In Santa Margherita Port waiting for our boat to Portofino April 20, 2015

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Vivian Kogan, Bernie Benn, and Nemour de Laneville wait at the port

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Some of our group wait at the Santa Margherita port

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view of Santa Margherita from the port

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the old 16th century Castello in Santa Margherita

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Vivian Kogan at the statue of Saint Margaret blessing the harbor

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sitting at the Santa Margherita port

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beautiful refractions of light at the port

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Santa Margherita Ligure from the ocean

Portofino April 20, 2015

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the Portofino port

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the Portofino port

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Oratorio della Fraternidad di Notra Señora Assunta altar

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the Portofino port

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the Portofino port

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features of the church

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Portofino apartments decorated by laundry and by wisteria blooms

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lovely wisteria in bloom everywhere

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jellyfish at the port

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fish at the port

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at the Portofino port a young lad was playing with the fish

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sailing back to Santa Margherita

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Santa Margherita Senior Center April 20, 2015

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many of the ladies did fine tatting work

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entrance to the senior center

back in Sta. Margherita we paid a visit to the Senior Center there. The women were upstairs tatting and playing cards. The men were downstairs drinking beer, playing poker, and shooting pool.
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lovely orange trees in town

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something this size might take many months to make

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the ladies would work on stuffed pads

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their hands would move lightning fast selecting the proper threads and making knots

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these three ladies are playing buracco, which looks a little like Rummy with two decks and special rules for jokers

The men were in rooms downstairs smoking and playing poker
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another church in Sta. Margherita

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another trompe l'oeil facade

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at the Da Pezzi Restaurant: special Ligurian homemade pasta with fresh pesto in the colors of the Italian flag

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Lincoln Ramírez, Bernie Benn, and Vivian Kogan at the Da Pezzi restaurant

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ornate door