This week proved to be hectic for the Walking Ladies and so, Annelies and I were left to carry the torch and blaze the trails alone. After marching through the Cinque Terre on Sunday I was left without much inspiration or energy to climb, thankfully, Annelies wasn't so into it either. After a lovely cup of coffee on her terrace facing the sun complete with the aroma from the bakery wafting up we forced ourselves to get up and to walk along the Entella in the direction of Carasco.
The river, as rivers do, has quite fertile banks and along the trail on both sides there are many "orto"/vegetable gardens, some quite humble and others comical... like this door to lock out those who might be tempted to steal a cabbage or two.
We reached Carasco, hungry and thinking that maybe we should be on the look out for eats, after all the whole point of this exercise to be fit and reward our hard work with a yummy lunch. I knew that there was a nice osteria "Settembrin" just on the other side of the pedestrian bridge, but, unfortunately, it burned down a few months ago. As we took a moment to admire the view, out of nowhere I get grabbed from behind! There was Marco, on his bike, as always cracking a joke. We asked him if he knew a good place to eat and he pointed us to Cogorno and a trattoria that overlooked the river. Score. For 10 euros each, we had, ravioli, spezzitino for Anneleis and porchetta for me. Dessert - an excellent homemade chocolate cake with nuts and a hint of cinnamon, wine, water, coffee and even - lemoncella to top it off. Again, all that for 10 euro!!! The trattoria is called Ma - Pa and is owned by two former cruise ship employees who couldn't wait to speak English with us. The food was delicious and all homemade, the service friendly and the trattoria is small, but it also has an outdoor terrace which overlooks the river. Good spot to remember for the summer. I didn't get any photos of our lunch, but trust me... It was mmm mmm good.
This is the life. Walking with a friend. Sharing a moment and a meal. The simple things that keep us going. Good friends. Good food. And, finding beauty in where you live.
Ta ta till next week.
This week proved to be hectic for the Walking Ladies and so, Annelies and I were left to carry the torch and blaze the trails alone. After marching through the Cinque Terre on Sunday I was left without much inspiration or energy to climb, thankfully, Annelies wasn't so into it either. After a lovely cup of coffee on her terrace facing the sun complete with the aroma from the bakery wafting up we forced ourselves to get up and to walk along the Entella in the direction of Carasco. 
The river, as rivers do, has quite fertile banks and along the trail on both sides there are many "orto"/vegetable gardens, some quite humble and others comical... like this door to lock out those who might be tempted to steal a cabbage or two. 
We reached Carasco, hungry and thinking that maybe we should be on the look out for eats, after all the whole point of this exercise to be fit and reward our hard work with a yummy lunch. I knew that there was a nice osteria "Settembrin" just on the other side of the pedestrian bridge, but, unfortunately, it burned down a few months ago. As we took a moment to admire the view, out of nowhere I get grabbed from behind! There was Marco, on his bike, as always cracking a joke. We asked him if he knew a good place to eat and he pointed us to Cogorno and a trattoria that overlooked the river. Score. For 10 euros each, we had, ravioli, spezzitino for Anneleis and porchetta for me. Dessert - an excellent homemade chocolate cake with nuts and a hint of cinnamon, wine, water, coffee and even - lemoncella to top it off. Again, all that for 10 euro!!! The trattoria is called Ma - Pa and is owned by two former cruise ship employees who couldn't wait to speak English with us. The food was delicious and all homemade, the service friendly and the trattoria is small, but it also has an outdoor terrace which overlooks the river. Good spot to remember for the summer. I didn't get any photos of our lunch, but trust me... It was mmm mmm good.
This is the life. Walking with a friend. Sharing a moment and a meal. The simple things that keep us going. Good friends. Good food. And, finding beauty in where you live. 
Ta ta till next week. 
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