Jakey Jake

heading down there today. Cinqueterre is a set of 5 towns located along the north west coast of italy. It is known for its stunning location, im sure youve seen photos of the 4th town. Its actually a national park, the people that live there have over time built numerous terrarces on the hills so they can grow their olive crops. Unfortunately the land is slowly being reclaimed by the mediterranian. Anyway there is a stunning walk that spans the length of the 5 towns. It took me about 3 hours to walk them, although i was doing it quickly as the weather wasnt so great. I have to say though that i really like the quiet pace after having been to so many major cities. Although after the walk i caught the train that i was told 5.13 to return to the first town, only it flew past all the stations and stopped at la spieza. arriving at la spieza at 5.30, the next train according to the timetable wasnt until 6.50. SO i asked at information to double check and he said to catch the 6.05 train, so i did that. Only it flew past riomaggio, and all the other stations, when it flew past monterosso, i started to get a bit worried. it stopped an hour later at 7.15 in god knows where. The train back was at 7.45 so i caught that, and about 30 mins into the journey it just stopped at this station for a good 45 minutes… hehehehehe then we finally took off again after a period of stress and finally got into my destination at 9.15 pm, 4 hours after i had left monterosso, for what should only have been a 15 minute journey… oh well!!!!!