Cinque Terre is ou of this world!

Today we took the train 1.5 hours Down the coast to the 1st of the 5 little coastal towns that make up the Cinque (5) Terre (lands).  There is a path that connects them all, but that would be the equivalent of running a marathon. So, we chose to only hike  between 2 of the towns and believe me...that was plenty. Shear cliffs, steep stone stairs, switch backs and the most unreal views in the world!! Amy was a little spooked by the narrow path and height, but did awesome! I was in my element, being part mountain goat. We we arrived in montorosso 2 hours later and 5lbs lighter from the workout.  I had my swim trunks and goggles and took a nice refreshing swim in the Medeterrainian. Then whe bought several bottles of wine from a very cool guy named Lorenzo who owned a great little store that sold wine, homemade jams and liqueur and he told us where we should eat. Another great dinner down in an old wine cellar room. Caught a late train back to Santa  Margerhita and who was waiting for the same train, but Lorenzo. After offering us a cigarette (which we declined), he proceeded to tell us his life story and how bad the current Italian government is, especially for the small businessman. Very interesting & sounds like home. We felt good that we spent a fair amount of money in his store, as he seems to be a very sincere and hard working guy. We dragged ourselves back to the room at 10:00pm and collapsed on the bed. The weather cooperated with only a few showers today. Otherwise, it was beautiful as you will see from the pics. Another amazing day!!

Tomorrow we sleep in and the go to the beach. Enjoy the pics. 

The are tons of amazing old doors in Italy. Very cool to see.