Nero

This isn't the set for a movie on board a 1920s cruise ship. This is “Nero”, a 295 foot vessel inspired by the financier J.P. Morgan's legendary “Corsair” yacht.This ship was built in 2008 by the Yantai Raffles shipyard in China for the “Corsair Yachts”, combining the classic style of Morgan’s boat with 21st-century technology. “Nero” just entered our small dry dock for routine maintenance.This luxury boat, more a small cruise ship than a yacht, usually charters at a weekly base rate of $431,000 for ten passengers.

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Reflected

A view of the “Scali delle Cantine” from “Piazza della Repubblica”.The embankment on the left is part of the “Fortezza Nuova”.

See also: Scali delle Cantine - Piazza della Repubblica - Fortezza Nuova

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Railings

Montenero, on the side of a hill, it is full of railings of many types.Some railings, plain and modern, climb up the hill.Others, ornate and older, guard balconies and terraced grounds.

See also: Montenero - Sanctuary of Montenero - Villa Azzurra
Funicolare - Sagrato - Famedio

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Fruits & Flowers

The last part of my Sunday walk was different and I think, for once, it deserves a post of its own. I found an orange tree full of fruits.I saw a rose and some... tiny chili peppers in a florist's window.Same window, different flowers, anybody knows their name?Floral experts could even help me to identify the content of these huge vases at the “Parterre”, not far from the orange tree.

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Lifeboats

What is happening under the attentive eye of Wile E. Coyote, watching from the side of the “Mobi Aki”? We have already seen this crane at work in the post “On Top”.An empty life raft strewn with life jackets, lies abandoned at the far end of the Capitaneria pier...... while another lifeboat, of the enclosed type, is floating nearby. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck observe from the “Moby Wonder”.This type of boat is usually seen on Davits on the sides of a ship.A new batch of safety implements is being delivered to the ferry, which is undergoing other minor works during the low season.

Search labels: Moby - ferry

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Baby Window

Another Sunday walk, we start in “Via Sardi” with a the funny sign of this ladies' wear shop.At the “Petit Bateau” (Little Boat) store in “Via Ricasoli” they put paper boats in the window to publicize their sales.Have you ever seen a baby window? This one has already grown her shutter and a pot of flowers.A villa in “Via Calzabigi” has one of the nicest mailbox in town.“Il brutto anatroccolo” (The Ugly Duckling) seems an appropriate name for a beauty center.

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Theme Day: Wood

A thoroughly pruned tree in the park of “Villa Mimbelli”.Wooden wares at the Sant'Antonino Fair.

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