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2nd Day in Cinque Terra

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Had a lovely breakfast downstairs.  Saw Jeff and Caroline again.  They are leaving today for Venice to continue their 7 week Europe travels, by car.   We bought some stuff at a local shop and tried to take it to post office.  Didn’t have any packing material so we decided to hold it til Florence and DHL it.   Took the train to Riamaggiore.   Very sedate.   Walked up the hill but not much there.  Then down to marina and took a bunch of photos.   Were looking for a snack and everything was closed.  Walked back up the hill and went into a little shop with olive oil, cream de artichoke, and sun dried tomatoes.   Had them ship that all to the house via DHL for arrival after 4/4.   Trained over to Manarola to try to get that classics shot of the city at magic hour.  Too early in the day.   Had dinner to kill time and found out the trains back were only every 1 hour.   6:30 or 7:30.  Lights don’t come on til 7p’ish and we’d need 15 minutes to get back to the train.  Blew it off and caught the 6:30p train.   Had desert and espresso in Monterosso when we got back.

Train station Riomagiorre
Train station Riomagiorre

Day 3 – 4: Travel to and first day in Cinque Terra

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Day 3 Travel to Cinque Terra.

Arrived at the Milan train station and got on the 1st class car to Monterosso.   6 seats in a glassed in compartment, three forward, three backward.   Nice ride, about 2 hours total to Monterosso.  Got off and discovered the hotel was about 800m away, after the tunnel, and up the hill.  Called a cab.   Hotel is very nice.  Spacious and new feeling.   Elevator to 2nd floor (3rd for us Americans).  Nice room with 2 french doors and balcony wrapping around outside with a couple chairs and a small table outside.  Tiled bathroom with stall shower.   Took the girl at the desks referral to Restaurant Pozzo.   Nan had a pesto pasta and I had a scampi with Langistino.  Good but not great.   Sat next to Jeff and Caroline Reth.  Turns out they are at our hotel, in the room below us.  Jeff is shooting a Canon 70d (like me) with the Tamaron 16-300m lens (like me) and uses a Samsung phone (like me) Caroline has an iphone (like nan)   They are from Carlsbad.  Chatted up with them throughout dinner.

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Day 4 Cinque Terra Day 1

Lovely breakfast in the Hotel Margharita.   Marco, the GM, bakes cakes each day.   Had eggs and bacon and then a slice of his apple cake.   Saw Jeff & Caroline at breakfast.

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Suggested dinner later together.  Took the train over to Venazza around mid-day.  Walked the town and took some pictures.   Decided to train on to Cornglia.   Got off and walked up to the steps.  Turns out the town is on the cliff top and there are 365 steps up.  Nan was up for it, but I was not.   On the way back we spotted a shuttle bus but didn’t take it in to the town.  Were going to hike to Manarolo on the coast trial but it was closed.   Ended up back in Monterosso.    Met Jeff and Caroline and went to Osteria for dinner together.  Very nice meal, especially the minestrone soup with pesto, good pastas and great conversation.  Took a leisurely walk back to the hotel after.

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