Friday, May 05, 2006

CINQUE TERRE

Cinque Terre (five towns) along the coast of the Mediterranean sea. We started at the beginning and hiked all the way through all five. about 7 hours total i think


Riomaggiore







A view of Manarola (second town) from the bay



Manarola




A church in Corniglia (third town)



Corniglia from the hills



Vernazza (fourth town)



the hike up to this point was the worst part. it was the steepest we had climed all day.. took us about 10 minutes to get from sea level to this outlook



I was exhausted by this point



so was Joe



A hotel in Monterosso, the last town. we only got about 15 minutes total here because we had a train to catch. This trip was probably one of the best of Italy.. i think the pictures speak for themselves. 15 days left in Italy! watch out for one or two more updates