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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Cinque Terre: Another Look at Italy

Callie and Sarah: Vernazza from the pier
I have so many pictures of the Cinque Terre - mostly because of all of the beautiful scenery - and, seeing as we mostly just hiked and ate delicious food and drank too much wine I can't think of a reason to give my usual lengthy explanations of any of them.
I will, however, clarify what the Cinque Terre is, for those unfamiliar: it is both a national park in Italy (protected wildlife and all that...camping, hiking trails, etc.) and five towns near the national park, which, if I may, are basically an Italian Door County (i.e. tourist destination) with overpriced restaurants, charming views, cozy B&Bs, and the odd cultural event.

Onto the photos:

VERNAZZA (where we stayed)



























MONTEROSSO


lemon groves














more lemon groves































Vernazza from the trail
Callie and Sarah on the trail
CORNIGLIA

from the trail
at the train station





Funny story: there was this refrigerator on the trail
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We had to wait for it to pass before we could continue. Guess that proves people really do live up in these hills...



















Me and Sarah on the trail



My happy-face Latte :)














MANAROLA




A church in Manarola - we did not go in.































Callie & Sarah on the Vineyard walk






















view of town




























RIOMAGGIORE
















The "Via dell'Amore" - Way of Love :)





Amore
































Portofino: where the movie stars hang
And last but not least, Portofino (not technically part of the Cinque Terre, but part of the Italian Riviera)!
We went to scope it out...and maybe hope to do a little celebrity stalking ;) - but to no avail! Ah, well.

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