........PORTOFINO !!! ----AH, BUT THIS ISN'T "THE" PORTOFINO THAT IS IN ITALY!
YOU FIND THIS ONE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AND WE ALL VISITED THIS VERSION OF THE ITALIAN FABLED CITY AT LEAST TWICE. SONIA & CLAUDIO TOOK ALL OF THESE PHOTOS THOUGH, ON THEIR VISIT HERE WITHOUT US AT CHRISTMAS 2006. IT IS AMAZING HOW WELL THEY BUILT THIS REPLICA "CITY" - AND HOW EXTENSIVE IT IS TOO, WHEN YOU GO POKING AROUND INSIDE AND OUT. WE HEARD A COUPLE TENORS & ONE SOPRANO SING FROM THE BALCONIES OVERLOOKING THE HUGE COURTYARD. BUT WHEN I HEARD THAT VITTORIO GRIGOLO (ONE OF MY FAVORITE TENORS) HAD SUNG THERE IN EARLY SPRING, AND WE MISSED HIM, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED!! EVEN SONIA SAID SHE WOULD HAVE GONE TO SEE/HEAR HIM (EVEN THOUGH SHE CLAIMS HE SINGS LIKE A WOMAN AND ALMOST LOOKS LIKE ONE TOO! LOL!) ISN'T THERE A SONG ABOUT PORTOFINO?? I THINK I KNOW A CERTAIN "FRED" WHO JUST MIGHT KNOW THE TITLE OF THAT SONG!!


THERE WERE MANY LITTLE COURTYARDS INSIDE THIS "CITY", BESIDES THE BIG ONE!