Time to leave beautiful Florence, the view from our room the Duomo.

Looks like Larry & Barry have been over here constructing towers.

Ian tries to shore up this wonky structure.

Some " must have" tower facts.

Ian took the opportunity to walk to the top of this iconic building.

For some pretty impressive views across the area.

This is me looking at him, looking at me!

The tower remains almost upright, dispite Ians assault!

Well this was worth the drive! Our room at the Pasquale Hotel.

There is a 1.8 mile hike between Montarossa & Vernazza, we took the train in order to walk back, this confusing station, made it very difficult to work out which train to take.

The uphill nature of this walk, soon became clear as fit & seasoned hikers passed us.

Ian found a pussy cat sanctuary, well stocked with food & shelters!

The views may well  have been stunning, but lets be clear, I hated every moment of this uphill endurance challenge.

2 hrs & 10 minutes of torture

As our village come into sight, we still had legions of rough pebbley stairs to decend..Much of this hike was outrageously unsafe, crumbling paths, no handrails, paths the widths of the top of someones garden wall.

A shower & a beer..Oh yes!

Dinner at Pae Veciu..A short stroll from our lovely hotel, Bear had a burger , me Gnocci with shrimp..Yum

Goodnight dear reader xxx