MAKING TRACKS
Two decades ago Rachael Martin arrived in Italy, exploring the country by rail and dreaming of rooms with a view. Twenty years, one Italian husband and two kids later, she still has the memories of those first voyages of discovery…
On the train to Levanto
Welcome to Recco
Images by Rachael Martin
Sunset at Levanto
Getting off at Recco
Eating focaccia di Recco on Recco beach
The streets of Levanto
The beach at Levanto
An evening walk along the seafront
Part Six – Genoa to Levanto
The Ligurian coast beyond Genoa reaches to the tourist hotspot of the Cinque Terre and beyond that into Tuscany, but the journey is worth making for its own merits
When I first met my Italian husband he told me Liguria was for old people and families with small children, possibly because at the time we were young and didn’t have any children. Never believe your husband… (Or maybe it’s just that now we are the family with the kids.)