Saturday, May 25th
Corniglia, sadly, we did not visit. It sits on a cliff overlooking the sea and is reached by a long trail of stairs. I wanted to "catch 'em all" but wiser heads prevailed and I just took pictures rom the boat. Wikipedia says they have a specialty gelato made from honey (... sigh).
Manarola was our last stop and, after the three villages we already visited, it didn't get our full attention. We took a water taxi on this final leg giving us an opportunity to see the cliff side villages from the sea - truly magnificent! It also has the gorgeous houses, streets, alleys, hillsides, cliff sides and harbor, but I only realized what I missed after looking at my hurried pictures as we went from the boat to the train.
Back in La Spezia, we had a group hug with Antonella, went back to our hotel, which now took on a reflected charm from its nearness to Cinque Terre.
Joe
