It's amazing to think that we were walking around a city with more than 2500 years of history. Old ruins stand next to modern, present-day buildings, cafes line every street, and scooters zip in, out, and around traffic. There are fountains, monuments, or columns at every turn. You can never get bored in this city as there is always something to see and explore. We missed our first train in the entire trip by mere seconds as we tried to connect to Rome from Cinque Terre. Our train was late to arrive as was the ongoing train to Rome. We ran to buy tickets and "Amazing Race-d" it back to the platform only to see it chugging away around the bend and out of sight. But, two hours later, we were on our way to Rome
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