Italy trip part 1

The Hike in Italy. I don't think too many people would have been comfortable on the hike I took. Not only was it about 15 miles total but also went up about 1200 feet. Portions of the hike were on the side of the mountains with little between me and the sea.
We started in Riomaggiore and headed south. The Cinque Terre region north of where we started is where many tourists hike. Not too many tourists take this path. This is me hiking on the path across the mountains on the shoreline. Many parts were very dangerous. It was great.

Here is a portion of the pass, roughly 1200 feet up from the shore.

Same part of the path as above just looking down. This is my foot an inches from the drop off. If you look closely those are buildings at the top of the picture near the shoreline.

There are more pics of the hike, I'll have to post them when I have more time.

We ended in Portovenere, above. This is an area where many writers and poets once lived, as you will see below. Lerici is across the gulf and is where English writers Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley lived along with Lord Byron. It became known as the Golfo dei Poeti.

The bus we needed to catch to La Spezia passed right by us after running to catch it. Luckily, two Canadiens, Gazelle and Lisa from Hamilton where there and saw the incident and offered us a ride so we made it to La Spezia before the bus and it didn't cost anything. These were the second Canadiens we met that day, no Americans. We met a young couple from Kitchner.

Lord Byron's Cove in Portovenere.

Florence, Italy

Florence was remarkable but too many tourists. There are too many things there to even attempt to talk about right now.

Typical Tuscany. We went to the area of Chianti and had a nice Chianti one night with dinner.

I think you know where I am.

I'm tired, must sleep now.