Goodbye Delicious Food

We spent our last few hours in Paris eating everything in sight. It was a good choice to end our trip.

Tiny House

Our place in Corniglia was this peach little house pictured above, two tiny stories with a bathroom, kitchen, and dining area downstairs and bedroom upstairs. This is the second time on the trip where the original room we booked wasn't ready so they upgraded us to something even better.

We just checked out and are on our way back to France.

Last Meal in Italy

On saturday night, we decided to go back to our town for our final meal and found it the most "crowded" we had seen yet which meant about twenty people total. The area is known for its pesto, and beef oddly enough, as it is just south of Genoa so we had to try some.

Into the Vineyards, pt. 2

An old stone staircase. The bridge. Fog over the vineyards.

In the Vineyards, pt. 1

We had been hearing the sound of frogs in the vineyard every night in Corniglia and decided to finally find them. After sneaking through a vineyard and down an old flight of stairs past a farmhouse we found a river that ran all the way to the ocean. We followed it as it snaked through the rows of vineyards and under an old bridge, then we broke off into an abandoned stone house and decided it was the end of the line for tonight as the sun was going down. I guess we'll have to come back someday soon and find out where the pathway ends.

Monterosso

This was our favorite town to visit as it was the largest and had a great beach. Unfortunately, as you can see in the photos, the fog rolled in on us and it was quite cold so we didn't go in the water. Instead, we hiked on a rocky trail away from town that looked like something out of The Two Towers. The trail dead ended into a nude beach (not the reason it was our favorite town).

Vernazza

Today we went to the next town north called Vernazza. It is much bigger than the previous three towns with a larger commercial district, more restaurants and Americans. At lunch, we lucked out and saw a wedding at the church pictured in the photo. Originally the plan was to walk between all the towns but one of the trails was washed out in a rockslide and the other hikes are well over two hours long. We decided to take the train.