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Hello, Katy this time.
Just one month into married life, and my husband has already found a new love - gelato.
But I can't say I blame him. Gelato really is the only thing for it after a day's walking along the cliff tops of the Cinque Terre. These five picture postcard towns and the surrounding area really are as pretty as in the photographs, with the late summer sun reflecting off the pastel coloured buildings.
We've set up camp here and made ourselves at home, and with the cycling, hiking, kayaking and swimming as good as you could hope for, I wonder if we'll move on at all. I'm actually not sure we'll be able to - let's just say Bertha unhappily squeezed down these windy roads, and she won't be keen on returning to them!
I first came to Cinque Terre on holiday a year and a half ago with Emma and Julia, and we had such a great time getting lost, playing cards and laughing away the days. I vowed at the time to bring Josh here as I suspected he too would love it, and I was right - he does. It makes me think I should keep all my promises in future.
Next, we really need to master the lingo around here. I'm not sure how much longer 'grazie', 'buongiorno' and 'focaccia' are going to last us - although Josh is very proud to have mastered those and they've served us well so far. I'll settle for a purely focaccia-based diet if we must.
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