Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Day 11 - Don't worry, you didn't step on a body

Today we had one goal and one goal alone: go swimming. Supposedly, the neighboring town of Corneglia had a beach, so we wanted to go there. But seaside path to that town was closed. So we figured we would take the path to Riomaggiaro (sp?) since it was easier than taking the mountain path to Corneglia, which was over two hours and Maria was not in the best of health.

But surprise, surprise! The dell alamore path was ALSO closed. So we changed our destination back to Corneglia's beach and paid 4 euro for the 2 minute train ride.

Only to discover that it doesn't actually have a beach! The first place we tried to go down to the water had a broken staircase. Is everything here broken?


So then Myra referenced her phone and found directions to the marina where we could swim. So we climbed the zillion and a half stairs up to the town, then the half zillion steps down to the marina and by the time we got there the sun was gone and the waves had started to crash with more vigor. But we persevered! We sat on the boat ramp and let the water come to us. It was great fun :)

After "swimming" we walked back up the stairs and found a restaurant. The food was ok.

Then we ate gelato, which was amazing. The basil flavor was one of the best we'd had since arriving in Italy.

Finally we started back to Manarola. After showering and freshening up, we headed out in search of food. We went to the bar restaurant that Mia read had excellent views and good value for food. They were not disappointed (except Chen, who though pesto on toast would include more than pesto on toast). We had to split into two groups, since the restaurant was really crowded and the tables tiny.

So Chen and Maria headed back once they were done, while the others lingered, enjoying the sunset over the town and eating the homemade lemon cake. After which, we headed to the cemetery, which was pretty and had more lovely views of the city.


Mia concluded this was her favorite day of the trip.

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