That night our guide Ben explained what was in store for us: we would be taking a train over to Camogli, where the walk would start. The first part, to a church, would be "up up", and after that "up up up … up" along a ridge and back down to Portofino. The strenuousness of the hikes would thereafter be determined in BUU's, or "Ben Up Units". Of course the hiking was beautiful, along very ancient trails, up above the coast, along ridges and through woods.