It was a beautiful day – and who wanted to spend it inside an art gallery looking at another painting – not me.
It was all Brenda’s fault. Earlier in the week she asked our Guide (Raffaele) about Cinque Terre – how far away it was, was it worth it, yadda, yadda, yadda. Next thing you know five of us signed up for this side tour. To be honest – I “think” I have heard about it but it wasn’t something I had researched or knew much about. Bottom line – the weather was perfect, Raffaele was our guide and we had an amazing time.
Cinque Terre is a great site for avid hikers. However – for us “day trippers” they have an easy walk. We started out in the town of Riomaggiore. Raffaele dropped us off and we shopped and explored the village. We arranged to meet up with him after we explored the town.
Here are pictures from Riomaggiore:
Look closely on the side of the rock…..
They have a walk way on the side of the hill that goes from one town to the next. Raffaele walked with us to the next town – Manorola
This is the town of Manorola (the second town).
Raffaele then put us on a ferry that goes from Manorola to Vernazza (the fourth town). He backtracked the walk and then drove to the fourth town to meet us. In the meantime we toured around and had some lunch (with wine). Cinque Terre has its own wine. It is a white wine and very good.
Judy and Susan on the ferry.
Here are some pictures of the town of Vernazza
Where we had lunch:
Raeffele then met us and drove us to Corniglia (town Three). (We did four of the five towns). I started to head towards the Marina in this town. It was through back alleys and as it got closer to the water it became very steep and rocky – I gave up and went back into the town. Could you imagine daily life – no wonder we didn’t see many overweight Italians.
Susan, me, Judy, Helen and Brenda (thanks Brenda for a great idea).
Here are pictures taken from the road between towns.
In most cases – it is a single lane road that winds through the mountains with many hairpin turns. At one point traffic was stopped in both directions (on a curve) and we couldn’t figure out why….. until we got to pass it…
We arrived back at the hotel around 5:30 pm. It was a free night for dinner but a group of us got together one last time. Tomorrow the group leaves for the airport at 4:45 am for the trip home. I leave for Rome at 9:45 am and Nanette (our group leader from Toronto) leaves for home on Monday.
Ciao Florence and Tuscany.
Elizabeth, Your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
www.StampScrapAndMore.com
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