From Vernazza, you can see Monterossa sitting by the water at night. The town has a larger beach area, and we intend on treating ourselves to some relaxation and work on the tan.
The hike today was much easier. After the initial climb with stairs, it eventually levelled off. Along the way were a couple of neat corners with bridge paths over tiny streams.
Today along that path we met even more Canadians! A couple from Toronto with the guy wearing a Hockey Canada shirts, another older guy from Edmonton who's son is a fireman in dt Vancouver, a lady who informed us that she's Canadian but warned us that there are a lot of Americans posing to be Canadians to be better received here in Europe (talking about her husband who's from Boston).
When we got to Monterossa, the beach was already filled with vacationers! This town is by far the biggest of the five! The beach was sectioned off, one you can pay 27 Euros for two people with charis and an umbrella, and the other you just simply lay your towel down and tan. Being on a budget, we decided to go free today!
While working on my tan for about three hours, the beach became twice as busy! Families that arrived earlier during the day to claim the front row seats were eventually chased away by the high tides that came in. This was actually very entertaining to watch as the waves came out of no where!
Today since we had only one hike, we decided that we should hike back to get some workout. The hike back included about 500 initial steps uphill! The way home took us a bit over an hour as we rushed through those first steps knowing just how tough they were.
The night we had a nice dinner by the marina in Vernazza.
There are things we took for granted so far on this trip, the abundance of wireless internet available.
In Vernazza, there was one internet cafe which charged you 5 Euros for an hour. There were constantly people with laptops, iPhones, iPads sitting outside the cafe trying to keep in touch with the rest of the world!
As we sat there, an Aussie girl was also there reading. Eventually she turned to us and asked about the hike around the area because her friends were suppose to have met with her an hour ago but has yet to show up. We got to chatting and then three other American girls from North Carolina joined us as well. This random meeting turned into, for me at least, a much needed gossip session about celebrities and realty tv shows. I knew we all would click when I asked "Jen or Angelina?!"
What I love about Europe is the ability to buy a bottle of chilled white wine, they open it for you, and provide you with cups. So the six of us sat on the steps outside the internet cafe on the main street of Vernazza and finished a bottle of Cinque Terre white for the next three hours! Her friends finally came back at 11 at night, and both Matt and I thought they were lying about why they were late..
One funny bit was when a German guy came over and tried to hit on one of teh girls, but was kind of awkward. THe girl was so oblivious until we informed her that she had just turned the boy down. Few hundred yards away, you see the German guy a bit defeated as he judo kicked the empty pizza box in his hand. How weird! LOL
This was such an amazing way tot cap off the trip to the Cinque Terre.
We are going to be making our way north to Zurich, Switzerland through Milan by train in the morning. We will be meeting up with my high school friend Regina who is there working for a year. Can't wait!!
Sounds like you are having fun with a very special person. You are a lucky guy!
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