This is Corniglia, the third village of the hike. Isn't it beautiful? These narrow pastel high rises just cling to the landscape, interspersed with family plots of vineyards & gardens. It's such a simple, beautiful way of living.
This picture better illustrates the lovely pastels...
It is hard to tell, but this is actually a picture of the terraced gardens that are carved out of the cliffside. I'm really not sure how they till these things and maintain them, but I know it must be backbreaking, because there is no way to get traditional farming equipment or power tools of any kind up here. I'm sure do it the old fashioned way with some simple tools and a lot of sweat equity.
Manarola, village number 4. We were very excited to be so close to completing the hike, though we enjoyed every step of the way. It was challenging and fun!
At the last village, Riomaggiore, we decided to take the boat home to Vernazza. We wanted to see from a different vantage point the terrain we had covered and the villages from a different perspective. Unfortunately I didn't get any good pics from the boat because it was bumpy and moving quickly.
This is Corniglia, the third village of the hike. Isn't it beautiful? These narrow pastel high rises just cling to the landscape, interspersed with family plots of vineyards & gardens. It's such a simple, beautiful way of living.
This picture better illustrates the lovely pastels...
It is hard to tell, but this is actually a picture of the terraced gardens that are carved out of the cliffside. I'm really not sure how they till these things and maintain them, but I know it must be backbreaking, because there is no way to get traditional farming equipment or power tools of any kind up here. I'm sure do it the old fashioned way with some simple tools and a lot of sweat equity.
Manarola, village number 4. We were very excited to be so close to completing the hike, though we enjoyed every step of the way. It was challenging and fun!
At the last village, Riomaggiore, we decided to take the boat home to Vernazza. We wanted to see from a different vantage point the terrain we had covered and the villages from a different perspective. Unfortunately I didn't get any good pics from the boat because it was bumpy and moving quickly.
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