And so after a 2 hour train journey up the Tuscan coast passing through all the stations and countryside still so familiar from the 1st leg of the tour, through the Cinque Terre, more of which later, the tour reached Santa Margherita. One of the great train journeys of the world.

And it was exactly as we left it, which was reassuring. Of course, the last time your author was here it was not a Blog tour. It was just a holiday. It was 2007. There was no Blog. Life was simple.

Here is one of the views from your Blog’s balcony at the Lido Palace.