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Caption: Cinque Terre, Italy september 2019 #myfavoritetrips
Picture of La Spezia
Caption: In September, on the following day after my trip to Lake Como, I traveled the couple hours from Milan to Cinque Terre. This place had been on the top of my bucket list for years, but I was running out of time before I’d be flying out of Italy so I made peace with the fact that I’d have to save Cinque Terre for another year . . . BUT I made a last minute decision and decided to go! And man alive am I glad that I did. This was THE perfect trip, my all-time favorite trip, and the highlight of my entire Italian summer. 😊
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Caption: Monterosso al Mare trains constantly run between the five villages. my first stop:
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Caption: cute little town
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Caption: beautiful crystal-clear water . . .
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Caption: . . . I just had to take a dip.
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Caption: literal two minute train ride to: Vernazza
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Picture of Monterosso al Mare
Caption: I wandered through its adorable streets . . .
Picture of Vernazza
Picture of Vernazza
Caption: . . . up to a beautiful view of the village.
Picture of Vernazza
Caption: then I went to my third and final village for the day . . . my definite favorite village, and in my opinion the most beautiful . . .
Picture of Riomaggiore
Caption: Riomaggiore
Picture of Riomaggiore
Picture of Riomaggiore
Caption: I climbed out to the middle of the rock breakwall . . .
Picture of Riomaggiore
Caption: . . . where this was my view. I mean come on!
Picture of Riomaggiore
Picture of Riomaggiore
Caption: most definitely had a few “am I really here?” moments.
Picture of Riomaggiore
Picture of Riomaggiore
Caption: I just couldn’t stop staring.
Picture of Riomaggiore
Caption: I had timed it perfectly to catch the beautiful sunset.
Picture of Riomaggiore
Picture of Genoa
Caption: and then I caught the sunrise as I waited for my early morning train back to Milan.
Picture of Genoa
Caption: Cinque Terre was my final trip in Italy, and all I can say is it was the perfect ending to my summer and to my time in Italy. It was a bittersweet feeling on my way back to Milan after this day. I was so content, so happy- just thinking about it now makes me smile- but I was also a little sad about having to leave this beautiful country that had given me so many memories over the past three months. I was so excited for the next stop on my European adventure, though. Can you guess where I was headed to next?
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