[Note: This post is for a past event]
We were in Cinque Terre. It is a beautiful, interesting Italian region.
We hiked really hard yesterday for about 3 hours up the mountain
to a height of about 1000 feet.
The Mediterranean sea breezes helped cooling the hot and muggy air
quite a bit. Our feet still feel the blistering sores from yesterday. The day before we
were in Sienna. It was very hot and humid even in the shade. The train
rides were exciting listening to the simultaneous chatting of the
Italians without understanding a word of the conversations. The
Italians seem able to understand continuous and simultaneous
conversations without any problem.
We will be traveling to Venice tomorrow. It will be a long (about 7 hours)
train ride since we have to backtrack through Firenze.
