This weekend I ventured with my dear friends Hannah and Carter Ann
to the beautiful coast of Italy.
We reserved a caravan in Cinque Terre, hopped on a train,
and headed off to paradise.
Cinque Terre is one of my new favorite places in Italy.
It is up there with Florence, which has been the place to beat since day one.
Turquoise water, cliffs, beaches, and the most colorful houses I've ever seen.
I think it is the most beautiful place I've ever been.
And I'm lucky enough to get to go back next weekend!
The first day we started out in Levanto which is a city right next to Cinque Terre on the coast. We did a hike from Levanto to... who knows where but if was a hefty 4+ miles away lol.
There were gaps in the tunnel where we could climb out on rocks,
and find trails that went up the cliffs.
The last 2 miles of the walk were in a damp, dark tunnel.
We weren't exactly anticipating that,
but that's why you go on trips with your friends.
We made 2 miles of tunnel fun haha.
Walking home to the campsite in the dark was...interesting.
We didn't realize that the bus that took us
to the campsite earlier had crossed over a small river.
Since it was too late at night to catch the shuttle, we had to run across it.
It's fine. haha.
Once we got back we put on country music and played some cards in our caravan to wind down.
Overall a fantastic cozy experience staying in the caravan.
I recommend it to anyone going to Cinque Terre!
We went through the actual cities of Cinque Terre on day two.
As I said before, I'm obsessed with the coast of Italy.
Manarola was my favorite of the five cities.
There were so many different places you could go in Manarola
to get different views of the city.
Trains were late, and at one point on the way home we had 4 minutes between trains at the train station to go get our bags from the parking lot (campground people brought them to us), buy our next train tickets, and board the next train to La Spezia. And we DID IT.
I had the biggest adrenaline rush.
It was as if my child was stuck under a car and I could only lift the car if I retrieved 3 bags and bought train tickets in under 4 minutes.
We lifted the crap out of that car.
At the next train station the man at the information booth told us our train wasn't coming because Tuscany was on strike.
He rerouted us, put us on a nice train that had separate cabins
(like in Harry Potter!!),
called the conductor of that train to make sure we didn't get kicked off because we did not have the right tickets,
AND charged my phone because its battery was in the red
and our e-tickets were on it.
God sure provided in that moment.
Like he does in every moment.
Here's a video of our trip :)
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