We did as the Italians do, ate breakfast on the run only because we were tired of waiting to be served. Early to rise and early to hike makes for an adventure with less cigarette smoking Europeans and the ill prepared. Flip flops, shopping bags, ballet flats etc., etc. I don’t think they have heard about cancer and coronary disease over here or the proper attire for hiking if you don’t want to bust your ass. Gimme a break – we saw a woman with 2 shopping bags and flipflops on the way out of Monterossa. Sorry, Ma’am, but I believe Nordstrom’s is closed on Sundays. The hike was unbelievable! We were on a cliff above the Med. weaving in and out of the forest between Vernazza and Monterossa. We made it to Monterossa before the rain came and then took a train back to Vernazza where we proceeded to drink local white wine and blog about the day’s happenings. After consuming more wine than I normally do in a week we made it to our dinner reservation in a castle on the side of a cliff. Fresh calamari and shrimp and pesto lasagna were not enough so we ordered a local style pasta with red sauce, pesto and panna. It may sound like we are making little piglets out of ourselves but Italian size portions are for little birds that have not hiked/walked all day.
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