This was quite along day... 7 hr flight went fairly easily and it was just fantastic to walk through the doors of Nice airport to see the smiling faces of Laureen and Brodie.
Brodie is living in Nice at present and drove us around for an hour or so before we stopped for some lunch and caught the train to Cinque Terra.
With a change of train in both Ventimiglia and then Genoa it took 6 hrs to get to La Spezia.
Laureen had prepared for the trip and had a bag containing bread, wine, cheese, dip and strawberries, along with a couple of pastries be enjoyed a picnic dinner on the train. What fun we had!
We arrived at 9:20pm into La Spezia and missed the train to Manarola where we are staying. Rather than waiting nearly 2 hrs for the next train we jumped into a cab and it was a 15 min very scary ride around the mountains.
Manarola is on a very steep hill and no cars can drive down into it. Getting the cab meant being dropped in a carpark and having to hike down into the town. (The cab driver had very little english and after pulling up the car said "stop... now you walk".
We arrived at Arpaiu around 10pm and just as we were about to open the door to the building when Steve and Michelle popped their heads out... we were thrilled to see them but after a quick hello we headed to our respective rooms... exhausted!!!
It was a long day....
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All sounds great. Glad u made it to italy in one piece.
Very jealous of ur desert picnic!
Xx ashleigh
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