Sunday, April 17, 2016

Report #107 Livorno, Italy April 16, 2016 Saturday Cool & windy 67 degrees Part #2 of 2 61 Pictures


Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 12:26:32 AM
Subject: Report #107  Livorno, Italy   April 16, 2016   Saturday   Cool & windy   67 degrees    Part #2 of 2    61 Pictures

Our walk continued……………

 

 

A roundabout

 

Cafes and stores

 

Civilized On Via Grande

 

A statue of sea monsters (1629)

 

The Four Moors Statue & Ferdinando 1 of Medici

 

Waterfront street

 

Darsena Vecchia

 

Historic port area

 

Small boat mooring

 

Sailboats and the Silversea Wind

 

So many boats

 

Public water fountain where locals fill their water bottles

 

 

Sailaway Pictures From Livorno……

 

A whimsical ferry

 

Ferry in busy port

 

Working port

 

Here comes the pilota (Italian)

 

A ship leaving ahead of us

 

The sail away was moved to the Crows Nest

 

A gull checks us out

 

Black-headed gull

 

One exit to the sea

 

Here come the Wind

 

Waterfront where we walked

 

Gull

 

The church in scaffolding

 

Speeding in the harbor

 

Pretty as a postcard

 

A watchtower in the harbor

 

Pilot boat

 

Not working on Saturday

 

The way out to sea

 

Here comes the pilot

 

A tugboat will help us

 

The Wind sailed like the wind, naturally

 

She is small, but fast

 

Lighthouse

 

Cargo ships

 

The terminal building

 

Closed up tight

 

Gull

 

They were diving for fish

 

Checking us out

 

Looking at you

 

Historic port

 

Not an easy place to navigate

 

The Old Fortress from 1521

 

Red-tiled roofs

 

Madonna and Child Statue protects the harbor

 

Looks very old

 

Leaving the city of Livorno

 

Light tower

 

Ships ready to load or unload

 

The winds were fierce

 

Waterfront

 

Choppy water, high surf

 

Rough shoreline

 

No small boats out today

 

Small boat harbor

 

Historic buildings

 

Leaving the coast of Italy behind

 

Going out of the breakwater