Blistered feet and calloused calves

Today we went on the walking/hiking path that goes between the five town along the coast where we are staying. Its actually quite a hike, Eric sweat like mad! But it was fun and very pretty. I also found an allergic reaction on my arm today, not that uncommon for me. But I bought a cheap watch for this trip without thinking about the fact that I am allergic to cheap metal. On top of which i walking with my cheap purse facing the wrong way so that the metal caused an even worse reaction....not good decisions.

-Danielle

To elaborate, we hiked for around 4 hours today on very scenic hiking paths. If we have time we will post some pictures of our hiking. The hike gave us the chance to see each of the five towns in person, see each town from the hills, and walk through the vineyards of locals. We enjoyed the hike very much, although it was challenging and I probably lost an eighth of my body weight in sweat. For lunch we stopped in Corniglia during our hike and had some seafood pasta, it was yummy. After the hike we had Gellato in Riomaggiore and decided that chocolate with a fruit flavor makes the best combo!

For dinner we had simple pizza. I tried to convince Danielle to have the Arugula pizza rather than just Margharita, but she refused. She made the right decision. A table next to us had the arugula and their pizza was covered, head to toe with uncooked leafs! No good.

Fun Facts:
1. Ristorante and Tractoria both mean restaurant in Italian. If anything, the tractoria is usually an older establishment.

2. While stones may be uncomfortable at the beach, they wipe off without water much better than sand.

3. Blondes stand out in Italy! This one may be obvious, but out of all the beautiful women at the beach, a group of Italian teenagers decided to hit on Danielle while she was swimming.

4. The train tracks in Riomaggiore had the trains on opposite tracks than you would expect. Plus, you have to go underground to cross. Plus, they only come once an hour at 5 on a Sunday. In short, we missed our first train in Italy. Let's hope it's the last!

5. Italian babies are cute.

6. So is Danielle (just found that out by glancing at her).

-Eric

p.s. We will be sunbathing early tomorrow morning than taking a train to Bolzano with a final destination in the Dolomites!