Cinque Terra Day 1
Mike on our private balcony with sea view in Vernazza, Cinque Terre
The rocks underneath our patio (no, those aren't pebbles; they're huge boulders!)
Mike lounging on our patio in Vernazza
Christine looking over the balcony wall with the castle behind her (come to think of it, we never did go to the castle....owell)
Michael and Christine with their heads over the patio and Mike taking a picture of the rocks below us as background

Christine leaning over the railing, with other people's balconies in view

Mike crashed out on the bed in our room in Vernazza
The little kitchenette in our room in Vernazza
Mike taking a picture looking up the stairs to the door of our room (where Christine is standing)
On the path to the tower restaurant, with a view of Vernazza
A view of Vernazza from the tower restaurant - you can just make out our balcony
A view of Vernazza from the tower restaurant - you can just make out our balcony
Christine looking over Vernazza
Christine at the tower restaurant
The door to the tower restaurant
Christine in front of the door to the tower restaurant
The beach at Vernazza
Looking back at Vernazza's beach from the breakwater
Sunbathers on the breakwater
Sunbathers on the breakwater
A boat goes between four of the towns (Corniglia is too high on the hill); here it is stopping in Vernazza. Isn't that a crazy ramp to get on/off the boat?
The boat docked at Vernazza
A little archway to an inlet of water.
The main piazza in Vernazza
Up the stairs
Up more stairs
Mike trying to take a picture of a bird
Mike trying to take a picture of a bird
Rocky terrain
See the little lizard between the sign and the garden hose?
See the little lizard between the sign and the garden hose?
Mike and Christine relaxing on the patio (Mike set the camera on the ledge and took this shot with a timer - clever, eh?)
Christine going down stairs
Christine going down more stairs
The breakwater in Vernazza
Christine on the breakwater in Vernazza
Mike just got "kissed" by the Mediterranean Sea (a big wave just splashed him!)
A sunset sky
The sunset at Vernazza
;The sunset at Vernazza