"You can be many things in Cinque Terre" Very_rachel's photos around Riomaggiore, Italy

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Riomaggiore, Italy by TravelPod blogger Very_rachel titled "You can be many things in Cinque Terre..." Very_rachel's travel blog entry: "...but dry isn't one of them. Ah, the Cinque Terre. Italy's rugged coastline national park. It's composed of five little towns that have hiking trails connecting them all. It reportedly takes 5.5 hours to hike them all. Most of the locations to stay in the Cinque Terre are rooms in houses that are rented out. I arrived at the office of the company I booked through, only to find the front door wide open and absolutely no one in there. There was a laptop sitting there (waiting to be stolen?) so I just stood around awkwardly waiting for someone to show up. Finally a man arrived, and after consulting his hand-written bookings list (I booked online), he pointed me in the directed of a seemingly random women sitting on the street. Upon approach, she also consulted her hand-written list and then send her Italian speaking husband and me up 192 steps to my room. The door to the building had character, and took a good three minutes to get the lock to work. I noted this is probably even more fun the in the dark. My room was in what I assume used to be an apartment in what I assume used to be the kitchen. There were three beds in the room: a double and two singles. The proximity of the beds to each other coupled with the kitchen sink and peeling paint made me feel like I was staying in a makeshift ...