Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Cinque Terra

  • What a lovely day.  We started out with a short hike from Riomaggiori to Monarolla.  Very manageable and fun. The path was closed from Monarolla to Coniglia so we took a boat to Monterossa and headed back towards Riomaggiori.  We hiked from Montarossa to Vernazza.   Amazingly beautiful scenery and very challenging.  We hiked up hundreds of stairs and on very small paths through the mountains bordering the sea.  We ended the hike with gellato and then birra and bruschetta (and Advil).  Here are a few photos compliments of Maurizio.


The View of Monarolla from the trail
Along the way
More along the way
Steps
And more steps - molto steep
Ahh!!  Almost to Vernazza

2 comments:

  1. Oh my god--this is so beautiful! And I thought our walk through the neighborhood was pretty...excited to see you guys! Hope you're enjoying your last night!

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  2. We had a great evening last night. Just woke up and contemplating our trip to Milan and early morning flight. We arrive in Milan at 6pm, check into our hotel and are picked up at 3:30am for our flight. We will probably stay up all night and try to sleep on the plane. So sad to be leaving but excited to see you too.

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