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Cinque Terre - a little bit of Heaven on Earth

we've arrived at our 5th destination on our trip, Cinque Terre - Riomaggiore. It's amazingly beautiful here. we rented an apartment and it has a view overlooking the coast and a perfect view of the italian sunset. we've also met our first family from Vancouver here as well. They're a Chinese family of 5 and we invited them right into our apartment for an hour just to chat.

we had a great time in Florence as well. We ended up spending our first day going horsebacking riding in the tuscan countryside. we had a traditional tuscan dinner that night with a local family along with what seemed like the rest of that wine making community (even the family that brought us up on the horses were there). we had red wine made by the town's doctor (guarenteed for good health?). it's been really spectacular.

the next couple of days we spent going to the Uffizi gallery(awesome little gallery that has a collection of the most defing pieces from all the great masters), the Galleria dell'Accademia (which is highly over-rated), the Palace Pitti (a tourist trap, don't waste your time), the Duomo, the Piazza Michelangelo and finally bargaining at the leather markets.

we've got a few more days here until we move on to Venice. the seafood in Riomaggiore is great and the wine really fantastic but boy do I miss Vancouver's all you-can-eat sushi and Mom's Chinese soups and rice. (the Chinese food in Italy is a little scary looking)

Ciao until next time

posted by hikui @ 4:14 AM