Part 3: Goodbye Mediterranean Sea

Day #7 continued
Found a bakery in the first town, Riomaggiore where we were staying the night, and had yummy greasy focaccia bread. Mine was a tomato and Tash's onion. Cinque Terre is apparently where focaccia bread and pesto originated so it seemed fitting to try both while there. We walked over to the second town and took the vineyard walk that winds up the mountain through lemon and grape vineyards, found a restaurant and had pesto pasta then headed back to the first town for the night.

Day #8
Took the train to the 4th and 5th towns where it's a little more beachy and hung out for the day. The water was so clear but so salty, you could taste it on your hands for a long time after.

 

I figured since we were at sea level it would take a lot to get some sun so why bother with sunscreen especially when you’re only allowed a quart bag of liquids for carry-on right? Oh don't worry that we got fried, well I got fried and Tash just added to her tan. Pretty sure everyone was staring at my bright red legs when we were walking back through town.

Day #9

Woke up at the crack of dawn to catch our 5:30 train out of town, surprisingly with 4-5 other people-the crazies. Took the train to Milan then up to Bern, Switzerland. We didn't get into Bern until late afternoon but walked through town to our hostel then explored the town. It was probably one of my more favorite cities, really clean, good shopping, delicious chocolate, giant human sized chess sets randomly placed throughout the town and people just sit around and cheer the guys on, concert in the park, bear pit, yes I said bear pit. Oh and did I mention chocolate? Legitimate Swiss chocolate, so good.