A Few Days in Italy - Day 4, goodbye to the Cinque Terre

Last view of Manarola
from our balcony

This is our last day in Italy and we divided it between the Cinque Terre and Pisa.  No time limit in the Cinque Terre since we didn't have to be anywhere in Pisa at any given time.

I spent a nice, relaxed last morning in our gorgeous rooms, packing, drinking tea since there was not any more coffee for the kettle, and sitting on the balcony.  Does it get any better than that?

Alan had gotten up early again for sunrise.  My knee would never have permitted that and this was a bit of a disappointment. However, that was softened by the sheer bliss of just being in these rooms and having what felt like all the time in the world!

This was the view in front of our balcony.

The last goodbye to our view of Manarola

As nice as it was these past two mornings for Alan to find interesting and delicious pastries to enjoy for breakfast, we would do this differently the next time we are here.  The restaurant just below our rooms serves what looks like a terrific proper breakfast after 8am.  He has just been too early to see this on his sunrise rambles.  Other restaurants serve lovely looking breakfasts too!  We were just too late leaving our room yesterday to see this. So, sad to say, no more pastry for breakfast when we are here!

We left our bags with Franco and he chided Alan for not speaking Italian so I looked up some things to say on Google Translate for the guest book.  Franko is right, we need to do better!

I love the angles here.
Looks like the interior is level though!

Wandered to the top of Manarola a bit and enjoyed all the last views and experiences.  We had never "turned left" from the Ca' da Capun and discovered we were only in the middle of Manarola! There was so much more to see!  There are shops, restaurants, wine terraces and gorgeous buildings up hill.  And this got us on the other side of the bell tower that dominates so many of our photos of this village!

I have stumbled upon places that
offered cooking classes and wine
tasting, but this seems to have it all
together.  I will definitely look at this
and others next time for a few different
experiences in this area.

If you turn right here, the clock tower will be in front.
I chose this coffee shop to enjoy another pastry and coffee
while waiting for Alan to go up the trails a bit more.

View when standing next to the bell tower

We also stumbled upon the large mill wheel that some say is how Manarola got its name.  It is easy to miss but on the right as we walked up hill.  Surrounded by fencing but I did my best to get a photo!



The boat tour/ferry we enjoyed yesterday was not running again!  So, if you add the last time we were in the Cinque Terre for one day only, that is a total of 4 days we have observed whether or not this boat is able to dock at the villages.  One day out of 4! So we felt very fortunate that we got to do that yesterday.  And we would certainly do it again, if the tides permit!

Alan blending in as a local while he waits for me to have a last
look at the shops.

For our last goodbye, we went up the trail to have a look at the village and the shore and then collected our bags from Franko's safekeeping and caught the Cinque Terre express to get us to Pisa.

Entering the tunnel to get to the station for our train.