Yesterday we did a little grocery shopping so that we could stay in this morning and cook breakfast. We had eggs, ham and baget with outstanding olive oil! Oh, plus fresh peaches that would almost rival Georgia! Almost! The 9AM wake up was good for all of us! Our friend was back downstairs chatting away again and smoke wafting up to our room!
After the slow start, we decided to get a boat ticket for the day so that we could see the coastline and the other towns. Our first stop was Portovenere, just past this castle on the cliff! It’s a larger town in a harbor area where cruise ships can dock, at least smaller ships, along with several other amazing boats. It’s mostly flat and very touristy. We had a little snack and did some tourist shopping.
Next we rode the boat back to Cinque Terre. It stops at each town except Corneglia because that town doesn’t have water access; it’s high up on the hillside. The final stop is Monterosso which is also a more flat area. Right away we saw a school bus and the boys argued about whether it was actually a school bus. :). Kids were walking home from school and parents walking their children. We stopped here for another snack and a swim. The snack – we made a rookie mistake and put ourselves in the corner. The fun part of that rest stop was watching a family with water guns have a battle in the square in front of us! The beaches are supposed to be nice. They were actually still rocks but smaller and easier to walk on. The four of us went swimming in 69 degree water!!! It took me quite a while to do it but I had to get in and swim once before catching the last boat back to Riomaggiore.
Back at ‘home’ as the kids said, we all showered to go out for dinner. Our destination was to be the same place John and I went the night before. Turns out, they were closed and we had a feeling they just weren’t busy and decided to close for the night. ;). Instead we opted for a place called 1857. Again, the food was outstanding. Being in a coastal town, we have to take advantage of seafood. The octopus is abundant as well as fresh fish and prawn. The down side is they don’t remove the shrimp heads. I opted not to order that again because I didn’t like having the heads, antenna and legs on my plate. Some things I’m use to, I’ll just stick with! After dinner, there was time to walk down for the end of sunset. Carter, with his keen eye, found two sets of baby seagull on the cliff yesterday. He was able to hear them again tonight and see the parents bringing in food as we watched the darkness fall. After dinner we all opted for one last gelato since we are going to be in the land of crepe and chocolate croissant tomorrow!
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