Part 2: And it continues

Day #5 continued
Tash's dad has a mission companion who lives there and we were going to spend the night with them. We laughed and assured him we were in the right place.

Brother Marchisini came and picked us up, about got attacked by some flying bug that we were informed if bit/stung us we'd have to go to the hospital, and we had dinner with his family and another family from the ward. The food was great, real Italian food, and the dessert was amazing, still wondering if I can find out the recipe-some kind of layered mascarpone cake with cocoa on top. The area was beautiful and foresty and just a really comfortable place to be.
Day #6
Left early, after splitting the last piece of cake for breakfast, and headed on to Florence. Stayed with the cutest little Italian lady who went off in Italian and somehow you understood her. Wandered through the street markets, loads of leather jackets, purses, shoes, and scarves. Don't worry, I didn't even buy a purse! Went to the Duomo and walked through it, saw the replica of the David since my reservations were 1/2 hour after we needed to catch the train the next day so we missed the real thing. The main thing Florence is known for and we missed it! We met up with some of Tash's friends she studied with in France and had dinner and finished it off with some more gelato.
Day #7Got out early to hike up the Duomo. Wow, winding stairs and straight up, 400 and something steps to the top, did I mention it was hot and humid? We headed back to the market's in Florence to find some souvenirs: italian leather sandals and a couple scarves. Stopped at the fruit market for a pastry and some fruit for the ride to the Cinque Terre then headed to the train station and on to the coast. The Cinque Terre is five little villages that are on the Mediterranean coast of Italy just above Pisa. Each basically has a main road with buildings/houses up the mountainside on each side.
The mountains are covered with vineyards tiered up the sides. Trails connect each town that you can hike, between 20-90 minutes each. . .