Rome

After about 7 hrs on the plane we arrived at 12:35pm Italy time. I slept the entire flight...just in time for my coffee and muffin prior to landing. Kim however, sat awake the entire time. Good flight I thought...:) Tons more leg room than Air Transat!
Its a suprising 27C here today but a bit overcast.
ok....check it out....while picking up our baggage the conveyor stops after about half the bags come out...10 mins goes by.....we are both getting antsy, only to find that a loose strap from my bag got caught in the dumb thing before ripping it off and putting a fist size rip in my bag....Oops!...my bad (blush)
Found a shuttle to the hotel that made only 2 stops before ours...awesome.
Hotel Londra-Cargill....nice place ...nothing fancy but clean and in the midst of all the tourist stuff. Perfect!
Its about 3pm now...gonna clean, go get a bite to eat.....a beer and do some sight seeing baby ya!

Sadly this blog reads in reverse. To see the trip from the start you need to scroll to the bottom and work back up.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Cinque Terre

Got up this morning and took the train from La Spezia to Montrossa al Mare....took about 20 mins or so. We were pleasantly surprised with the weather this am as they were calling for rain but as it turned out, it was sunny and 25C.
 Cinque Terre consists of 5 seaside towns  Monterossa al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore.  The are connected by a narrow trail that ascends and descends the hillside through what is now Cinque Terre National Park. The trails are narrow and on quite the incline...not for the faint of heart....it took us 1hr15mins to complete the 3 km trek from Monterossa to Vernazza...not bad considering the book says it averages 2hr to complete.Again...the view is spectacular!
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