Cinque Terre

This was the path I tortured her with the see a panoramic view. Little did we know this was the start to our hike the next day.

Yesterday evening my mom and I made it to Manarola it was too late to go out and do a lot so we just walked a little bit around the town and ate dinner. Today we woke up and really hadn't planned anything so when we went to buy our park passes for the walk between the 5 towns we found out that only the walk between Vernazza and Monterosso were open and the rest were having problems. I didn't want to be boring and just take the train between each town so i convinced my mom to take the back hike that is free from Manarola to Corniglia. I think I almost killed her off. It was a semi-difficult hike mostly because it was extremely hot and humid and the majority of it was up-hill with a lot of switchbacks. My sister also convinced her not to bring runners so she was doing it in Birkenstock's which were okay but probably not the best support on the small rock paths. It was really worth it though because for me it was really fun and the views were amazing. It was also kind of similar to the Path of the Gods in Positano because you got to see a lot of the garden areas with grape vines. 

It took us around 2 hours to do the hike. 

Manarola

Corniglia

Twins

Look who we ran into! It's Sean and Krysta (and Alex hiding inside)

Mom had blisters so we went to the train station to make our way to Vernazza

Vernazza

We had a lot of fun shopping for bracelets here 

We also visted a beach and ate calamari, shrimp and anchovies (I did NOT eat the anchovies, I hate seafood so I can only be daring to a certain extent)

Look who we ran into again. Sean and Alex. Krysta was off enjoying the good shopping for jewlery as well 

Ricotta and Figs and Lemon and Basil

From Vernazza we decided to do the coastal walk to Monterosso which was 7 euros. I really think it should have been less since the rest of the paths between the other towns were closed off. 

Looking back at Vernazza

The narrow path we were on

We found Krysta and Alex once again in Monterosso. Sean had left for Milan.

We ended the night back in Manarola for dinner. The Colella family has really ruined Italian food for me. I ate some gnocci and it was horrible compared to theirs. I miss La Casereccia and how every single thing they made for us was amazing. Now I can't eat any other Italian meal without comparing it to theirs and so far nothing has measured up. 

-A