Cinque Terre Part Due

  Last weekend, while our friend Evan was visiting, we made a last minute decision to go to Cinque Terre.  And I do mean last minute.  Friday morning, while David was in class, Evan made the arrangements for our trip and forwarded the car rental information to David by e-mail.  David sent him an e-mail back saying, "Great...where are we going?"  

As soon as David got out of class, we ate a quick lunch and zipped over to the airport to pick up our car.  Here's what they gave us:

Just kidding...I wish!  This was on display at the airport.

Driving to Cinque Terre was an experience, to say the least- going up and down these incredibly narrow, curving roads.  We finally got down the mountain, after a harrowing 30 minutes, only to find out the GPS led us astray.  After several old Italian men yelled at us, we realized we weren't supposed to be driving in that area of the town.  To get to our hotel, we had to go all the way back up the mountain and come down a different path.  Needless to say, our nerves were a bit frazzled after that.  Evan and I toasted David's excellent driving skills!

David's trying to decide if all that driving was worth it...

We also had some amazing tiramisu- the first time I've had it in Italy!

Evan found an excellent hotel for us- the room was really nice, and they served an actual breakfast, with scrambled eggs and American coffee!  This is the view from our room:

Since we had limited time there, we decided to take a ferry between the towns, instead of hiking.  I really enjoy being out on the water, but the waves were fairly rough that day.

Still, it was worth it to see this place again- it's so beautiful!  I fell in love with it a second time.

It was a great road-trip- great friends, great food, amazing views.  

Memories that will last a life-time :)