Well today turned into one of those catch-up days where you spend a leisurely morning reading and relaxing and then take a stroll to the next village for a bite to eat. Thankfully from Manarolla you can walk to Riomaggiore without any hills, the only path that isn’t at more than 45 degrees, but even getting down to the start and back up to our apartment is a killer on the calves today. We found some great fresh ingredients for dinner and a bottle of the local vino on special so it was well worth the effort. We actually ended up back at Manarola for lunch as it’s very crowded everywhere today, a festiva day but we haven’t been able to establish which festiva. Eric had squid ink pasta with seafood but I elected for the less adventurous clams and mussels with pasta. Two other questions I’m yet to get answers to: we saw a funeral procession yesterday but I don’t know where they ended up. Without being a sticky beak I want to know if bodies are put to sea or buried somewhere beyond the village, haven’t seen any cemeteries and can’t imagine land being available here. Also, all the fishing boats are on land, when and how are they put to sea? We’ve seen a pulley system not in use; is this what it is used for? I had planned to take an ocean swim after lunch but the clouds rolled in so I opted for the couch and a good book instead. The woman who lives in the house just below us seems to have a sewing circle most afternoons where her friends come and join her on the roof for sewing, knitting or crotchet. Today as I lay on the couch their voices entertained me just as well as any cd could as they moved from chatter, to heated argument and even song. All of which, of course, I couldn’t understand a word of.
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