Nella La Spezia
Via Genova 791 La Spezia, Italian Riviera, 19134, Italy
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Day 297 - Out of the Rain
... coast.
For dinner we walked into La Spezia and while luckily the rain abated. We ate at a local place. Pasta & bread with olive oil of course :).
CULTURE:
The town seemed a little seedy. It was raining and in the slow season but a lot of places seemed to be shut down. It was here we noticed the condom & cigarette vending machines, ready for 24hr service, that it turns out are common in Italy.
There were 3 and 4 star hotels that ...
Italian Riverera and many steps!
... were sharing our room with a °son of chucky° type picture! And it definitely rates as the worst bed and worst breakfast but then you gotta take the rough with the smooth in travel eh?
We took the train to Monterosso the first of the 5 villages of Cinque Terre then we walked the first coastal path to Vermazza and to say the words STEPS would be an understatement. Mate, we were gald to have scaled the Eiffel Tower as practice! The path was ...
Cinque Terre Trail
... next to the local bar so while we waited we had a few quiet ones to relax.
The next day was spent exploring the Cinque Terre trail, it's a nine kilometer walk along the coast that links 5 small towns. "Cinque Terre" means "5 towns". We arrived in Roimaggiore under a clear blue sky & no wind, the first trail of four was only 20mins. It went around the coast line hugging the rock face, ended up being our favorite part. We ...
The Most Beautiful Place Ever
... quaint place that had a good sounding menu and sat down ten minutes later. My waiter asked me if I was from Estonia, or from a number of other countries that I had barely ever heard of. Do I really look that exotic? The bread he gave me to begin with was the best sourdough bread ever! It is hard to describe, but it almost looked like a sponge. Regardless, I ate a lot of it! And then my food came- I received homemade ravoili, stuffed with cheese ...
La Spezia-Pisa
... the boat would wreck up against the ship so he just took off.
We decided to hop on this little road train which was well protected against the rain. We didn't get to see much because it was enclosed in plastic and the plastic was not to clear but it was a fun little trip anyway.
Because of the rain and because Sharon had to lecture at 4, Yvonne and I were able to go to Pisa. We were very excited about this because we originally didn't think we would go.
We rode a ...



