The second day of the trip was just as fun as the first :)
I woke up early to take advantage of the free breakfast the hotel had & to get ready for the beach. We had to free our rooms by ten & leave our bags in the lobby of the hotel. Soon after that we walked around the town and did some window shopping (since it was still a little chilly to head to the water). After about an hour we headed to the beach. My group was some of the first people there so we were able to get a nice spot. After about an hour the beach was packed. I laid out for awhile & eventually got into the water. It was beautiful!! So clear you could see to the bottom ( a little freaky since I could see all the fish swimming below me). Karyssa, Devin, Kat & I swam to these rocks that were about 150 meters into the water. Where was sat and looked onto the land. I wish I had a water proof camera because the view from there was absolutely gorgeous!!
We picked a GOOD time to go into the water because soon after getting off the rocks we saw our three ISA directors who came on the trip with us on a paddle boat that had a SLIDE attached to it that went into the water. I was so happy :) After all the swimming I went on shore & took a much needed nap!
For lunch, Devin, Teressa & I walked up the road to try & find some pesto, since we disliked our pesto from the night before (read the September 10th post). We finally found a nice enough restaurant in our price range & they had DELICIOUS gnocchi with pesto!
After lunched we headed back to our beach towels & got in the water one more time. This time Ashley, Devin & I swam to the rock & had Teressa take a photo of us once we got there.
The pictures aren't very clear, but my camera was all the way zoomed in! That's how far away the rocks were! Then unfortunately, when getting off these rocks I stepped on something really sharp and got a few bits & pieces of something in my left heal. I think that it's little pieces of rock, & they are still currently stuck in my foot & I am walking with a limp. I'm going to try & soak my foot later and see if I can get them out (I'll let you know how it goes)...
After my painful rock climbing experience we swam to the other side of the bay where we saw people cliff jumping & decided to go over & see if we were daring enough to jump ourselves :) There were a few different cliffs all varying in sizes & we decided we could jump from the medium sized one (probably about 40 feet high). We climbed up & once up there I was a little freaked out. Ashley & I were up there for a few minutes contemplating our jump while a few Italian boys started egging us on to jump. I had Devin count to three for me & I finally jumped out. It was amazing & the whole swim back to the shore I was smiling & giddy with how scared I was and how much fun I had :)
I laid out for awhile longer to get dry & finally had to make the trek to the train station to take the 3 hour ride back to Florence.
Cinque Terre was amazing & definitely a place I want to come back to! The rock splinters & sunburn were definitely worth the beautiful ocean & town I was able to visit :)
Ciao, Erica xo
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