MichelleThe five villages
September 21st 2007 00:50
Despite stories of partnerships strengthened by the trials of travel, they are exceptional. For every tale of a happy ending, I have many others of relationships that bend and eventually snap under the pressures or temptations of a new world realised.
What causes a relationship to dim and eventually flicker out? Is it really the temptations on the road? Or is it the desire for independence that forces a shift in priorities?
Five villages make up the Cinque Terre - Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore. Each village is unique in its own right but differ significantly in size. As a visitor to this area, it's possible to enjoy all five villages by walking the beautiful tracks that weave through the villages. It is possible to get from the first to the last village in just over five hours. We did the hike over two days, stopping along the way at various spots that called out to us - a small inlet, a private beach, a particularly shady spot with a massive view, at a picnic table to make friends with the wild cats. For those that aren't big on walking, you can pick and choose the walk you wish to endure and spend the rest of your time taking the train to any other village that you wish to explore. When we travelled, we stayed our first night in La Spezia and then headed into Cinque Terre proper on train the following morning. It is also possible to get a ferry from La Spezia to any of the five villages, except for Corniglia.
What causes a relationship to dim and eventually flicker out? Is it really the temptations on the road? Or is it the desire for independence that forces a shift in priorities?
Five villages make up the Cinque Terre - Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore. Each village is unique in its own right but differ significantly in size. As a visitor to this area, it's possible to enjoy all five villages by walking the beautiful tracks that weave through the villages. It is possible to get from the first to the last village in just over five hours. We did the hike over two days, stopping along the way at various spots that called out to us - a small inlet, a private beach, a particularly shady spot with a massive view, at a picnic table to make friends with the wild cats. For those that aren't big on walking, you can pick and choose the walk you wish to endure and spend the rest of your time taking the train to any other village that you wish to explore. When we travelled, we stayed our first night in La Spezia and then headed into Cinque Terre proper on train the following morning. It is also possible to get a ferry from La Spezia to any of the five villages, except for Corniglia.
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