Via Della Liberta 22 La Spezia

... weird seeing her plate come out but I tried a little fish and it wasn't so bad. I decided to test out the after dinner drink Limonceno (lemoncello) for desert. Whoa! It was much stronger than I have ever had in the US. It was good but one was plenty as my throat was burning from all the alcohol. Then the waiter brought drinks that were on the house... oh lordy. It was a glass of a desert wine, very sweet, but after splitting a bottle of wine, my limonceno, and the wine I was ...

... you. And as I sit here and write this I have a window in front of my face overlooking the ocean. It is mesmerising, it takes my breath away, it is like a piece of my heart was missing as I haven't seen water in over a month, considering how many walks along the lakeshore in Barrie I was doing before leaving home it was almost like coming home again, seeing something familiar that made me just feel happy and safe ...

... off tourists to 4 out of the 5 towns (the town of Corniglia is too high off the dock with cliffs too steep and thus appears untouched by time). <br><br>We enjoyed the salty Mediterranean and photo opportunities from boat, and got off at the southernmost village, Riomaggiore. There, we enjoyed a leisurely trek along the coast on the famous Via dell' Amore (Lovers' Lane ...

<br> Tuscan Riviera Portovenere<br> 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&#8230; eating sleeping and watching the boats go in and out&#8230; not much English here but we are not hungry or thirsty so all going well&#8230;.<br> Tomorrow we are off to the South of France.. 3 nights planned in Nice.. Really looking forward to it but have loved Italy&#8230;

... staying in Torano a small town, perched in the mountains where marble is mined. <br><br>This will now be our home for the next couple of months. <br><br>As we aren't technically travelling at the moment we are temporarily suspending our blog, but will start up another blog about our lives in Tuscany. <br><br>Happy reading for now, and we hope you enjoy the winter or summer where ever you are. <br>

... we didn&#8217;t have enough time to go for a ride before meeting our bus, so we went for a walk to find the wall and gates to the old, old town which the existing fortress was built around. <br> It was really pretty and they had a man made creek flowing through the middle of the street which was only about half a metre deep, so we were fascinated to see that it was full of fish! <br> Near the outer wall my lens cap went on another adventure too. You may remember it went for a swim ...

... steps. The first town that we got to was gorgeous though. And it was right on the water. After grabbing a little bit to eat and refilling our water bottles we didn't waste any extra time getting to the next trail. Again we had to climb a million stairs. It was tough work, but we felt good doing it. At one of the vantage points on the mountain we stopped and talked with a family from Montana. They were pretty nice. They decided after two hikes that it was ...

... From Corniglia it took us about an hour and a quarter to get to Vernazzza. By about half way the sun was out and very strong and the landscape had changed the way it looked due to the sunlight shining on it. We stopped in Vernazza for a drink and a wander around the town which was the first to have any life as we had been up so early. From Vernazza it took us about an hour and ...

... real local place so its good for people watching. Go left out of the La Spezia train station, a down to the first side road and it is right on that corner. There is also a Pomodoro in the train station but it is a completely different place. We stayed at La Spezia Centrale B&amp;B - this was a good place to stay becuase it was so close to teh train statoin (and we were mainly in La Spezia to go to Cinque Terre). The one bad thing was that it was ...

Moved on from very busy Florence to peaceful beautiful Cinque Terre which means five towns. Its situated on the Italian Riviera about 60 ks north of Pisa. Jacqui,s recommendation was spot on. The five towns are built on the sides of mountains and are ...