Jill & I took the train to Cinque Terre early Saturday morning. Cinque Terre is an environmentally protected area, a national park mostly for marine life I believe. It is a group of 5 villages located either at sea level (the Mediterranean) or high on the cliffs. Absolutely awesome vistas, and the beautiful turquoise Mediterranean. Amazing! I didn't bring my USB port card reader so will have to switch to another computer to d/l pics. If I can.
The weather turned hot, so when we arrived in the first town (Riomaggiore) we decided to hit the boat tour, which took us to the last town, Monterosso a Mare. Right off the beach was a lovely beach, so we paid our 50 cents and hit the changing rooms into swimsuits. Glorious! But the water was freezing cold so the only part of us that got wet was from the knees down. It was so lovely there we decided to stay the night. We got lucky and managed to get 2 single rooms, c/w air conditioning and free brekkie. We wandered back into town to find it was a lemon festival. They are apparently famous for very potent limoncina, similar to limoncello but specific to this area whereas limoncello is specific to the southern Napoli area.
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I have heard that Cinque Terre is very beautiful! That is the place that I was hoping was closer to us when we were in Monaco so we could go...oh and we would have needed more time at that point. ;)
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