Chinque Terre
Thursday we headed to the world heritage region of chinque terra. It’s an amazing mountain-ocean area where steep hills meet the Mediterranean sea. The land is terraced and the resulting flat land is farmed. It is thought that if the land wasn’t farmed it would slip into the sea. That would be a pity… They grow a lot of grapes for wine!
We trained it between the 5 main villages to see what each had to offer. Each village was different but they all had spectacular views up into the surrounding hills and down into the Med. Due to the heat we also managed a swim. Swimming in June in the UK would require a 4mm wetsuit…
One problem i have as a tourist in places like this is every time you turn around i take another photo… Even if i’m standing in the same spot! Some of my many hundred photos can be found here (starting at Chinque Terre).