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Yes, that was the questionable bridge photo - or whatever it was! Very unique.
Lunch sounded... interesting. Yours looked fresh and delicious, and at least Mark's looked halfway decent. Macaroons!!
Interesting looking pirate ship. I've never heard of that either, but it sure looks like something from a movie!
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Your room looks perfect, but too bad yours was the only good choice for lunch. It's amazing how popular French macaroons suddenly are over here. They're available in every regular grocery store now-- I'm sure the quality varies, but you never used to see them. We used to have Jewish macaroons (entirely different), but never the colorful French ones.
Oooh that's good to know - perhaps we'll find some on our next trip over there!
Some very nice photos from Rapallo to Genoa! It's funny, you mention those sun bathing in the quite warm temps as when your adept to a particular climate you may get used to it as KMB mentioned earlier about Arizona... They say Arizona is dry heat but temps in the 100's is still frickin' hot, regardless...with or without humidity.
Love your room in Genoa and some great views!
About the floods in Vernazza....look them up on YouTube as they are quite astonishing and of the flash flood nature! You will certainly recognize a lot of the area!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Some very nice photos from Rapallo to Genoa! It's funny, you mention those sun bathing in the quite warm temps as when your adept to a particular climate you may get used to it as KMB mentioned earlier about Arizona... They say Arizona is dry heat but temps in the 100's is still frickin' hot, regardless...with or without humidity.
I'm with you on that - whether it's dry heat or not, 100 degrees whenever I've encountered it, has been unbearable.
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Love your room in Genoa and some great views!
About the floods in Vernazza....look them up on YouTube as they are quite astonishing and of the flash flood nature! You will certainly recognize a lot of the area!
We rounded the corner, and found one of my favourites, the manatees! I just love these guys. They seem to be so calm and placid, and of course the fact they’re known as sea cows doesn’t hurt either.
I was very impressed by how clear the glass was, which made it nice and easy to get photos as we went around. The next section was the sharks…
Then we had a series of smaller tanks, all with underwater delights in them…
Here we got a glimpse outside…
Then we were into the underwater dolphin viewing area…
We stood there for a while, enchanted by these beautiful creatures, but there was so much more to see, so we dragged ourselves away, and found the seals. This guy had a habit of going up to the top of the tank, and blowing air bubbles!
Once again, they were so graceful to watch. We headed next into the Antarctica area, where you could touch ice, and boy, it was cold! It was tough to get photos here, as the lighting was very severe, but I managed to snag a couple…
We then went to meet the penguins, two of whom appeared to be fighting…
Apart from that pair however, it was all a bit dull here, with them just standing there, looking at each other.
We headed further along the aquarium, getting some views outside as we did…
The pastel pink building was our hotel…
Essentially, the way they do this is that you go all the way along the aquarium, then the route takes you back, but on different levels, as you’ll see later on. It’s very cleverly done, and there is a heck of a lot to see, so much so that towards the end, I was getting a bit blasé about it, which sounds terrible, but we’d just seen so much, it was hard to take anymore in…
Great photos so far! I find seals and sea lions quite amusing to watch. Peaceful, and sometimes pretty funny too.
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A great day at the aquarium and you certainly got a lot of nice photos of some of nature's beauties! Looking forward to the rest of your visit!
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Yours looked fresh and delicious, and at least Mark's looked halfway decent. Macaroons!! 
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They say Arizona is dry heat but temps in the 100's is still frickin' hot, regardless...with or without humidity.
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