Revisiting Boccadasse

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dinsdag 9 september 2008 17:42 door Jack Vanderwyk

Coming from Nice, after a 90 minutes drive, I arrive in Boccadasse, a small fishermen's village in the middle of the city of Genova, Italy.

In the 70s I used to live here for a while, with my Italian girl friend Laura, a native to Boccadasse.

This is still a village, most people who live here, were born here. The city of Genua doesn't stimulate tourists to visit this place. No road signs, no parking lots, either you know where to go, or you don't.

In this small community all people know each other. I must admit that sometimes, when I lived here, it was a bit too small for me.

The old fishermen's church. So many of the fishermen didn't come back, and while the remains of their small boats washed ashore after a storm, their survivors found comfort in the church. Many of the people of Boccadasse are religious Roman Catholics as well as fierce communists, and I had to get used to that combination.

On top of the hill that forms Boccadasse, you will find the old castle.

Time to go to my old house.

On the way there, a view of the Mediterranean.

And there it is!

Little has changed. Laura and I lived in nr 57, occupying the first floor with a small bedroom on the second.

Quite a climb after a couple of drinks, I remember that.

Another view of the sea on the way back.

It's great to see that the owners of these houses try to keep everything intact and original.

Many houses are under construction, but they are restored, not rebuilt.

It's lovely to be back. So peaceful, this village in the middle of this huge city.

I hope Boccadasse will be the same when I return here in a year or two.

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