I know I know, I haven’t posted in a little while…sorry! We’ve just been so busy exploring the remaining towns in Cinque Terre and commuting and exploring Pisa!

As you can imagine, the other 3 towns in Cinque Terre were just as beautiful as the first 2. Monterosso is the biggest of the 5 and the beach town. So you can imagine how busy it was, on a Sunday, when both locals and tourists were visiting. Literally lined with beach chairs and people. Paul and I decided to take off our shoes and walk along the beach in the water. More so to cool off than anything, it’s been BLOODY hot. Like, outside for 2 minutes and sweating buckets hot. Shade, gelato and AC (where available) have been our best friends during our entire stay here in Italy. 

The beach at Monterosso.

A random house in Monterosso with gorgeous flowers. I took this as it made me think of my Mom. 

Our next stop was Corniglia the smallest of the towns and the only one not directly on the water. After getting off the train, we boarded a small (and ridiculously hot) bus to the centre of the town. I would have to say that Corniglia was the most underwhelming of the 5 towns. Still gorgeous, but really, all you can really do is walk around the narrow streets and eat gelato or sit down for a drink. Both of which we did I might add.

The next day we did a winery tour and tasting at Cantina Lvnae, which my ever so wonderful manager Lisa at Cibo helped me arrange. Thanks again Lisa!! 

We met Michele, who took us around, showed us the vineyard, did a tasting with us, explained so much about all their wine, gave us 3 bottles to take with us, and even drove us back to the train station following our tour. We got to meet the owner of the winery (who thought I was the bees knees and told Paul he can go and just leave me there :D). If you are in La Spezia I would recommend you spend an afternoon and venture to Ca’ Lvnae. We truly enjoyed ourselves!

On our last day, we ventured to the last town, Riomaggoire, to explore a bit before meeting up with my cousins who decided to visit from Abu Dhabi. Let’s just say, Riomaggoire is the hill town of the five, and we walked the whole damn thing! I was a sweaty mess by the end of it, and Paul was too.

The next day was a commute day. We boarded the train for a short ride and arrived in Pisa. Unfortunately we arrived at 12 pm and couldn’t check-in to our AirBnB until 3 pm, so we found a cafe with free wifi and killed some time. After checking in, we headed out to find, you guessed it, the Leaning Tower! It certainly didn’t disappoint!

Italy has been amazing. We loved the people, the sights, the food, the language, and even the crazy drivers but we are ready to see Barcelona. And what a beautiful place Spain is.
Ciao Italia! Fino alla prossima volta!

Alysha ❤