Cinque Terre Italy

It is As beautiful as the guide books and reviewers say. We spent 3 nights with Kevin in Vernazza one of the 5 villages of Cinque Terre. We arrived on the train after spending a few hours walking around Firenze with Kevin. He was eager to give us a condensed walking tour of the city that he calls home. It was drizzly raining but we were able to see the beauty. After a great lunch in at Osteria Cantinone in his neighborhood we got on the train for the 21/2 hr ride. The next morning the rain stopped so although the sign said it was closed we walked the trail from Vernazza to Corniglia. Wow, beauty around every bend. All trails in the area were closed because of threat of mud slides from all of the rain in the past view days. From Corniglia we took a short train ride to Manarola. We took the ferry back to Vernazza at sunset. I felt like I was in a movie! We woke to more threat of rain on the second day so we took the train to Monterosso which is the 'beach' town. We spent much of our time there in a small beach bar drinking red wine, nibbling on prosciutto and cheese, playing cards and listening to the pounding rain. When the rain cleared we did wonder the town.
On Friday morning we put Kevin on the train back to Firenze and our friend Marco Angoletto picked us upon Monterosso. A great start to our adventure in Italy!