Monday, July 11, 2011

THE CINQUE TERRE, ITALY

These are five little towns along the north-western coast of Italy connected by walking trails, but you can also move between them by train or boat.  It is a very cute place.  They are beach towns and lots of people are taking advantage of the hot summer weather and enjoying a day at the beach.  That is, everyone but us.  We didn’t pack for beach weather, so we are taking daily siestas during the hot afternoons and staying inside our hotel or enjoying a cool drink in cafés with shade.  Being so close to the Mediterranean Sea, it is quite humid and being spoiled northern Californians, neither of us do very well with the humidity.  We plan to go back out later and do some exploring when it starts to cool off.

Again, we have a great hotel with air conditioning.   It's called the Hotel Villa Degli Argentieri, monterosso Our hotel was a villa built in the 1950’s and was renovated in 2003.  It is very quaint and right across the street from the beach.  Well, if you can call large gravel a beach.  We are so spoiled with our silky soft sand.

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