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Vernazza

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    • Day 85–87

      Cinque Terre

      November 23 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      Arrivés à Monterosso al mare pour deux jours de randonnée dans les Cinque Terre !
      Y a pas à dire, le hors saison c'est merveilleux! En dehors des villages nous étions encore presque seuls au monde! (La grève des trains italiens y est peut être aussi pour quelque chose ..)
      Itinéraire: Monterosso - Vernazza - Corniglia - Manarola - Riomaggiore le 1er jour puis Riomaggiore - La Spezia le 2eme jour (plus grande ville avec son port militaire)
      La côte et les villages sont magnifiques sous le soleil!
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    • Day 3

      Corniglia italien

      November 13 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Sehr schön ufem Fels obe. Ganz ängi Wägli, e Kirche, e Spielplatz, Kafi, Läde... alles uf engem Rum. Eifach mega schön gsi. U die Ussicht ufs Meer und uf Manarola. Das hetme ufem Handy niemaus so häre bracht wie live. ❤Read more

    • Day 7

      Les Cinque Terre jour 2

      August 5 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Hier, nous avons visité les 3 autres villages. Corniglia, Manarola et Vernazza, celui que j'ai préféré.😍 En 2011, c'est celui qui a le plus souffert des pluies torrentielles et une énorme coulée de boue a envahi le village en détruisant toute la rue principale sous 4 m de boue.😢 Ensuite nous sommes montés dans les montagnes qui surplombent la mer. C'était waouh ! 😎 En fait, là où on voit le soleil, c'est lui qui se reflète sur la mer. On l'avait de pleine face.
      Hier il y avait beaucoup plus de monde que dimanche. Mais les gens font la rue principale et montent rarement dans les toutes petites rues.
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    • Day 21

      Cinque Terre

      March 2, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Endlich wieder am Meer :-)
      Cinque Terre sind 5 kleine Dörfer an der Küste, die durch Wanderwege oder eine Zugstrecke miteinander verbunden sind. Wir sind von Vernazza nach Corniglia gewandert. Eine super schöne Strecke an der Felsküste entlang. Unser letzter Stop in Italien.Read more

    • Day 69–74

      Cinque terre

      September 17 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Die fünf Terrassendörfer und der Liebesweg: Via dell' Amore. Von Riomaggiore nach Manarola und weiter über die Bergterrassen nach Corniglia. Morgen geht es weiter. Wunderschöne Wege und die Dörfer liegen in einer unglaublichen Landschaft! Auch wenn viele andere Leute der gleichen Meinung sind 😅wir lieben es und die Orte und Gassen sind sooo richtig schön Italienisch!Read more

    • Day 2

      #03 Cinque Terre - Malerisch und Touris

      March 25 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Nach einem erholsamen Morgen in Bogliasco setzten wir unsere Reise fort und machten uns auf den Weg nach Cinque Terre, mit dem Ziel Vernazza. Ehrlich gesagt hatten wir die Strecke etwas unterschätzt, insbesondere die herausfordernden Serpentinen, die v.a. Lenas Puls auf Daueranschlag hielten. Und die Minutenangabe bei Google Maps wurde nur in 5-Minuten-Schritten weniger 😅
      Trotzdem waren wir voller Vorfreude auf die malerischen Dörfer, die uns erwarteten. Lena hatte einen Parkplatz oberhalb von Cinque Terre ausfindig gemacht, von dem aus wir in das Dorf wandern konnten. Unsere Fahrräder ließen wir vorerst stehen, um die Gegend zu Fuß zu erkunden. Während wir uns auf den Weg machten, beeindruckten uns die zahlreichen Fahrradfahrer, die sich durch die bergige Landschaft kämpften, und die vielen Menschen, die der Zug aus Levanto stündlich ausspuckte.

      Vernazza empfing uns mit malerischer Schönheit, obwohl wir überrascht waren, wie viele Menschen bereits vor Ostern die Gassen bevölkerten. Dennoch war schnell klar, warum die Cinque Terre weltberühmt sind – die einzigartige Atmosphäre, die charmanten Häuser an den Klippen und der malerische Hafen machen Vernazza und die vier anderen Orte in den Hügeln total sehenswert.
      Wir schlenderten durch die engen Gassen bis zum Hafen und erklommen dann die Burg, um von dort aus einen atemberaubenden Blick auf Vernazza und das Meer zu genießen.

      Zum Abschluss gönnten wir uns traditionelle Fischgerichte, wie gemischte frittierte Fische, bevor wir uns entschieden, dem touristischen Trubel zu entfliehen und weiter nach Vernaggio zu fahren. Dort verbrachten wir die Nacht an einem ruhigen Ort in einem Wohngebiet und freuten uns auf die kommenden Tage, die wir weniger fahrend, sondern mehr in der entspannten Atmosphäre der Toskana verbringen würden.
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    • Day 23

      Day Twenty-Three: Cinque Terre

      April 7 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Today, we were off to one of the places I was most excited about, Cinque Terre! But even the drive down was pretty nice. We got to drive along the coast and see some water, towns, and fields. It was also weird how many tunnels we went through and how they were often houses and towns right above the tunnel, too. I wonder if your house would shake if a semi drove through. When we were finally in Italy, we had a 45-minute check stop, and it is completely different how you order food. Here, you pay for the pizza and coffee, and they give you a receipt, which u have to talk to different people, which give you the item you bought. So could I use the same receipt twice? But the pizza I got was a salami pizza (pepperoni), and it was some of the best pizza I ever had. The sauce was just fantastic with the crust. I was also very hungry, so that probably helped. Then, we trucked the rest of the way over to Cinque Terre. For this part, we were kind of left on our own. Bec gave us a train pass to jump between towns and sent us off with a meet-up point at 8:10 pm. Three other guys decided to join us, Kevin, Nathan, and Nick. We ended up sitting at the beach, drinking wine and cocktails for a while. And we went for a swim. It's weird because I feel the ocean doesn't smell salty here, but man, it tastes salty for sure. Luckily, why watch is water resistant because I totally forgot to take it off. It was nice to sit in the sun and relax with wine, but it did take up too much of our limited time here. So we went back to the train station to try and figure out how it worked so we could get to the next town. We finally figured it out to realize that at the end, we accidentally took an express train past all the islands. So, of course, we had to wait and take the next train back. There goes more precious time... but when we finally started walking around and it was such a cool place, super narrow alleyways, lots of stairs, and a beautiful ocean. We even walked up and found this mini castle ruins, which cost 2 euros to see. It was worth the cheap price. It had a fantastic view of the town and the surrounding area. Then, we skipped a town to jump to the one I was most excited about. And it was so beautiful just looking at this town on a cliff above the water. We all decided to get dinner somewhere, so we walked around trying to find a place to eat, and holy everywhere was so expensive. One place was selling the catch of the day for 70€... we managed to find one place that wasn't quite as expensive and walked in to find the whole travel group already eating there. What are the odds of that? But we all ordered some wine and some pesto pasta, which apparently was crested here! And it was delicious, I got ravioli. But it was still 15€ or something, and we got to protein, and the portion was a little small. But since we were so slow with the towns we did, we only got to see 3/5 towns... but that's OK, I had such a great experience in the ones I did go to, and it seems they are all quite similar. We arrived at the meet-up location early, and it seemed most people did too, but I went and bought water and went to the bathroom. I finished and came out before the time we were supposed to leave, but everyone was gone... I called Ethan, and he wasn't picking up. One of the other guys on the trip did text me and said he would send me his location ping. When I got it and looked, it was a 20-minute walk away. I was so confused about how they got so far away so fast, but I just started running. It was the most stressful run of my life because the ping he gave me was a couch parking lot. Our guide has been clear about leaving people behind if they take too long. So as I am running and getting close, I see our bus driving on the road, so I start waving freaking out about not being picked up. Luckily, he stopped, and I walked in to see a completely empty bus... I was early, and like 5 minutes early, too, as I saw the crowd walking over. Turns out he sent the end location and not where they were. So I freaked out for no reason. But me and Ethan did have a little heated talk afterward because we were both so stressed, but it was just in the moment. Turns out he forgot to activate his new esim so he didn't have internet and that's why he didn't pick up. But it is what it is. Everything worked out. It was a long bus ride back to the hotel, an extra hour, 40 minutes. And it was a tough ride because it's when our sickness really hit us out of nowhere. Ethan was having it a lot harder than me for sure. But I was miserable. So we finally get there, and I am so ready just to lay down and sleep it off to find out we went to the wrong location... and the one we need to go to is another hour, 40 minutes drive away... so you can say we had a shitty ass night being sick ass fuck in a couch that we shouldn't be in. But that's OK, we made it to the hostel and I crashed hard.Read more

    • Day 21

      Campiglia to Corniglia, Cinque Terrie

      September 9 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      After over 100 mls of rain last night, we woke to a beautiful morning in Campiglia. The valley was filled with cloud as it climbed up the hill.

      Down the mountain, we ventured to start our trek to the Cinque Terrie. The train station was madness, but we pushed through and made our way to Corniglia. The train weaves its way into tunnels dug deep below all the towns in the Cinque Terrie.

      A nice stroll some 260 metres up from the train station, we were greeted by a beautiful little terraced town. Greeting us were rising terraces of grapes and vegetables to the striking granite sea walls below us.

      Before we made our climb down the 400 stairs back the train station, we sampled the famous basil and olive oil ice cream. Stunning flavours and well worth the walk along with the views.
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    • Day 13

      CINQUE TERRE (LA SPEZIA), Italy- 1 of 3

      October 6 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F

      - A Cruise to Cinque Terre and walking tour of Vernazza
      -FIVE stunning and colorful towns that seem to hang on the cliffs
      -On 5 miles of coastline containing: Riomaggiore, Corniglia, Manarola, Vernazza and Monterosso
      -Some went to Florence or Pisa from here (not too far, we explored the towns)
      -Vineyards are also on the hillsides
      -Specialty Dishes here: Frazzoletti pasta,Ribollita, Papparelle, Stracotto, Bistecca alla Florentina
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    • Day 7

      Grande Finale

      April 13, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      As for the grande Finale Kai and I will write the following post together: brace yourselves
      Even though we went to bed early yesterday, we slept in again. After breakfast we noticed a huge, somewhat obscene and grotesque misspelling in the former blog-post which has been duly removed after a short mental breakdown and a trmendous amount of embarassement on Lisas part. Great start of the day!
      We took the train to Corniglia and walked up to the village from the train station, where we debated as to which path would lead us to Volastra.
      Lisa set the pace to our hike by racing up the rather steep slope. We stopped counting the „fellow civilians“ after 40+ (after 15 minutes) and covered 350 vertical meters within a half hour. Drenched in sweat, we collapsed at the top and fortified our position our position with a selfie. A flat stretch through forests and vineyards followed, accompanied by discussions on the lack of magic in today‘s world, evil gnomes and bears ( Lisa is still traumatized by Mordu [see ‚Brave‘] ) and the ether of the universe. Upon arriving in Volastra, our brave heroes turned in at the local focacceria to still their stomachs. A steep descent down to Manarola ensued, where Lisa‘s right knee almost disociated from the Lisa Leg complex.

      We stopped for a drink and were greatly overcharged in a colorful indian bistro with italian staff and a goof balcony with a nice view. We fled from the tourists crowding the town‘s main street by taking any flight of stairs which led in the right direction. Back on the path to Riomaggiore we started playing „nationality guess“, it wasnt that difficult though because most of them were either american or french. The climb was easy for us because we‘re „schwizer Berggeisse“ but the others were struggeling like hell. We wanted to go back with the boat but the waves were too big so we had to take the train one more time. Back in Monterosso, Kai had the most exotic ice cream of the week - 3 scoops of extra dark chocolate, whereas Lisa opted for boring old Pistacchio, Chocolate and Maracuja. At the hotel we started writing the blog in the afternoon sunshine, but ended up dancing to 2000s Pop songs. A Nonna opened her window to applaud us from across the street. After the sun disappeared, our night began…

      Stay tuned for our late night post!
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