Down the stairway I have come, hand in hand with you, at least a million steps
And now that you are absent there is a void in each stair
Like one, so our trip has been all too short
——— E. Montale, on a plaque on the staircase to the cemetery,
Monterosso al Mare
In Monterosso al Mare, when the fat lady sings, the aria concert right in the middle of the street is only getting started. Peregrinus laid on a park buoy just in front of town. 10:16 pm, 16 July 2016, iPhone 6 Plus.