Last Saturday GP and I went down to the seas to hike in the Manea Range, the lower Maritime Alps that follow the coastline.  We parked in a town called Finale Ligure, hiked up into the hills and followed the crest to Noli, my favorite little seaside village. 

We stopped for lunch in a cave accessed by a person sized hole in a rock face.  Stepping through you find yourself on a large shelf over the sea.  Very cool.

lunch spot

not bad eh?

view over small beach

looking down on Noli

Waking back was another story.  Instead of going over the hills again which was time consuming, we followed the road along the coast, which was at times a little harrowing with a precipitous drop to the rocks on one side and speeding cars on the other.  At one point we climbed the rocks down to a remote beach for a sit.  It was a lovely day. 

Alas that was last weekend followed by a week from Hell at work.  My new comrade in arms in the Library has proved to be F@#%ing insane!  It's taken me almost 3 months but I've finally come to the conclusion that she sees, hears, and interprets everything in a completely contrary way to everyone else.  I'm terrified to speak as she takes everything I say as an aggression.   She chastises the children constantly for misbehaving when they are being perfectly well behaved.   Everything is an affront to her.  I'm thinking she may be paranoid schizophrenic.  Really.  I've asked for a meeting with her and two (at least) other people present so that it's not her word against mine when we discuss some issues we've had.  I HATE confrontations and would much rather retreat into my own space and silence but this is unavoidable as we literally work side by side every day.  Oh to be a hermit....

xxoo me