Genoa, Italy – November 23 MONDAY
I signed up for a tour to the Cinque Terre. Ned didn’t want to do this tour. We had a drive through the countryside to get to the Cinque Terre from Genoa and it was VERY foggy but once we got to the water side of the mountain, it was beautiful sunny weather. Our tour guide was Andrea. He was fantastic. We all wore headsets where we could hear his “spiel” wherever we might be in the pack walking. We departed the bus in the second village (Riomaggia I think) because the bus could not get into the first village and have a place to park. We walked along the pathway of love and arrived at village #1 (Manarola) & took the train to Vernazza . Had some free time here in Vernazza. I got a Cappucino in a small place lisa told me about. Took some photos, enjoyed sitting by the water and visited a few souvenir shops. Alot of the town was closed up as this is very slow season now. Took the train past village #4 (Corniglia) as it requires many steps just to get up to this town which is built on the top of a hill on to village #5 which is the largest Monterrosa al Mar. Had free time here but again a lot of shops closed for the season. had a wonderful lunch out on the patio in a restaurant here.