It rained most of the day before and rain was predicted for the rest of the week. We were supposed to head to the Cinque Terre, the north end which we had not walked before and the most challenging part of the path connecting the five towns. The rain ended that plan. Not only would rain make the walk miserable, the path would be slippery and dangerous.

Added to that my cold symptoms now included incessant coughing. I decided to try to not spread my virus and skipped the day’s classes. Instead I went walking when it wasn’t raining.

Another Christopher Columbus statue.

There had been a recent news item that some scientists investigating DNA allege that Christopher Columbus was not Italian but a Spanish Sephardic Jew. This claim was not going down well in the Genoa area which has long claimed to be Columbus’ home town.

The harbour area

Below, the torrente, stream, which runs through Rapallo.

I tried to walk to a church with a tiled dome but ended up stopping at San Gervasio e Protasio.

The site for a church is very old but the current structure was built in the late 19th and early 20th century. The photo may not show it, but the campanile, bell tower, is leaning.

The sculptor of the above John the Evangelist (and the other three evangelist sculptures in the church) was Antonio Orazio Quinzio. He’s described as a painter and sculptor from Genoa but the church describes him as from Rapallo.

I met Scott for lunch where we found seafood soup and swordfish.

And the house white which features grapes from the Rapallo area as well as a label with a painting of the restaurant.

The rain really picked up with thunder and lightning.

Scott went to join the afternoon class and I waited to see if the rain would ease up. As it did not look like the rain would quit, I decided to go to a gelateria, Carapina.

For dinner we went lighter with pizza. Didn’t take a photo of the pizza but took a photo of the wine label.