European Road Trip - DAY 12

Day 2 at Campeggio Bracchetto Vetta campsite near the Cinque Terre
🐝 First things first... I probably saved us all from certain death! I caught the biggest wasp I've ever seen in my life! 🤣🤣🤣

Today was a day we were all looking forward to, so as always we made an early start to use the public transport to get there. We'd been advised to get the train to Riomaggiore and then work our way back. Our initial plans of walking the route from Riomaggiore to Manarola were scuppered as the path was closed due to landslides. So was the next one and so we were confined to using the train between towns as by then it would be too hot to walk the longer, and more difficult, paths.

We were actually really disappointed in the experience today. The sheer volume of people made it difficult to do anything without queuing for 1/2 hour first. One train got so full, we had to wait 25 minutes for the next one (having waited 15 minutes for the one we couldn't get on!).

The towns are beautiful, and we had a lovely lunch. But the volume of tourists, and consequently the stressful atmosphere has definitely put us off going and doing the bits we didn't do today 😔

Despite leaving at 0830 this morning and only briefly visiting 3 of the 5 towns, it was 5pm when we got back to the campsite! Weve chilled since and we're battoning down the hatches as we're expecting more rain over night, and probably for the next day or two 🙄

Tomorrow is our longest leg and we're heading to Chamonix via the Mont Blanc tunnel. We're just hoping the weather will be kind to us!Read more