Cinque Terra

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Cinque terra was awesome!
Stayed in apartment converted into hostel which had a balcony from which we could see the ocean! The village we stayed in was called Riomaggiore and had one street and lots and lots of stairs!
First day we did the walk from Riomaggiore (the 1st village) to Monterosso (the 5th and last village). Was really beautiful walk along the cliffs and through olive groves and vineyards with big sparkly blue ocean to look at the whole time! Unfortunatly the wine man we had been told about whoe sells you glasses of his hand cultivated wine and limoncello at the top of one of the cliffs was not there cause it was Sunday. V. sad..
That night we went out to dinner with our new found friends Megan and Naomi, a couple of Aussie girls living in London who were in Cinque Terra for a holiday. Everyone except Alice had seafood platters and Alice had veal. We all consumed a lot of tavernello (Italian cask wine..€1.20 a litre) and had a very jolly evening!!

The next day was grey, rainy and miserable and it even hailed! We said goodbye to Megan and Naomi in the morning and we spent the day reading our books, doing laundry and organising the next part of the trip.
Alice once again tapped her inner Italian mama and made a big tray of roast vegetable and potatoes with a ridiculous amount of garlic and olive oil...
Lucky Alex..

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