Luna di Marzo Riomaggiore
Montello 387 Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italian Riviera, 19010, Italy
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Day 297 - Out of the Rain
We'd been warned that November is the rainy season in Italy but we wanted to avoid the crowds (and a map of the associated high prices). Unfortunately our interest in camping was thwarted by the campgrounds being closed. This may have been a good thing as it got very rainy for a few days.
SIGHTS & SOUNDS:
La Spezia is a port town with little (relatively) in the way of historic sites. We stopped by on our way to the coast towards Cinque Terre which ...
Long walk. I mean long.
... me just tell you. I struggled. I did not think I was going to make it up the first mountain. Yes, there were stairs (in this entire day "stairs" mean jagged rocks worn over centuries that resemble rocks you can step on to get up one step higher), but I admit, it was not what I called fun when you could hardly catch your breath and it ...never....ended. I kept reminding myself that it would be worth it in the end...it would be worth it in the end....i like adventure....i love it! ...
Quite a place to be a bum
... now, and you have to get a pass to use the walkways.
We walked to Manarola, eating our very crusty bread breakfast on our concrete slab sleeping pad for old time's sake. I couldn't resist buying a pesto-filled calzone for an early lunch - divine. Then we trained to the last village of Monterosso and enjoyed our first of many glorious swims, the amazingly blue water still cool enough to be refreshing.
We took a hot walk up to the cemetery ...
Monterosso and Vernazza
Thankfully yesterday's storm seems to have blown itself out. There is still some mild winds around (a lot cooler temp) the skies are blue and the sea is again just gently rolling towards the shore. Karyn’s hope that the church bells would only ring on Sunday, sadly did not pan out….. they started at 7 this morning with a rather lovely tune that obviously is designed to awaken the villagers to the start of another day. Add to that the sound of the sea and the ...
Saying goodbyes and hello!
... One grunt meant a certain choice was a "yes", two grunts for "no". Piggy said "no" to the ones she finally selected. "Put the pig down" of course received two grunts for no! By the time we got to the car J had decided her choice of sunglasses wasn't quite right... I reminded her that piggy said "no".
On we travelled......we decided to stop by Lucca as our former Canadian neighbours raved about it, but then they were the same ones who raved about Volterra ...



