Cinque Terre was amazing! I had never before hiked anything like it. The trails travel through small, very old towns as well as olive and lemon gardens overlooking the ocean. It was like some ideal Disneyworld old-Italian coast-town exhibit on steroids. Beautiful countryside, cheerful people, great food, challenging hikes... Woke up around 7 am... went downstairs and had breakfast. An older, cheerful Italian guy prepared croissants, biscuits, hot chocolate, and cereal for me. He seemed to genuinely enjoy serving me breakfast and setting everything in order on my tray. I plotted my course to hike and started a very long, beautiful journey. The sky was blue and the temperature felt a little cool, but it was not long before I was down to a t-shirt. I took the path along the coast that went through four
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