Tuesday, October 12, 2010

DI +1 Cinque Terre

On Saturday a chartered bus took us back to Firenza and everyone had their own reservations home. At least three couples were going back to Rome.  The Carlson’s, Brenda and I had planned three nights in Cinque Terre, five villages built in the mountains on the Mediterranean. In addition to walking paths, the villages are now connected by a train, and together form a National Park.  We spent the entire day Monday walking the paths and riding the train.

005 Our “room” is in Vernazza, shown above.  A couple of photos from today’s hike are shown below.

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After a strenuous day of hiking on Monday we took it easy on Tuesday, mostly roaming through the largest town Monterosso.  The train took us back to Vernazza for a picnic lunch on the pier: foccacia, wine and gelato.  Tomorrow we return to Firenza and Wednesday to Dallas.

Due to unknown technical problems, I have not been able to update the slide show for this tour.  When I resolve this, I’ll post a blog to this effect.  Otherwise, the next “planned” blog will be in (possibly) in February from California but definitely in April 2011 when we spend 4 weeks cycling in in Spain.

1 comment:

Keith said...

Enjoyed following you on your trip with your blog once again. I look forward to reading about your tour in Spain. What part of Spain will you be seeing?