Up early this morning as it is another travel day, back to packing suitcases, three days without was a real luxury. After breakfast, short 10min walk to train station, to our first stop. Three trains - four hours of travel, first to Pisa, then to Florence then to Venice, step off the train and we are hit by hot humid weather, it always seems more intense here. Venice is like visiting an old friend having been here before, makes getting around so much easier when ...

Up at 7.30, fluffed around had breakfast, then hired a boat from a local, cruised down past Riomaggorie, calm sea, beautiful day, 30-35°C, not a cloud in the sky. Swam in about 8metres of crystal clear water then cruised back and had lunch bobbing around in the sea and fed the seagulls our left overs much to their delight! Got back to harbour at about 2pm, and just chilled out for the afternoon, with the compulsory gelati stop of course! Had tea at recommended...

Travel day today, up at 6.30am to get to train station by 7.30am for an 8am departure. Train was good it is divided into small 'cabin like' room and you can shut the door with 6 seats in each comfortable, but being typical kiwi we didn't realise our tickets were for 1st class until the last 20mins of the 3hr trip ha ha what goobers we are, had fun anyway. Arrived in Monterosso at 11am walk to the hotel via a tunnel, we are just 200 metres from the sea, it is st...