June 12 - Cinque Terre

Riomaggiore


Riomaggiore


Riomaggiore

Lovers arch between Riomaggiore and Manarola

Steep cliffs on the walk between Riomaggiore and Manarola

Steep cliffs on the walk between Riomaggiore and Manarola

Manarola

Flowers in bloom between Manarola and Corniglia

Close to Corniglia

Easy way to see Cinque Terre... take the train from Monterrosso to Riomaggiore! Ok, ok... we did do some walking too! We started the morning off with a latte in Riomaggiore. It's an easy walk from Riomaggiore to Manarola, where we had iced coffees and gelato. A slightly harder walk from Manarola to Corniglia... which at the end, you have to hike up a million and one stairs. (We found out later, at the top, that there's a shuttle bus from the bottom to the top. Oh well, at least this way we can say we've done it once!) Lunch in Corniglia was a massive plate of seafood pasta - prawns, mussels, clams, you name it, the whole sea was in there!

We then took the train from Corniglia to Vernazza, where we had been the previous day. We had ice cold lemon soda under some more umbrellas. We would have had more, but our waiters decided that their shift ended as the World Cup came on. No matter... I think we ingested enough for the day!