Cinque Terre,
Italian Riviera,
Italy
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Friday morning we were free to go on individual travel. Jerica, Amanda, Liz, Emily, and I took the train to Cinque Terre on Italy's west coast. We planned to stop in Pisa and visit the Leaning Tower along the way..but because of train delays, we didnt get a chance to do that. Cinque Terre is composed of 5 small villages all along the coast. There are hiking trails between each village along with trains that will take you to each one. We stayed in the first village, Riomaggiore. We went out to a cliff over the ocean on Friday night and just sat and enjoyed the view. We did some singing and just had a really relaxing night and then went to bed early. We got up Saturday morning at 6:30 to go back to the cliff and watch the sunset. What a great way to start the day. The weather on Saturday was sunny and about 60. It was beautiful. Liz, Emily, and I took a train to the 5th village, Monterosso, and walked around the village for a little while. We bought some beach towels and just laid by the ocean all afternoon. It was so relaxing. I wish I could have spent more time here so I could have done some hiking and seen all five of the villages. So far, this is the number one place that I've been this semester that I want to come back to. It would make a great relaxing vacation and you could take trips to other Italian cities. We had to leave Saturday night around 6 to get back to Florence to catch a night train to Vienna.
