On day two in Cinque Terre we ventured out to hike between some of the cities. We took the ferry one city down and then hopped on a trail which was described as difficult and should take us 1 ½ - 2 hours. We started out by hiking up and seeing a gorgeous view of Vernazza, the city we had just left.
The trail had many stairs, steep climbs, hills, rocks and more. Kate, Shannon and I did well for the first ten minutes, then the excitement of “oh, let’s go hiking” wore off. The trail got the best of us after a half hour or so, so we stopped for lunch. After many swear words and brief stops, we made it to Corniglia.
From here we stopped to explore the town and of course, find some Coke Lights and gelato!! Kate decided she had had enough of the trails on hopped on the train to the next town. Shannon and I made the predicted 45 minutes hike in just over 35 minutes. We met up with Kate, did a little window shopping and then caught the ferry back to Vernazza to finish up our shopping.
Upon arriving back to Monterosso Al Mare, we walked into the part of the city called “old town”. We found some great shops and restaurants. We decided we wanted pizza and found little hole in the wall shop. They had about 70 different pizza options and we just had to tell them the number we wanted. It was great!!
We spent our last night in Cinque Terre walking the beach and finding some good deals at the grocery store on some beer and local wine. We went home, packed and got one more night of sleep in the land of Ikea.
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