For those of you who followed through our crazy 3 weeks trip through snowy Switzerland, storybook-like French town/village of Colmar and Eguisheim, tulip blooming Netherland, desert trekking in Sahara, colorful island of Procida, and southern Italy Matera to the Amalfi Coast, we finally came to the last installment of our trip 😦 Don’t be sad,…
Before our long drive back to the coast – Amalfi Coast, we made a stop at the panoramic view of Matera (we went there the day before late afternoon and the city was in shadow). Morning light provided great photo ops of the Sassi from this side of the valley! Goodbye Matera! Our 4-hour journey…
Good morning Matera, it was finally clear sky! Early in the morning, we walked to Chiesa di San Pietro Caveoso as the sun light up the stone colored Sassi. We walked the S-curve road hugging the cliff of Matera and on the other side, I can see clearly the small canyon underneath the Sassi. The sun…
After our wonderful breakfast, we checked out and rolled our luggage up those stairs to wait for the bus…thinking to save from the transfer cost of €15. We waited, waited and waited for over half an hour and the bus did not show up! We were getting nervous and a lady at the bus stop saw us…
After Morocco, we headed to an island off the coast of Naples, Italy called Procida. When people talk about islands around Naples, the most famous one is Capri. We didn’t go to Capri, instead, we went to Procida. Why Procida? I bet most of you never even heard of this place. I found out about…
Goodbye Vernazza, goodbye Cinque Terre! The last stop of our trip – Milan where we’ll be flying home. We took the 7:32 am train from Vernazza to Milan via Rapallo, it was a Sunday so plenty of seats in the local train without the morning rush. In Rapallo, there were only 2 platforms so it was pretty…
After spending 2 nights in Manarola, our last night will be at Vernazza; I split the 3 nights among those two villages because of the beautiful night photos that I have seen and I couldn’t decide which one to stay at so why not both! One downside of switching hotel is that check out usually…
Good morning Manarola, we were probably one of the few people who are awake in Manarola! View from our balcony – the village was so quiet! We got ready and went downstairs for breakfast (included), it has good varieties of breakfast items. After breakfast, our official full day of exploring Cinque Terre began! First, we…
Getting from Alberobello to Cinque Terre literally took almost a day but both places definitely worth the effort getting there. We took the early train at 6 am from Alberobello back to Bari Center (the train ride was much easier as there are only two directions and the last stop was Bari Center – can’t…
Waking up and looking up to the conical roof of the trullo was so unreal. Early in the morning, the streets were empty, it was so peaceful that I had this whole story land to myself! Our trulli, ready to go out for breakfast! Breakfast was inside the restaurant just around the corner named Miseria Enobilta.…
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