Oh, the pesto!

We are now in the Cinque Terre, specifically, we are staying in Vernazza. Let me tell you, this is exactly what I needed after Milan. Big cities wear me down but I'm already feeling recharged.

It took about 3.5 hours to get here by train and the views were scenic, especially once we started going through coastal towns. Once we arrived, we met our Air B&B host at the train station and he led us up, up, up to the apartment. We got settled then wandered back down to town (after taking pictures along the way so we wouldn't get lost trying to find our place again). We found a grocery store and got some water, yogurt and eggs for breakfast. Then we hiked back up, up, up to put our groceries away before going back down, down, down for dinner.

Looking down from the front door

The beginning of our steps up, up, up

Tommy got pesto on the regional noodles and I got pesto lasagna

After dinner we explored the harbor and beach area. Tommy clambered around the rocks a bit and saw a fish, some not so lively little crabs, and some shrimp (at least he thinks they were shrimp) in between some rocks in the water.

The view from the end of the breakwater

We ate dinner under those umbrellas

Oh, the pesto! Oh, the views! Ahhhhh, the salty sea air.