A few weeks back, after my class, as I was making my way to the parking lot to get my bike, I happened to glance at the sunset, something I don’t usually do as I am mostly rushing home, and I caught sight of the sun gently setting behind the lighthouse, the Lanterna, a symbol of Genoa.

In all my years here, I can truly say, I have never seen this sight my my own eyes. Of course I have seen the sun setting over the horizon out at sea, but never from this vantage point. Also because I don’t live at the historic centre, so to get this exact view point would be quite impossible for me. I had to act fast as I know the sun sets pretty fast and I had all my groceries hanging off both arms. I didn’t want to miss the chance to photograph it. So, with groceries hanging off both arms and zooming in to not take the steel grills fencing where I was, I tried to hold my phone steady and get the sharpest picture possible. Though still quite out of focus, I managed.

I posted a few weeks back on my Instagram, wondering how many more sunsets I would get to enjoy, I am glad I managed to get this one. I don’t usually get any sunrise photos. I am not much of a morning person, if I can help it. I am a night owl, I tend to stay up late and if I can, sleep in. Kids, have changed things a little but being busy with the morning school run routines, I don’t even realise the sun rising. Wake up when it is dark. Wake the kids up. Morning routine, breakfast and then off to school. By that time the sun would have risen and it is all bright and bustling.

Getting carried away. Back to the topic. Photo of the day, sunset behind the Laterna. The Genoese lighthouse harking back to its glorious seafaring past, where its navy was the domineering force in the Mediterranean sea.