It's Sunday & the local markets are open in the Piazza...guess what...they are full of local stuff just like back home, although there was some weird stuff like original war memorabilia & marble & brass statues...not a plaster gnome in site!
Again we forgot to take a photo of lunch before we started...whoops...the boys risotto was yum!
So we decided to walk off lunch & climb to the highest point in San Remo in the suburb of La Pigna. The higher we climbed the narrower the streets.
Half way up the hill & check out this olive tree...no idea how old it is...the trunk is so twisted @ gnarled.
Now we are seeing less & less traffic...its easy to image what it was like living here 100's of years ago, nothing much has changed.
It's quite steep & it smells damp & musty (& a little bit piddley). I'm puffing like a train...this view better be good!
Nearly at the top & a lot of the original paving is still there...imagine laying all these stones vertically for miles & miles.
Finally at the top & a selfie with the view from the Piazza Castello lookout...very picturesque.
Andrew leads the way back down & finds an easier quicker way...the sign for the tourists took us a steeper & harder way. Maybe they don't want to share?
Back at the bottom of the hill & on the Main Street, we do a bit of window shopping. Everyone takes their dogs with them, walking, shopping (even the supermarket), restaurants etc. We were watching this little fellow who was being a bit naughty & his owner started reprimanding him (in Italian). We all burst out laughing because we realised that even the dogs who can't speak at all, understand more Italian than we do...omg!
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