Friday, June 18, 2010

Well, today was our first day in the Cinque Terre. Getting there involved three different trains and getting the luggage on and off each one. We now appreciate the concept of traveling light. The room here is beautiful. We have our own room with a private rooftop terrace. Now if only the weather will cooperate. Today was partly cloudy but all in all quite nice. We got lots of pictures and were able to see four of the five towns. The only unfortunate thing is that the trails are closed due to landslides, so no hiking for us. We had a great dinner tonight that started with stuffed anchovies and ended with a taste of the desert wine available in this region. Delicious. No internet tonight, so we will have to post this tomorrow or Sunday. Until then, Caio.

Saturday, June 19, 2010


Today was our second day in the Cinque Terre. It is a tribute to this wonderful place that it was raining off and on for most of the day and will still had a great time. We toured Monterosso today and walked as many of the trails we could. We even got in the water at the beach in Monterosso, and it was not as cold as expected. Its amazing how much time we spent just wandering around the towns and taking pictures of beautiful sights. If the trail had of been open, we wouldn’t have spent nearly as much time in the towns. We decided that we have to come back to hike the trails. We could definitely spend three or four days here if the trails were open and it was beach weather. I promised Sue we would come back soon. It would definitely be worth a second trip. Well, tomorrow we head back to Rome for our last night in Italy. Until then, that’s all for now.