cinque terra italy!
I've been in Cinque Terra (Five Fishing Villages) for three days and it is soooooo gorgeous! I flew over the Alps on the way to Genoa it was pretty darn exciting, then ran to the train station just in time to get the train through Cinque Terra to the last town, Riomaggoire. I can't believe how many friends I made really easily, and I can't believe they are ALL American! Itàs obviously an American hotspot here. It's strange becausde now that I'm on pounds things are actually cheaper for me than the Americans.
We did the big 5 town hike yesterday which was absolutly exhausting but so stunning, worth every horriblòe step that I had to climb up and down. I used up the majority of my memory card yesterday so I'm going to struggle to get all my pictures up here. I'm in the cutest village today Venazza, been sunbaking on one of the few sand beaches around here, the sand is black so it's really hot! I've been eating fruit, pizza and gelato for every meal that I've been here and according to my travel buddies I will be in florence as well. The gelato is SO good but it melts everywhere.
The Italian people here are great, except for the young italian guys of course, I have NO time for them and their blowing kisses and 'smouldering' eyes. In our village everyday all the old Italian ladies and men sit on benches in the main street watching everyone go past and gossiping. The is an old lady in the house across from us and I really want to take a photo of her hanging her washing out of the window but she's too shy. It really is just like in a movie here but better. There are cats on every front step and even in the colourful boats. I've been trying to speak as much Italian as possible but it's hard because as soon as they think I'm American they start to speak to me in English.
Better go, thinking opf maybe doing some snorkelling this afternoon or I may just walk up to the tower in this town and take photos of the boats.
Going to Florence tomorrow, as are all 7 of my dorm buddies. I think I'm just going to try and stay with one of my new friends because I haven't organised it yet.
Will upload some photos as soon as I find some cheap internet!
Love Becky
We did the big 5 town hike yesterday which was absolutly exhausting but so stunning, worth every horriblòe step that I had to climb up and down. I used up the majority of my memory card yesterday so I'm going to struggle to get all my pictures up here. I'm in the cutest village today Venazza, been sunbaking on one of the few sand beaches around here, the sand is black so it's really hot! I've been eating fruit, pizza and gelato for every meal that I've been here and according to my travel buddies I will be in florence as well. The gelato is SO good but it melts everywhere.
The Italian people here are great, except for the young italian guys of course, I have NO time for them and their blowing kisses and 'smouldering' eyes. In our village everyday all the old Italian ladies and men sit on benches in the main street watching everyone go past and gossiping. The is an old lady in the house across from us and I really want to take a photo of her hanging her washing out of the window but she's too shy. It really is just like in a movie here but better. There are cats on every front step and even in the colourful boats. I've been trying to speak as much Italian as possible but it's hard because as soon as they think I'm American they start to speak to me in English.
Better go, thinking opf maybe doing some snorkelling this afternoon or I may just walk up to the tower in this town and take photos of the boats.
Going to Florence tomorrow, as are all 7 of my dorm buddies. I think I'm just going to try and stay with one of my new friends because I haven't organised it yet.
Will upload some photos as soon as I find some cheap internet!
Love Becky
2 Comments:
wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow!
can't wait for piccies!
nothing compares to italian gelati-so don't for a second feel guilty. i also found nutella and bread to be an incredibly satisfying meal in italy! and it was of course, a cheap meal too!
That sounds so fantastic Becky, I wish I was there, love your descriptions of the people and the village life, and the way you so casually mention, "I might go snorkelling". Wow, what a hard life. The weather is cold and wet in Adelaide, and work is flat out, but don't mind me, just go and eat your gelati and swim in the blue sea!!
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