The beach at Vernazza

The beach at the cove was the place to dip into the Mediterranian. I took these pictures from our balcony.

The old guys used to come walk in the water every morning.

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We saw this couple on the trail - with the baby in the papoose. They were hardcore.

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Christie, and friends

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I bagnanti

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Corniglia

The third city of the Cinque Terre is Corniglia.


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Evening in the Vernazza town square

There's no better way to spend an evening along the Meditteranian that to come to the town square in your chili pepper shorts, sit on the steps, kick off your sandals, and enjoy a smoke and some red wine.


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Manarola

The second city of the Cinque Terre is Manarola. We took a stroll up the hillside through the grape vineyards above the city. This is where these pictures were taken:

Downtown

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The suburbs

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Morning in Vernazza

Morning is when the locals head for the balcony to have breakfast, work, or just enjoy the view of the ocean. It's also the time when tourists with 300mm zoom lenses take pictures.

Here are four pictures of the locals doing their thing.

Laundry, and a lady with a turban.

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Laundry, and a lady washing the shutters.

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No laundry, a lady eating and her husband blowing his nose.

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Some laundry, and a lady watering her plants.

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Riomaggiore

The first city of the Cinque Terre is Riomaggiore. We mostly just wandered the streets catching the vibe.


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Fire!!!

We woke up our first morning in Vernazza and went out on the balcony to discover that there was a fire in the Cinque Terra. That led to our decision to hike the other direction that day. I noticed a quite a few cigarette butts on the trail that day. The got the fire out after a day and a half with fire fighting aircraft, so we hiked the other direction the next day. Sure enough you could see where the fire had started right by the trail. I'm sure it was a smoker.

Sunrise over the fire.

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Burned terraces.

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