I have to find out what these lovely pastries are called. It's a light buttery bread with a mild chocolate filling. Yum! Travel day to Monterosso, the 1st or last of the 5 (Cinque Terre) cities depending on how you count them. Took the train & all was well. A bit overcast but found our hotel (way up the hillside), found a place for lunch, & strolled around town. Dinner after a bit of rest. If we go at 6:30 we're often the first people there! Did a Rick S...

Our travel day ended up to be twice as long as it should have been when Air France overbooked our flight & we ended up bumped for not checking in online. For whatever reason their system wouldn't let us so there we were. The 2nd flight was also full so they rebooked us through Rome to Genoa. Rome has a nice airport, but it was almost 9pm when we finally arrived at our hotel. They were nice enough to reschedule our driver so that was good. Portofino is too b...