Well, Gusta broke into a new decade today, and a wonderful birthday it was. We decided to give our feet, and all muscles a break and take a train to Manarola for a birthday lunch. Bruce’s hip has been doing incredibly well. There is no way he could have done all the walking he has done in the last few days without his new hip. We are trying to take pix to send to Tony Webber, his orthopaedic surgeon, to prove how well he has healed and is doing. However, tomorrow is the big test when we will do the hardest section of the Cinque Terre hike, going from here to Monarosso. All we have read says this is the most difficult of the hikes. We plan to make it a leisurely day so Bruce does no damage...
We had the best meal yet in Manarolla. The troffie with a pesto sauce, specialite of the region, was without a doubt the best we have ever had...makes our homemade pesto taste so plain..and the pasta was al dente and tender at thse same time. We also had a couple of delicious seafood dishes wanting to take advantage of being so close to the sea. All was good, so we decided we better walk back to Corniglia to be sure to try and work off some of the good food. We got to Corniglia and had to wait an hour and half in the very hot sun for a train as a couple of them were canceled. The big question was...”Was this a strike?”. We were not too excited about having to hike back home as we did not have hiking shoes and it would have been more than we had energy to do. Thankfully a train finally arrived and we only had a relatively short ride as the train was packed to the gills.
Tonight there was a festival in Vernazza with some very interesting entertainments especially a group of men in orange jumpsuits,, each with a different kind of saxaphone. The music was rather jumpy but it was fun to feel part of a town party. All in all, a wonderful way to spend such a big birthday even though we could not be with everyone we love. Buena sera!
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