Affittacamere Ca' Dei Lisci Riomaggiore

... hesitation. You must pick a gap in between the trucks and/or traffic in the slow lane to weave in with. This is not that difficult, as I have said the truck traffic in this lane is moving around 50mph.

Stepping Out: As we all have heard you must be cautious when you step out into the fast lane. Most of the time this is not a problem. But here’s the catch. The cruise speed of the fast lane is between 95 – 105 mph. At this ...

It's Saturday morning and I'm hitting up this internet cafe on my way through the begining of my day long hike through Cinque Terre.

I left San Fillippo yesterday with happy memories and sad steps. I really did enjoy so much about my stay there that I truly didn't want to leave, but alas my faithful readers needed something more excited to read so I have graciously decided to continue on this path of a new ...

... from the area.

Originally, the only way to get to and from these little villages was by small fishing boats or an ancient foot path, which follows the coast connecting all five. Now, the path is well worn, and between a few of the towns, a paved path wide enough for locals tiny three-wheeled trucks to make some deliveries. There's now a boat that picks up and ...

Tuscan Riviera Portovenere
Had seen it on Getaway and looked very pretty.. Found a hotel with sea views and have spent 2 nights here resting , climbing around local castles… eating sleeping and watching the boats go in and out… not much English here but we are not hungry or thirsty so all going well….
Tomorrow we are off to the South of France.. 3 nights planned in Nice.. Really looking forward to it but have loved Italy…

So, just as seasons come and season go, plans are made and plans change, sometimes for the better. The original plans for Cinque Terra didn't work out so well, so we (my folks and I) ended up on a proper excursion. The original excusion plan was to take a boat from La Spezia past each of the Cinque Terra towns, and then back again. Great pictures from the ocean, but not a lot of time in many of the towns. Because the seas were ...

After travelling for the last 6 or more months without a real break we thought we might just settle down for the winter, instead of heading back to London and back to work. We are plonking ourselves with some of Dino's relatives in Tuscany.
Shona can't speak a word of Italian, but is planning to learn and not one of Dino's relatives speaks English. It should be an interesting few months.
We ...

... the tiers of buildings to a very small door that was our room. It was a tiny place with way too many people in it but it had a kitchenso we cooked ourselves a yummy pasta dinner. I know there is a stereotype that all Italians eat is pasta and pizza but seriously, that is all we could find in Florence and all the little supermarkets have little else. Good thing we love pizza and pasta!
We only had one full day in Cinque Terre so we spent ...

... up early the next day and c*nqu** Cinque T**re. They wanted t* d* the 5 h*ur hike and g* t* this place called P*rt*fin*. I said, why n*t, i'll j*in. S*, we wake up, get the 9:30 bus since we w**e just t** tired t* get up f*r 7:20 between the ****ing cl*ck t*w** ringing ev**y h*ur. i swear, the friar must be drunk, it was ev**y h*ur f*r like ****en 5 minutes. I c*uld see back in the day, y*u need t* kn*w what time it is. But, i g*t h**e using the **********en INT ...

... thought it was pretty entertaining!So after getting settled in we took a walk to one of the cliffs with some wine and watched the sunset.

The next morning we hiked 4 of the towns with a guy we met from Calgary! We were pooped and decide to do the walk from 4 to 5 the next morning. I made a vegetable pasta for dinner and then we went for a walk along the harbour and met a bunch of people who we sat with for a bit then decided to put our ...

... overlooked the harbor. We walked past lemon groves and grape vines to reach a lookout view of the town to the east and the sea below. The hostel we stayed in was practically a modified apartment with a Kitchen and bathroom, it allowed us to shop at the grocery store and make pasta, with some bread and cheese. It was a nice meal, much cheaper than anything we could have bought at a restaurant. We wanted to be rested for the next days hike so a little after 9:00 we called it a night.