Italian Riviera

If you've been following the journal here, you may wonder how we jumped to the Italian Riviera from Prague. Some long train rides (with visits to Nuremberg Germany and Milan (again), we final got back on track to our original route in Italy. We got up at first light to hike the coastal trail. It started to rain just as we were about to go but then it stopped. We took a chance and started to hike. The weather stayed good except for one rain storm that we sat out in one of the little towns. It only took us just over 2 hours to hike to Vernazza. Along the waterfront, Rachelle was standing near the rocks for a picture when a giant wave came and crashed on her. Rachelle was soaked from the waist down. We took a train all the way back to the 1st town we started from. Got our stuff and made it to Pisa. At Pisa, we walked across town to the Duomo, the leaning tower, and Baptistery. After about 20 minutes we were headed back to town a different way to catch our train. We trained all the rest of the day to Nice. At first the train was standing room only but we were told that there was room in the back. We fought our way all the way to the last car where we got a seat.

Corniglia

Vernazza

Pisa

Manarola