September 17, 2019

September 17, 2019

We planned on sleeping in a little this morning. But we are awaken by the several sets of church bells that surround our hotel. We have our coffee and breakfast on the hotel’s terrace perched over the sea cliff. There are so many awesome views in Vernazza, Italy!

We have two more Cinque Terre cities to see so we take the train to the southern end at Riomaggiore. We head to the harbor for the iconic view of this city. We then walk around the city window shopping. Finished we return to the marina and climb to a vantage point on the north end. Nobody is interested in climbing anymore stairs, so we walk back down and take the next ferry north.

We disembark at the fourth city of Manarola. We window shop again and then have a delicious lunch of Lasagna and sauteed vegetables. After lunch, we walk up to the viewpoint on the north side for this city’s classic shot. Unfortunately the overlook bar is not open today. We should have brought a beer to go up here. The trails both ways out of Manarola are closed for repairs, so we punt and return by train to Vernazza.

After a big lunch, we decide to go European for dinner. My brother-in-law and I shop in the local deli for a couple bottles of wine and a hard and soft cheese. We bring it back up to our hotel and have a picnic on one of the several terraces clinging to the sheer eastern cliff facing the Ligurian Sea. So romantico!