Le Cinque Terre

Saturday, we took a day trip to Le Cinque Terre, or the five cities. Just around 2 hours north of Firenze, cinque terra is five cities on different pennisulas of the Italian coast. We opted to hike through them (Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso al Mare). It took us around 3 hours, but we didn't make it to the final city, Monterosso al Mare, because we didn't want to miss the last train ride home to Florence. 

 The views were beautiful and the hike definitely was the best way to get the most from the experience. Pesto was started in Cinque Terra, so naturally all the cities restaurants smelled amazing. We stopped for pizza and all got the Pesto pizza, obviously. It was so delicious, might be one of the best pizzas I have had in my life. We also got a bottle of limoncello, another famous product from that region. It was so nice to be near the ocean again, I had some serious withdrawls.

 

In the city of Vernazza we saw this adorable cat! Dad, I know it's not a Komizan cat, but it is still pretty cute... Could be calendar material for your european cat calendar ;)