ram·bler/ˈramb(ə)lər/noun
Def. person who walks for pleasure, especially in the countryside.
Similar: walker, hiker, stroller, saunterer, wanderer, roamer, rover
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Ciao! I’m Anna, the Riviera Rambler.
My love for the Italian Riviera is in my DNA. I was born of an Italian mother who immigrated to the US from Liguria, after meeting, falling in love with, and marrying my father, a U.S. Army officer and family friend – also of Italian descent.
We would spend summers visiting our family in Chiavari, a coastal Italian town less than an hour by train to Portofino, and not much farther from Cinque Terre.
This time together strengthened my love for my extended family, Italian culture, and the fantastical geography that surrounded us there. From trains that teetered on the edge of the sea to mountain-tops that scratched the edge of heaven itself, my Italian home away from home became my paradise.
