It was a terrible day until about 2:30pm. Didn't sleep at all last night because our room was so hot with no fan or AC so you has to open the window. So many mosquitoes! All I heard was them buzzing around me. I hid under my covers best I could but no sleep for Leisha. Randy was munched on all night but he slept! He even had blood spots from we guess where he killed them in his sleep?
Since I didn't sleep we left early for the train station which was further away then we'd been told so barely made the train. Then it was delayed 20 min, which meant we were late arriving to Genova for the connecting train to La Spezia to meet Victoria. We ended up getting another train but it arrived 2 hours after we told Victoria we'd be there. Then we tried to find WiFi to email her but nothing. Decided to get lunch, worse pizza I have ever had even in the States. Got a sandwich down the street and people here dont understand condiments! They only had mayo and she put like 3-4x's the amount of mayo needed...
Got into La Spezia 2 hours late and over an hour after Victoria was supposed to be there. We didn't see her at our meeting point so we hopped on a computer to email her, got our passes and tickets for the Cinque Terre and went to the platform to wait for our train. The train before ours was a train coming from Turino and like 1 1/2 hours late from it's original destination. Then low and behold!!! VICTORIA got off that train! Her train was really late as well. It all worked out. Started the Cinque Terre.
Beautiful towns on the cliffs. One walkway between cities was closed because if a landslide. We did the Via dell' Amore, the walk of love. Did not put a lock on the gate though. People put locks on gates and bridges for good luck in their relationship. Much cooler than carving your initials into a tree. Saw some vineyards and people watched. Decided to stay both nights in Vernazza (middle town) and when we got off the train a guy met us, asked if we'd like to see his apartments, we did. We liked so we bought. Great deal, €100 per night total so €33 each-ish. As great if not better than hostels. Another truth by good ol' Rick.
Ate dinner by chance at a place Rick Steves recommends..Blue Marlin. Excellent food but on Italian time. Randy had some fresh fish from today's catch and I tried the "tortellini" which was actually ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach topped with a creamy walnut sauce. Best pasta by far that I have had while over here!
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