Cinque terre

To take a break from all the hustle and bustle of being tourists we took a few days off and relaxed in Cinque-terre on the west coast of Italy.
We stayed at Manarola, one of the largest of the five villages.


While we were there it rained quite a lot of the time so we relaxed and read out books for a while. One day it was sunny enough for us to venture outside so we took a train to Pizza, Unfortunately our first train was delayed for over an hour. (It was only an 8 minute trip.)
Piza is a very dodgy town and I really wouldn’t recommend making a special trip there. Yes there is a tower that leans, but there are towers in Florence that lean more (although they are not as visually impressive.)



We also walked a lot of the walk along `Cinque-terre although some of the paths had been closed due to slippery rocks. The walk had some very beautiful scenery. Although walking up the steps to Corniglia was pretty tough. But we were rewarded with some absolutely amazing pizza at the end and some gelato to give us strength for the next trip.

On Saturday the weather cleared enough for us to lounge around on the beach, but the water was too cold to swim in.