On Thursday we took a two and a half hour train trip to the coast along the Ligurian Sea to visit Cinque Terra. There are five charming villages "hanging" from the cliffs and going down to the sea that are connected by a trail and a train. Our first village was Riomaggiore. After wandering through the village, we began our walk on the trail to Manarola. This part of the trail is called Via Amore (Lover's Way) and led us right along the rocky coastline on a nicely paved and flat walkway. This is the easiest part of the trail and designed for folks like us! We were in the next village in about 30 minutes. What a glorious day God gave us for this excursion - it was sunny and warm - just perfect! After Manrola, we traveled by train to Vernazza skipping a stop in village number three - Corniglia. Vernazza was wonderful and we had an early dinner (4 p.m.) at a seaside cafe. Our last stop was in late afternoon at Monterosso - the last of the five villages of Cinque Terra. There were lots of "oh's and ah's" today! The train took us back to La Spezia where we boarded a 7:30 train to Florence, arriving back "home" at 10 p.m. A full and wonderful day - see the photos! Many photos are worth thousands of words for this day! More later!