Italy trip report: Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Rome May 29-June 6
Jun 15th, 2010, 06:03 PM
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lisa -thank you for the great report. We are planning a trip in October and would love to hear more about your hikes. We are planning on 2 days in Rome and then pick up a car and head north to the Tuscan region 3/4 days. Then head toward Maranello to see the Ferrari museum as i have not purchased a Ferrari alowing me access to the factory 
. We will be in Italy a total of 10 days (10/6 - 15) so any additional information that you could provide on the hikes that you took or where i could find some additional informaiton would be helpful..
My husband and I travel with his brother and wife every year and we normally hike between 5 - 10 miles a day - we are not big shoppers or museum goers - but love the outdoors and photography
thanks again for your help!
debbie
. We will be in Italy a total of 10 days (10/6 - 15) so any additional information that you could provide on the hikes that you took or where i could find some additional informaiton would be helpful..My husband and I travel with his brother and wife every year and we normally hike between 5 - 10 miles a day - we are not big shoppers or museum goers - but love the outdoors and photography
thanks again for your help!
debbie
Jun 16th, 2010, 04:12 AM
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macdogman,
I guess you didn't spring for the Mexican restaurant in Camogli! I don't think it would have satisfied your craving for Cal-Mex though -- but the cravings do disappear. Now when I go to America, I miss the pesto.
Montecito is to me a deliberately Italianate town. One of the things that is hard to accept after you've lived in Italy and visit California, is how much food is grown as decoration in California, and nobody eats it. Olives are allowed to fall and rot, rosemary and pepper line the roadways as mere aesthetics, sunflowers are just looked at. Maybe someday soon that will begin to change.
I guess you didn't spring for the Mexican restaurant in Camogli! I don't think it would have satisfied your craving for Cal-Mex though -- but the cravings do disappear. Now when I go to America, I miss the pesto.
Montecito is to me a deliberately Italianate town. One of the things that is hard to accept after you've lived in Italy and visit California, is how much food is grown as decoration in California, and nobody eats it. Olives are allowed to fall and rot, rosemary and pepper line the roadways as mere aesthetics, sunflowers are just looked at. Maybe someday soon that will begin to change.
Jun 18th, 2010, 03:14 PM
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debbiev --
The hike we did in Tuscany from Torraccia di Chiusi to San Gimignano was along the Via Francigena which is part of a very old pilgrimage route from northern Europe to Rome. The path happens to cross the back of the property where we were staying. The path is pretty well marked with signs. You can see more about it here including a map and photo: http://www.torracciadichiusi.it/?pag...friamo&lang=en
There is probably more info online if you just google.
The other hike was in Cinque Terre which is a very well-marked trail between five towns which are linked by train, ferry, and footpath (and now, some roads). You can read lots more about it here and elsewhere: http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/liguri...erretrails.htm
It was so gorgeous!
The hike we did in Tuscany from Torraccia di Chiusi to San Gimignano was along the Via Francigena which is part of a very old pilgrimage route from northern Europe to Rome. The path happens to cross the back of the property where we were staying. The path is pretty well marked with signs. You can see more about it here including a map and photo: http://www.torracciadichiusi.it/?pag...friamo&lang=en
There is probably more info online if you just google.
The other hike was in Cinque Terre which is a very well-marked trail between five towns which are linked by train, ferry, and footpath (and now, some roads). You can read lots more about it here and elsewhere: http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/liguri...erretrails.htm
It was so gorgeous!
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Thanks Lisa - we will definately check this out. We did a 10 mile hike in Montana and it has spoiled me for many hikes...it was so beautiful and when we got to the end (it was a loop) it was so increadibly awesome, the mountins were so majestic and the lake so beautiful and clear, and cold!
Thanks again for the links.
debbiev
Thanks again for the links.
debbiev
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