Hotel Piccolo Mondo Lido Di Camaiore

Pisa photos here:
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Got to Rome just after 9am and then 10am train to Pisa.
Lockers at Pisa station are out of order so lugged my backpack to the leaning tower, took some photos and now slowly making my way back to the station stopping for coffee, food and beer along the way.

Forgot that northern Italy food options were ...

... walked to the train station and bought our tickets to Pisa, finally figuring out how to use the automatic ticket machines (in Rome, we had to wait in line for 45-minutes for counter service in order to buy our tickets here to Florence, as those darn self-service machines were completely unhelpful!). Once we were aboard the train and moving, we saw some beautiful Tuscan countryside – but then Murray got ill on the train, and I ...

partie tot ce matin pour faire les 4.5 heures de train entre milan et pise, nous avons traverser plusieurs petit tunel. le paysage de la toscanne est beaucoup moins plat que ce que nous avons vue du nord-est de l'italie.

une fois nos bagage depose a l'auberge, on est partie vers la fameuse tour de pise. effectivemnt, elle ...

Cinque Terre photos here:
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Stayed at Affittacamere Patrizia Hostel in Rio Maggiore in Cinque Terre and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
When we got to the Hostel it was just an office and no one was there. Our keys were stuck to the door with instructions on how to get to our dorm room. There was another set of keys there too so we could have taken those too and ...

We are finally home and it is actually Nov. 20th. We finally got in last night around midnight and could not download anything for the last several days because WiFi is too advanced for the small town we were in. It was the most relaxing of all the ...

... on internet and then back to the bar for more wine and tapas.

Sun 15
Did some chores... yes we have some, we are not totaly void of resposibility. Went to the supermarket to stock up on food and went to an Aire d'service to empty Theo (our Thescott cassette toilet). Enough of that and we were back in the walls checking out the Antiques Market and eating Gelati... YUM!!

... Monterosso al Mare. Even from the upper parts of the hill, we could see the beautiful blue color of the Mediterranean Sea: in some areas dark blue like the summer sky, and in some areas lighter like the Caribbean. Walking along what one might call the "boardwalk", we were able to see just how small this village truly was despite technically being the touristy village. After all, everybody that wanted to go on to the ...

... heavy load sweating like a pig!!! so then i wait and i go back to the train station and use the Int**net th**e to see if i can find some more places to possibly stay. so then i go and try Claudio again and this time he is th**e and i tell him i am int**ested in the room i had inquired about. he takes a look and tells me it is now rented for part of the time i had wanted it but i could have it for 2 nights starting tonight for 40 and then maybe he can move me into anoth** place for 2 ...

... flooring, the world of tents has obviously moved on since my Keycamp days. The other 2 girls I was sharing with weren't in so I took the opportunity to let my bag explode and get changed, as it was seriously hot. I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening resting my aching feet and admiring the view over Firenze, watching the sun set from the piazzole. It had been a busy day, but I was looking forward to checking out the sights and what Firenze had to offer....

... the train up from Riomaggiore up to Monterroso and hiked back down the coast in the fairly brutal summer heat, trying every flavour of gelato in Vernazza, Corniglia and Manarola on the way back to Riomaggiore. My favourites still are fresh, in season strawberry gelato and the delectable stracciatella gelato. . . scrumptious. i could go for some right now. As much as I adore the Cinque Terre, I hate to gush about it. I'd like to keep it for myself, thanks ;)