Portofino has undoubtedly been a destination that I will never forget. The most romantic and fun surprise weekend I've ever had and the best surprise of my life.
A year ago Juanje asked me again to marry him. After 25 years together, she wanted to remarry me, I'll be lucky! And to ask me he chose the most romantic and beautiful destination that can exist.
Dos días antes de salir, me dijo "el jueves a las 4 tienes que estar lista. maleta con algo de playa y algo arreglado con mucho glamour. No te voy a decir a dónde vamos pero te diré que hay playa y que no hemos estado nunca".
Solo esas dos frases fueron suficientes para iluminar mi cara y hacer brillar mis ojos "¿Una sorpresa?" pregunté. No contestó. Inmediatamente llamé a mi hermana (que lo sabía pero que no me dijo nada) "Eso es que te va a llevar a Cuenca" me dijo entre risas, "Chanchi ¿pero cómo a Cuenca, mema, allí no hay playa, además no me va a organizar algo sorpresa para llevarme aquí al lado ¿no?".
Así que sin pistas y sin tener ni idea pero con el corazón a mil, a las 4 de la tarde de ese jueves estuve lista. Llegamos al aeropuerto y estuvimos mareando la perdiz hasta que justo cuando iban a cerrar el vuelo, me llevó a la puerta de embarque "Bérgamo" "¿Pero no íbamos a un destino nuevo? Pregunté. Sí contestó, así que estaba claro que el destino final no era Bérgamo porque ya habíamos estado.
Al llegar cogimos un coche de alquiler para iniciar un viaje de 2 horas y media que duró 4 porque la carretera estaba en obras. Ni idea de mi destino hasta que un policía nos preguntó a dónde íbamos para ayudarnos a llegar por una ruta alternativa: destino final "Portofino" y mi cabeza ya solo podía pensar en uno de los sitios más románticos y bonitos del mundo, con el que había soñado muchas veces y en el que no tenía ni dea de lo que iba suceder.
We arrived at the hotel Splendido Mare, almost at 3 in the morning and they were waiting for us with champagne, some chocolates and the most beautiful room you can imagine overlooking the port.
A la mañana siguiente tocó madrugar en el paraíso. Desayuno y salimos caminando del hotel en dirección al puerto "Buongiorno, Signor Peláez" nos saludó un "capitano" que nos estaba esperando en la corvetta de madera más bonita que podáis imaginar. Eran las 10 de la mañana cuando zarpamos para disfrutar de la zona desde el mar y recorrer las calas más bonitas en un mar azul profundo como no había visto antes nunca y que recordaba totalmente al azul Armani, ese azul profundo italiano que siempre hace pensar en verano.
If you visit the area do not hesitate to do this boat trip, you can make it private like us or you can hire the group tour and visit like us San Fruttuoso with one of the most beautiful beaches of Luguria and where we dive to see one of the most incredible monuments you have ever seen in the sea: the Christ of the Abyss, a spectacular bronze statue 17 meters underwater that is considered the Christ of the Ocean. It was our first swim in Liguria and completely unforgettable.
We also visited Camogli one of the most beautiful fishing villages on the Ligurian coast just 15 km from Portofino with its colorful balconies and its port full of fishing boats that conquered my heart.
Llegamos de vuelta a Portofino después de haber disfrutado de una mañana de mar, sol y prosecco disfrutando del "dolce far niente" para comer en Da I Gemelli, unos de los restaurantes más populares del puerto de Portofino donde tomamos Spaghetti con gambas de Santa Margarita y troffie al pesto (comida ligera porque teníamos mesa reservada a las 7 en "no te lo voy a decir".
After lunch, we spent the afternoon visiting Portofino. Its streets are ideal dotted with small shops and some with a lot of glamour and where the bouganvillias have the most beautiful colors you can imagine.
We went up to see the Castello Brown, located at the top of the hill and from which the view of Portofino is one of the most beautiful pictures in Italy. We could also see (from afar) the villas that Dolce and Gabana have in the area with the gardens are spectacular.
De vuelta al hotel "ponte guapa y elegante pero no me tardes" Un coche nos recogió para llevarnos al sitio más bonito y romántico que exista en Italia y que había visto tantas veces en fotos. "Buona sera, Signor Peláez"
"Ummm ¿cómo?, ¿Pero te conocen aquí?" Sí" contestó "de tantas veces que he tenido a medio mundo pendiente de todos los detalles de hoy, espera y verás".
And there I was, in the same place where I had seen so many celebrities, at a table next to the veranda, with a movie view, and the emotion on the surface. An amazing dinner with live piano music. We finished dinner and Juanje went to the bathroom. When I returned, the most magical and romantic moment I have lived in my life arrived. I still do not know very well how, knee to the ground, I began to cry and put on my finger the ring that meant that after 30 years together, it would be being the best, the one who had taken all the trouble to prepare a magical weekend, surprise without me having any idea and with all the details thought so that even today I continue to doubt if it really happened or was a dream. Obviously I said yes.
The next morning we went to Cinque Terre and I promise to bring you soon the route we did. Returning to Portofino after a fantastic day, we got ready and went to dinner at the port. Juanje had booked at the restaurant Pescefino, the last restaurant in the port in front of the Church of San Giorgio a little before the climb to the castle. Fish and seafood in a restaurant planted with lights, like all the port and that has been one of the most beautiful places in the. world where we dined
The next morning after breakfast at the hotel, we decided to rent some kayaks and spend the morning paddling from here to there, touring the coast of Portofino, its coves and corners impossible to access from land. It was an excursion at our own pace and it was a plan with mmil sticks in every corner and many laughs. Happy girl. Happier impossible I would say.
At the hotel they prepared a picnic for us for the car because it was time to return to the airport. A weekend that even today makes me cry and laugh in equal parts. How beautiful Portofino and how beautiful love when you have guapetones.
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