26.9.11

A Close Call in Monterosso

After completing our circa 13 mile hike, we arrived in the 5th city of Monterosso ready to swim and eat dinner. But before finding a place to relax, we decided we should figure out where the ferry was and at which times it departed (we were planning to take the ferry from Monterosso to a city a few miles up the coast, Levanto, where we would then take the train back to Florence). We still had a few hours before our train left from Levanto, but decided to go check out the ferry first thing anyway. A few girls in my group were up ahead, and they rounded a corner, only to rush back moments later yelling at us to run, or we would miss the ferry - the last one for the night was about to leave! We were exhausted but we ran to the ferry and  jumped on right before it took off. Once we arrived in Levanto, we swam in the Mediterranean and had a great sit-down dinner, then went to the train station...but that's a whole different story.......



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