Friday, September 17, 2010

Thursday in Cinque Terre


 Thursday, Sept. 16


We started the day in a rain which meant we had to drag along jackets and umbrellas.  Walked by the beach which was pretty much left to the waves and could not take the boat I would have liked.  A stroll turned into a hike when we got on the trail to the next town and found it too daunting AND we had not bought a pass.  We did a turn around and didn't get busted.

Monterosso al Mare

We took the "milk train" to Vernazza for lunch where we were served by a cranky olf Italian who saw our book ans said he'd known Rick Steves for 30 years. Our 10 minute train ride back turned lengthy when the train was delayed for one full hour causing a rush up the hill to get our luggage and  a taxi back to the station for another train ride to Florence (Firenze).



Vernazza

This train was not so nice and Susan claimed the last passengers were livestock of some sort!

We arrived in Firenze at about 8 PM and are very pleased with the Hotel Davanzati where we will be for the next 5 nights.

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