#2921 three things: micro-memories from Camogli

three colorful buildings

 One of our excursions with the art group was to the nearby town of Camogli (pronouned cam-O-lyee). Here are three of my micro-memories from that day.

1. I was over-dressed, then under-dressed. There had been some bad weather days with lots of rain, and the forecast for the day in Camogli looked sunny but maybe a little cool. I wore jeans with a white t-shirt, a brown wool sweater vest, and a black wool cap to keep the sun off my delicate scalp. I thought I looked pretty snazzy.

I'm hot, but not in a good way

As we walked, though, the sun got a lot warmer, and I had to shed some layers. First the hat came off, then the sweater. I was left with just a white t-shirt and jeans. Boring. 

so basic

The take-away here is that I didn't fully understand how heavy that sweater vest is. It will be nice here in SLC in the winter. And I really like the hat. I have worn it here in the past couple of weeks when it was cold and wet in the morning. Neither were very good on that sunny day in Camogli on the Italian Riviera though. 

2. We had a good meal in a pretty restaurant. Lizzie and I wanted to have lunch, but we didn't really know what we wanted. Well, that's not totally true. We wanted a really nice sandwich, and we wanted to sit outside. There are many restaurant options in Camogli, and we wandered up and down the beach-front street looking for a place to get a sandwich. We found a place with outside seating, got a table, and then were thoroughly ignored by the servers. We left when we read the tiny print on the menu informing us the focaccia was "from frozen." Pass!

There was a busy restaurant where Suzy and Jeannette were having lunch, so we asked if they had a table available. It wasn't outside, but we were by open windows and the view was gorgeous. The food was awesome, too. I'll write more about it, but I think Lizzie's face tells the story:

mamma mia ragazzi!

3. I wish I'd done some research. I knew that Camogli was on the itinerary, and I can't for the life of me understand why I didn't do a little reading to find out more about the town before I went there. I would have liked to know a bit of the history and to know some places to pay attention to. We didn't have a lot of time there, it's true, but I feel a little disappointed that I didn't know what I was looking at. I just know it was beautiful there by the water.

Camogli

When I write more about Camogli this weekend, I will know more about the place and show you more photos, too.

xo