Cinque Terre, Italy

Brian and I just got back from a wonderful weekend in Cinque Terre, Italy, to celebrate our 4-year wedding anniversary. It's an area on the Italian Riviera made up of five little towns on the coast - we stayed in Vernazza (which actually turned out to be our favorite one luckily).

During our trip, we stayed in a little bed-and-breakfast called "Rooms by Martina." We were on the top floor with a balcony overlooking the coast - it was a great view, but it was 76 steps to get up there each time!!! The room was also the first I had ever stayed in that didn't have internet, phone, or TV. It actually ended up being a nice technology-break though. Here's a video of our view:

The weather wasn't perfect when we first arrived, but we ended up getting a lot time in the beautiful outdoors there (and hey, any weather has to be better than England, right?) ;) On our second day, we even did a 2-hour hike up a mountain - I'm not normally one for hiking, but Brian promised it would be worth it and it definitely was! I have never climbed so many steps in my life, but I also have never seen a coast from that view before.

We flew in and out of the Pisa airport so we actually made a stop by the Leaning Tower on our way home too. Here are some photos from our trip - hope you enjoy!