vernazza to florence

i spent yesterday resting. the whole point of me going to cinque terre was to hike the trails in between the 5 towns. i didn't do that. i was sick yesterday. i don't know if it was the left over from being sick in the czech, allergies from mold & mildew (its quite damp in these coastal towns) or if its my smokers cough that i have acquired since being in europe due to ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SMOKE - AHHHHH!!! (can you tell it bothers me a bit?)  but i woke up and had a really hard time breathing and was coughing up a storm. so i took it easy. it rained some of the day so I didn't feel super bad about not hiking. although i really want to do it someday b/c its beautiful. a few pics i took...

vernazza with a little fog coming over the hill

this was the side "street" that led to my hostel in vernazza

drinking fountain in the middle of town

all the rock on the shore looks like this - its beautiful

the wall lining one of the walk ways

i did go to mass in the church in vernazza yesterday. since i'm not catholic and it was all in italian i didn't really understand anything. but it was sunday and i wanted to go to church. Jesus still hung out with me so it was all good. and i did catch when you pass the peace of Christ - so i got to shake a bunch of people's hands and pass the peace of Christ to them. that was cool.

church i went to mass at

this morning i left vernazza at 9:34am on the train. made my way to la spezia. from la spezia i got on another train that left at 10:20am to pisa. i have been to pisa before so i didn't feel the need to see it again. so i got on another train that left at 12:01pm to florence. i arrived in florence around 1:23ish and made my way to my last hostel in italy. it was pouring rain, but being the ever prepared girl scout that i am - i had my raincoat on, umbrella in hand and rain cover on my backpack!

rainy streets of florence with lots of umbrellas!

my jeans got a little wet :)

dropped my stuff off at the hostel and headed back out to see something while i am here. the duomo is only a few blocks away - so i went and saw that. and by saw it - i just walked around it and went inside the free cathedral - not the museum. really beautiful! then i got tired of walking around in the rain and being wet. so now i am hunkered down for the evening. thankful for another great day in italy!

one side of the duomo

another side - pretty amazing right?