Cinque Terre

Our first stop in Italy was La Spezia. La Spezia is the city right near the 5 villages that make up the National Park of Cinque Terre. We spent 2 full days hiking the coastal/cliff paths that link together the 5 villages. We split the hike into 2 parts so that we could have the time to explore each village as we arrived in it. Our first day we hiked from the village of Monterosso, through Vernazza and ended our day in Corniglia. Throughout the whole first day, it rained off and on, but mostly on. At some points it was absolutely pouring. We had our rain jackets on and were using our umbrellas, but still managed to get completely soaked! We both stayed quite positive through it all because of where we were and what beautiful sights we were seeing. We were perched on the sides of steep cliffs with spectacular views of the Mediterranean Sea and coastal hill top villages. Our second day we continued from the village of Corniglia through Manarola and ended in Riomaggiore. Now on this day, we had quite beautiful weather with it only raining at the end of our day. With our luck, the hike on the second day was way easier than on the first day. There is a boat service that takes people from village to village and on our second day we took a boat from the last village to the first village, giving us great views from the sea. Dono got a little sea sick but it was still a lot of fun.
Being here has definitely been one of the highlights of our trip! We highly recommend anyone who is coming to Italy, to come to Cinque Terre!

Traci is invigorated by the salty sea breeze

Donovan hiking in his sporty windbreaker

The village of Vernazza

The village of Corniglia

Traci enjoying the view

Out for Dinner in La Spezia

The village of Manarola

Traci and Donovan (showing off the guns!) in front of Manarola