7 of December
Today we had an early start to
catch a train at 9:04. We then went to Riomaggiore which is part of the Cinque
Terre which in English means 'five towns'. We walked around a quiet town, it was
nice to see the locals being around and about. We then walked around to the
tiny harbour where the locals keep their boats. We saw a cat and in its mouth
there was a fish which it has stolen. The sad thing is that it was still alive
wriggling about! We then went back up to the train station where we had a forty
five minute wait for the train. Once the train arrived we went to Manaroloa
where we had a short look around it was very pretty and had a little harbour as
well. We then went back to the train station where we caught a train to
Vernazza. This is where we had lunch. It had a beautiful harbour which we had
both our lunch and gelato. It was very beautiful and very cultured with the
terracotta roofs and sea side views. We then went to another town called
Monterosso. This town had a beautiful beach and beautiful houses. We walked
along its beach and then went into its old city. There were lots of locals out
and we could feel that we were in a true town not something put on for the
tourists. We then caught the train back to our apartment for a very traditional
Italian fire cooked pizza.
Amelia
8 of December
Today we packed up our bags and
had a final enjoyment of the view from our balcony. We then walked through some
local markets near the apartment. There was some very beautiful leather
products and dad bought a coin purse, which he desperately needed. We then
hopped in the car and drove to Pisa where we parked and saw the leaning tower of
Pisa. It was funny to actually see a tower leaning. We had some fun pretending
to push it up. We then went and walked around some of the local markets. Most
of the things were of valuables like keys, books and trinkets. We saw a very
old lady who looked very ill lying outside a stall. She obviously was going to
die. It was very sad but nice because her family was around her and it was a
nice sunny day. We then went and saw a stall which was selling sand in a glass
but the man was creating pictures with the sand. It was very amazing to watch
him do it with such ease. He said that sand making had been in his family for 75
years. Lachy and Josh bought a bottle each it was interesting to learn that the
materials weren’t just sand they were all kinds of things like coffee, make-up,
corn and graphite. We then went to try and find something to eat. We ended up
getting, and I don’t like saying this, but we got McDonald’s because it was the
only thing which we knew what to order. So we got some chips and drove to our
next apartment. It wasn’t really what we expected and after a long day it
became too much for mum. It was cold and even with the heaters on it was cold.
We had no Wi-Fi or washing machine and the sink didn’t work. We went out for
dinner where we had some pizza. We then went back home for a cold night.
Amelia
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