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UK ETA
In our wisdom we decided to fly home British Airways out of Gatwick – getting to Gatwick from Nice via EasyJet (as an aside, Easyjet allowed us to check in for our flight a month ahead of time instead of the usual 24 hours). Yesterday we received an email from Easyjet telling us to make…
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The last Train Ride
After this recent train trip (4 trains to get from Riomaggiore to Nice), the basic conclusion is: we’re too old for this: running up and down flights of stairs with suitcases in hand to get from platform to platform; scrambling for seats in 2nd class; re-arranging tickets on the fly when a train is too…
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The place we stayed
One of the highlights of our stay in Cinque Terre has been the rental place owned by Rosanna and Salvatore. There are very few rental places where the hosts are engaged with you and where they have literally thought of everything. The place is very compact but functional. There is enough closet space, enough drawers…
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Vernazza
Today we went to Vernazza – wandering around a bit and still had an hour to kill before noon so headed to Corniglia for lunch. We ate at a very nice restaurant with a view called Marea. Vernazza is the only one of the Cinque Terre with a natural harbour while Corniglia is the only…
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Cinque Terre – Manarola
We were supposed to walk over to Manarola on the Via dell’ Amore (lover’s walk) – bought the ticket, arrived at the right time to find it was closed due to the possibility of thunderstorms. We looked up – nice blue sky – but apparently the weather person had spoken and that was that. So…
