Trails 2 Travel

DAY 4: We were up bright and early and at the train station by 6:30 so we could get our tickets for the day and catch the first train at 7 out of the Cinque Terre. Our train day was looking a little hectic but manageable. We took the train to La Spezia (just outside the Cinque Terre) where we had a 5 minute stop over and luckily our next train left from the otherside of the platform we got dropped off on. So off one train and onto the next. We again switched trains in Pisa. And then again switched trains in Florence SMN. Our last train was a "Speed" luxury train which was great since the train had restrooms on it and none of the other "local" trains did. We were in Venice St. Lucia train station roughly about 12. Which was pretty great timing we thought. Well... we then had another boat ride on the public transport boat service to San Marco square. lol But it was fun to look out the windows( since we were quite crammed on this boat with our luggage) Ri...

Helloooooo Cinque Terre! This was our first experience with the automated train tickets and it took us close to 30 minutes to sort it all out but luckily we were on a train at 10:20 headed to our next destination: The Cinque Terre. Our first train change was in Pisa (sadly couldn't really see anything from the train station) and our second train station was in Monterosso (which means we passed Vernazza and would have to back track) The train to Monterosso was SO FULL that Braden and I didn't get seats next to each other. In fact we were in totally seperate cabins because this train was Harry Potter style and we had "cabins". Which I thought was cool but was a little bummed I couldn't even see Braden to point out cool stuff we passed. In Monterosso we did the quick change and were then in Vernazza, our home for the next 2 nights. We quickly discovered just how BUSY these little towns were going to be. We barely moved along at a shuffle with our luggage i...