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Cinque
Terre.... We
arrived into Riomaggiore, one of five villages in the Cinque Terre, confronting
overcasted weather the first day and doubts about the city meeting its
expectations. In Lonely Planet, and according to people who have been,
the Cinque Terre is suppose to be beautiful year round. But with snow
falling during the night from cold temperatures near the ocean, our 'layout
in the sun' hopes were a big laugh. So instead, the trail between the
five villages kept us busy, taking into consideration it was the only
thing to do. The weather permitted us to complete 3 out of the 5 villages,
touching Riomaggiore, Manarola, and Corniglia, but missing out on Vernazzo
and Monterosso. The
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| Cinque Terre is just how it looks in Lonely Planet, this picture was taken the day we left. | We had the best view in town because we were the only people in town. | The opposite side
of Riomaggiore from our window. |
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| Cinque Terre, it's absolutely beautiful. | Our highly elevated older apartment villa located at one of the best locations in Riomaggiore. | Sarah walking down
the steep steps that starts the hike to our room. |
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| Looking
down, where the shops and restaurants are located. |
Riomaggiore's artistic oceanfront apartmento villas. | Sarah out of our window. |
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| A view of the port and the houses along the small marina. | Along the coast
to Manarola, the next village along the trail. |
The cave-like walkway
on the trail to Manarola. |
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| If the trains derail
in Italy they will fall directly into the water. |
The oceanfront houses
in Manarola |
The houses on the
hills with the train tunnels below. |
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| The path up to the
scenic view top in Manarola. |
We needed to add some life to our journey and decided to purchase a local vino bianco. This dessert wine is typical of Cinque Terre. | Empty Manarola with
the boats stored on the paths because it's off season. |
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| Manarola's beautiful
oceanfront landscape. |
This Cactus fruit
gave me spikes up my fingers and the next couple of days hurt. |
Riomaggiore, the
main village. Inside one of these shops I accidentally broke some things. |
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| The biggest rip off, for a cheap student, is the food. I still cannot believe how much I spent on this dinner. Too much for my budget. | Although,
the milk pudding dessert was delicious! |
The
special nativity light display on one of the hills in Manarola. |
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| Off to Pisa via La Spezia we go! |
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