La Spezia

We went to a nice little hotel in La Spezia, and Sara, the proprietor, directed us to a nearby trattoria for dinner. I think the chap with Hannelore in the first picture was the owner, if not, he certainly acted as if he was! He owned us while we were there too, virtually telling us what we were going to eat. We each had a fish dish, which seemed to be the house specialty, delicious, as was everything else he brought us, most of which we hadn't asked for. He even made our neighboring diner offer his plate of fried shellfish to Hannelore, for Hannelore to sample a piece. A very entertaining evening.
La Spezia is a port city, with a lot of grand old style buildings. The second picture is of the port, and the third a picture of another small port beneath a castle, just south as we left.