Here we are nearly a month after pulling into La Spezia. Porto Lotti is a beautiful, well run marina that has great amenities. The problem with these type of places is that they can be hard to leave.
We chose Porto Lotti because it has a good location and had stuff Marina and the kids could do when I spent three weeks in Vancouver for work ... Things like a tennis court, swimming pool plus a soccer pitch.
Wait a second ... did you say work ... what the heck is that all about ???? Well, there was this proposal to BC Hydro and I went back to give the team a hand.
Anyway, we left Porto Lotti fairly early for us .. Around 10:30. We had planned to drop a hook at Portofino but the wind didn't look favourable on windfinder.com, so we sought out a nearby marina called Marina de Varazza.
We chose Porto Lotti because it has a good location and had stuff Marina and the kids could do when I spent three weeks in Vancouver for work ... Things like a tennis court, swimming pool plus a soccer pitch.
Wait a second ... did you say work ... what the heck is that all about ???? Well, there was this proposal to BC Hydro and I went back to give the team a hand.
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Posh is an understatement for this place and at 113 Euros is one of the more expensive we have encountered along the way. The staff were totally friendly and very helpful. When you are treated well you don't mind paying. Talk about a massive marina. I would guess 1000+ boats are there plus there is a boatyard that was working on a couple of 50+ meter long boats. To give some perspective, I think the biggest boat in Vancouver is Jimmy Pattison's Nova Spirit and it is probably 40 or so meters. Here, a 40 meter boat is a mid sized boat. At 15 meters we have a big boat for Vancouver and a nice mid-sized cruiser for the Med.
Somehow in the night, Marina hurt her neck and got a crick in it. She couldn't move her head side to side without a lot of pain. So, being self sufficient she researched it on the internet and we walked down to the local Pharmacia and bought her a neck brace that immobilized her neck and gave it some time to get better.
Even infirm Marina is a trooper so we kept going and she kept teaching.
The kids are closing in on the end of school but it seems the closer they get to the end the less they want to work. The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a grunt for everyone but the prize at the end is in sight.
The kids are closing in on the end of school but it seems the closer they get to the end the less they want to work. The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a grunt for everyone but the prize at the end is in sight.
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