Jill and I are leaving Cinque Terre today for Venice, our last city on our 2 week tour of Italy. Backing up from our last post, we left Florence with heavy hearts and lighter wallets and jumped on a train to Vernazza (one of the 5 towns of Cinque Terre) and decided to stop in Pisa along the way. We arrived in Pisa, which was jam packed with tourists also trying to get the the Leaning Tower. After a short but hot and smelly bus ride, we jumped off and walked with the sea of people toward this famous tilted building. The tower itself is definitely leaning maybe even more than we originally thought, but the true sight to see was the line of people throughout the Piazza, attempting the Pisa Pose... a photo op of holding up the tower. After we posed for our very touristy pics, we got out of there as quickly as possible (actual time in city = 1 hr). Pisa really seems to be the Disney of Europe.
Back on the train we went and we arrived in Cinque Terre, which is absolutely stunning and quite peaceful. Jill and I did the hike through all the 5 towns, 9 km total and elevation facts unknown... but it took a little under 5 hours of up an down hiking. We'll let the pictures speak for the views we enjoyed throughout our stay.
This is Vernazza... the 4th of the 5 villages. We stayed here. Ahhhhhh! Population about 1,000.
Shot of Vernazza taken on our hike. You cannot imagine the climb up stairs with luggage to stay in this town. But that challenge was quickly forgotten when we received our best greeting ever from the incredibly enthusiastic Monica, who rented us the room. She makes you feel like you are a family member.
Above is Corniglia (pronounced Cornelia)... 3rd of the 5 villages
The reward for our hard work... an Italian beer (Moretti) and Acqua (water)
Our new friend, Tyanne, who lives in Portland, OR but is from Apache Junction, AZ!!! She was traveling alone so we invited her to have dinner and drinks with us at Il Pirate with the famous Canoli Brothers... Gianluc and Massimo who are hilarious! (Unfortunately our pix with them are on Jaime's camera.)
We are off to Venice... Ciao for now!
Jaime & Jill
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