Vernazza to Verona

On September 14, Sunday, I got up early. Hiked down to the harbor and went for a quick swim then back to the airbnb, LEremo for breakfast. We checked out after a lengthy conversation with the housekeeper, Inya, a refugee from the Ukraine who arrived here in October 2024. She does not speak English so the conversation revolved around a translation app on a cell phone. We then paid a city departure tax of 18 euros, hiked down to the train station, took the local train to Levanto, changed trains to Milano, then a third train to Verona where we spent the evening exploring the city plaza centered on the old Roman coliseum followed by a nice outdoor dinner, Italian style. Restaurant run by a fellow named Max whose mother was from Idaho. Monday we will join our friends in Bolzano for the biking tour of the Dolomites.Read more