Chinque Terre is a group of ancient villages along the coast linked by trains only. The locals speaking their own dialect & turning their back on modernisation (at least that's what the tourist guide says).
We head out to catch an early train, but get side tracked with a street fair that stretches over 6 blocks (plus side-streets)... Overladen with stuff (including a nifty parmesan grater) we head back toy he car to unload, then off to the train station.
There is so much to say about Chinque Terre that I don't know where to start or stop... We took over 500 photos in 7hrs... This has been our best day yet (just)...
- Tiny villages hanging off cliff-faces;
- tight streets overlooked by brightly painted 4 story hovels (Italians don't seem to care about the disrepair of their homes);
- some villages with harbors that can only fit 5 small fishing boats;
- minute cafes selling potent espressos
- tiny bars selling the local wines and lemon liquors
An astonishing day - totally exhausted after climbing an incredible number of stairs, we head back to La Spezia for dinner and in anticipation of the Tuscan coast tomorrow :-)
Sounds absolutely wonderful.
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