La Musa Guest House Lerici

We will be staying Riomaggiore (one of the five villages) and have booked our accomodation already at Casa Lorenza  We will be staying in apartment Nettuno.

What shouldn't we miss while we are here?

Partie tot ce matin pour se rendre a monterosso, premier village de 5 dans le parc national des cinque terre. Apres 1h40 de train, nous voila au deprt du sentier qui relie les 5 petits villages. A flanc de montagne, nous avons traverser plusieurs champs de vigne et plantations d'olivier de village en village ...

... town stretching among the hills to frame the see... not too bad to wake up to if you ask me! Before exploring the other cities we walked through the streets of Manarola down to the marina. Boats lined the streets as they are docked for the fall and winter. It made me think of how lively this place must be during the summer.

A little bit of a drizzle in the morning but the rest of the day turned out nice, even a little sunshine. We walked Via dell'Amore from Manarola to ...

... we zoom zoomed through this dark tunnel there were splashes of light, and I saw the...OCEAN!
It gave my spirit such a lift it was incredible!

I got off the train, and made like a crazy person to the railing, and just soaked it into my brain, I didn't realize that I had missed the openness of space, I had been cooped up in these busy busy cites, and then in a valley where everything is bascially closing in ...

Tucked away along the Mediterranean Sea is a lovely little place called Cinque Terre (Five Lands). It is a collection of five fishing villages sprinkled along the steep and rocky cliffs of the Italian Riviera. The buildings are clustered pastel specs on the edges of the coastline. Surrounding these villages are uniquely terraced vineyards, which produce a white wine ...

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…

... days without sleep and smelling very fruity and with 15kg of **** on my back... I got up to the room and was so disappointed when the rooms weren't ready...but I decided to unpack and have a shower and relax anyway. The view is just beautiful and (even at €25/night without internet, laundry or breakfast!!) I was glad to be here. So, I went down and grabbed some wine and fruit and bread and pasta and went ...

... for it with my foot. I tried to pick it up. I failed. I tried diving down to grab the ring. I failed, and managed to kick up sand which, when settled, covered the ring. And that was it. I searched (with Diana's help) for two hours - first by hand (well, by leg - diving was very difficult as the sea is so salty it just kicks you right back up again), then with the aid of goggles Diana bought, then with a net, then with two nets, but all for naught. The ring had ...

... before yummy fish and chips for tea and wine on the rocks. Against my better judgement I agreed to go on another walk. We got to the gate where you need a ticket and mentioned that we were thinking about going to St Bernardinus which was a free walk. Must have missed the turn off cos before we knew it we were on the track to Corniglia. Saw a sign that pointed to a beach so headed that way instead. Relaxed - this is my kind of ...

... alone, this was quite the bargain. We then had a another great Italian meal before calling it an early night and retiring to the cool of our hotel rooms. The next morning we met with Ryan and Renee before leaving those two with my brothers while my parents and I went on a hike to the next town. My dad, the great prognosticator as I like to call him, told us that one bottle of water wasn't going to suffice for the whole hike but my mother and I convinced him ...