Wander Susan Wonder

So I’ve decided to use a super popular hashtag to highlight some of my favorite spots in the world. I’ve had plenty of adventures, and most of those come in multiple cities back to back. Thanks to my faithful travel buddy, BB, I’ve developed the habit of going to several places in one trip. The cost of this strategy is not spending as much time as you might want in a particular place and spending some nights in corners of airports, but seeing more places in the world has always been worth it.  So #tbt will be my attempt to spotlight certain places, share my thoughts, and hopefully get you to add some more cities to your travel bucket list, or even better……start a travel bucket list!!

I’m kinda setting myself up for failure  on this first one, because Cinque Terre is so amazing. Most people know the big Italian cities (Rome, Florence, Venice,etc.). They are hyped up and well worth all the popularity. Italy is one of those places where the more I go, the more I want to go back….and we haven’t even talked about the pizza (Praise Him/moment of silence).

Cinque Terra is a series of five villages along the coast. There are several ways to travel in between the villages…by boat, train, or hiking. Fun fact about Susan….she loves a boat! Unfortunately, the day we were exploring, the water was too rough so we were down to the train and our feet. I couldn’t get over the villages set on the mountains that led straight to the ocean. There were cute fishing boats and kodak moments everywhere. Each building is a different color and created this rainbow of colors. Colored buildings, mountains, and ocean!! I mean, why are you finishing this blog post instead of booking a ticket right now?! We hiked between the 1st and 2nd village, which took about an hour. Don’t think of a flat land Eastern NC hike. There were lots of stairs involved, but the views do not disappoint and there were lots of other tourists suffering along with us. I’m including the most famous view and good grief it’s famous for a reason. I couldn’t stop taking pictures. Thankfully, I’ve had this happen a few places around the world…..where I just had to take one more picture, and look back as we finally had to leave, trying to burn every detail in my memory.

We only had a day here, which was the biggest tragedy of all, but it quickly got put on my come back to list. Come back,  spend more time, and learn the ends and outs of each of the villages…..and wait for a calm water day so I can get on that freaking boat!

Don’t worry….it’s still Italy so there’s still pasta

And gelato!!