Owing to a small flare-up of an old back problem, we decided to postpone our walk for a couple of days and instead wandered down to the harbour.
La Spezia has a large port and naval base, space for not one, but two cruise ships as well as fishing boats, passenger ferries and numerous pleasure craft, large and small.
Bordering the promenade are the public gardens which were created when the city’s medieval walls were removed in the early 1800’s and greatly enlarged when the Naval Arsenal was built in the early 1860’s.
I’m really enjoying all the plants and trees in fruit and flower elsewhere in the town too.
Arriving back at our apartment, all we had to do was climb ‘Mount Everest’ as I call stairs up to our floor. We’re on the fourth floor (no lift). That’s 91 steps. We are taking turns to put the rubbish out at night.
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