Hilary and I arrived in Cinque Terre late on Saturday night (that was Feb 21st) after a day of train rides. We took eight trains in total. Two of them were by mistake because we got on the wrong train and had to go back. It was dark when we got finally made it to our destination so we couldn't see much, but I could hear the ocean and smell the fresh air. We found the main office for our hostel, where they had left an envelope for us with our keys and directions to our room. We followed the tiny path up and down stairs and between buildings to get to our room. The room was basically a one person apartment with 11 beds stuffed into it. Our beds were in the kitchen.
Cinque Terre is made up of five cities. We were at Riomaggiore which is on the end of the row of cities. We hiked from our city to the other end. It was gorgeous. We started out on "lovers lane" and then broke off from the path that followed the coast line and headed uphill. It was very uphill. We climbed so many stairs! It was well worth it when we reached the top though. The views were amazing plus while were walking along the top a little dog joined us. He was our personal tour guide. He would stop and wait for us to take pictures and then continue again. I think he stopped keeping us company once we reached the end of his territory.
The sun was just beginning to set when we reached the last town. Hilary and I were both very tired so we found some gelato and sat on the beach and then headed back to our hostel on the train. It was a wonderful day and I think that everyone needs to visit Cinque Terre.
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