As part of our Italian education Kylie insisted we go to the olive oil museum and it was actually extremely interesting. Liguria is the world epicentre for olive oil and at one point grew, processed and supplied the whole civilized world via trade routes across the Mediterranean. Above are some 900 year old amphora.
An example of an olive crusher machine. They could be driven by a water wheel or a donkey or a person. Amazing to see the ancient gearing.
Old ground working tools.
More bottles. Lots of bottles.
Fancy oil dispensers for royalty at parties.
Ty making friends.
Mikaya happily in olive processing jail.
A cross section of the ancient terracing that is all over this part of Italy. Crazy to think of entire mountainsides being put to work with hand labour.
These walls are everywhere around here. Some 1000 years old. Some still functional today.
900 year old shears that are almost identical in construction to a pair in our garage.
Thanks muse d’olio!
After the Museum we wandered Oneglia again. We didn’t spend much time on this side of town so it was fun to explore.
More churches. Our children are quiet in churches.
We found a fancy cafe and had some fancy baking and …. Cappuccino. Who coulda guessed.
Zeke and I ran home and the rest of the family fit into 1 cab. We tried waiting for the bus but the kids couldn’t stand still long enough. Nice tour of the seaside.
After that it was back to the beach!
So much to explore. I could stay here all summer and not get bored.
Mikaya doing her influencer posing imitation.
And a more classic pose.
Ty and Levi dug a hole to seawater. We had to flag it for safety.
This is still early on…
Lovely spot for a drink.
Italians definitely love the beach! Lots of volleyball and soccer. No frisbees or floaties. Maybe one or two stand up paddle boards. Lots of tanning.
Nobody in the old town has yards but many still care for their spaces and beautify the neighbourhood.
Last night at the taverna. Levi says papa will be proud of his plate. Can’t even tell it was spaghetti pesto. So tasty. It’s absolutely better here.
Mikaya’s burger and fries was actually literally one burger patty and fries.
Bye bye Imperia!! We will be back! Here is the train coming into the station about to whisk us out of Liguria and on to the French alps.
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