Cinque Terre

The next city we stayed in was Vernazza, which is one of the 5 cities of the Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre is

a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera...A walking trail connects the five villages.

Vernazza is the 4th of the 5 cities. We hiked on day one from Vernazza to Monterosso al Mare (the 5th city) and up a steep hill to the Punto del Mesco and back. The second day we went the other way from Vernazza to Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore and back. It was about 6 hours of hard hiking each day.

Here is a series of pictures of our days on the trail.

On the trail overlooking Vernazza.

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On the trail overlooking Monterosso al Mare,.

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Carol smelling the local flora.

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I was taking a picture along the trail and Carol saw this guy coming up the trail and whispered that I had to get a picture. I opened up the wide-angle lense, set it on automatic, held it by my side and clicked a few picture. This guy was representative of European hikers.

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