Today the weather was a little cooler but still clear and dry - perfect for a day of walking. Portovenre is a beautiful fishing village close to tha naval port of La Spezia. Yuda, our guide drove us to the town of Riomaggiore, the first of a series of 5 villages on the Italian coast precariously built into the rocky hillside. Impossible to descr...

Paul had read about Portovenere so we made the effort to get there and look for a place to stay. We did and probably got one of the last rooms available (and ended up paying for it!!). It is a lovely port town that would have been nice to spend a relaxing day or two there. As it was we were gone by 9am Friday. First stop was La Spezia train sta...