Sunday morning we were off for another hiking adventure in Liguria. We were joined by our friends The Delis, The Costas, and the Misleys. In total we were 18, if you count little Lorenzo, which we should for he came ready to roll in his stroller! The nations represented in our group? America, England, Canada, and Italy. We took the train to Riomaggiore and hit the ground running only to pause for coffee and foccacia. Barbara brought along a thermos full of steaming hot coffee and buonissimo foccacia shared it with us all! Brava Barbara! With full bellies and eager limbs we set off in the cold to scale hills of the Cinque Terre. Next stop, Manarola, easy, then, Manarola to Corniglia, not so easy, remember, little Lorenzo and his stroller.... Corniglia is the one "terre" that sits at the top of the hill. Poor Maurizio carried Lorenzo on his shoulders all the way while Sam, Enrico, and Silvio took turns carrying the stroller. Once to Corninglia, we took a brief pause and headed on to Vernazza where we planned to stop and eat our picnic lunch. Down we went from the hilltop town of Cornigla with the stroller in hand and all of us only to walk back up again to Vernazza. By this time our Sunday hike was becoming a Sunday workout!!!! Between the stroller, hungry tired kids, and weary adults we were eagerly searching for a good place to stop for lunch. As we reached Vernazza we came upon one good place in the sun, but it was already overrun with backpackers sunning themselves like seals on the beach, so, off we went in search of another place in the sun. We finally found our sunny spot on the rocks above Vernazza and plopped ourselves down for a picnic. Click here and see for yourself. Sorry I don't have any cute comments to accompany the photos, because the Apple site would not cooperate with me today or yesterday! I think Mr. Jobs needs a right smack bottom for that one!
After we filled our bellies with our delicious lunch, we continued our descent into Vernazza and boarded a train to Chiavari. Once safely back home in Chiavari, which was being overrun by a huge annual mercato, which Joanne blogged so nicely about, Barbara invited us all back to her house for a slice of carrot cake in honor of her birthday.
All in all - a lovely day was had by all. At least I hope!
Krista
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