Showing posts with label Cinque Terre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cinque Terre. Show all posts

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Vernazza to Monterosso to Firenze

woke up in the morning to see people painting the beautiful lanscapes

around town in Vernazza


had an "American Breakfast" this morning with shaken iced coffee, scrambled eggs, & bacon. It actually wasn't bad! 



on the ferry to Monterosso al Mare, the last village 


Monterosso al Mare 




Beach Day 




instead of sand, the beaches here are composed of rocks, while beautiful, they are very painful! 


tunnel to the beach


a jewlery vendor at a local market



on the ferry back to Vernazza and then back to Florence! There was a train strike on this day so we needed to get back before 9pm! Ofcourse this announcement was made at the last minute, typical Italians. 

Cinque Terre: Corniglia to Riomaggiore, to Manarola, to Vernazza

Corniglia

lunch, pasta with prawns


I had to :) 

going to the train station in Corniglia to travel to the first city Riomaggiore 



the water in Riomaggiore

when we arrived in Riomaggiore, we decided to walk along the Via dell' Amore twoards Manarola ( the second village). the path was easy (thank god) and romantic. The path is also covered in love locks, which are illegal here in Italy. 








more love locks 



drinks along the way 


Manarola







sunset at the Manarola train station back to Vernazza

locally made wine with dinner 
the perfect end to a beautiful day