Cinque Terre, Italy

We stayed in Cinque Terra, on the west coast on the Mediterranean Sea. Cinque Terra is made up of 5 small towns and we stayed in Riomaggiore, the farthest town south. It was absolutely picturesque. THey are all built on cliffs so it's all up hill, at least it felt that way when you're walking everywhere! By the end fo the trip, I swear my calves have never looked better! All these pics are intermingeled of the towns together. We had such a blast in Riomaggiore. It was the sleepest of the 5 towns and I think that's why it suited everyone best. To explain the pics: the frog was just sitting in the middle of a walkway and I almost stepped on it! John had an underwater camera and he took it out into the sea with him and Mackenzie and her dad Pete. There was a big rock out there and they were standing on it, jumping off. I just love the pic of Mackenzie jumping off, she looks like a mermaid statue on the front of the old ships! The pic of the guy with the afro under water, he joined them out by the rock and kept insisting that John take his picture under water. He turned out to be a world renowned concert pianist and we went to his concert one night! We still didnt' really believe he was terribly famous until I was flipping channels and there he was on BBC, interviewing! In Vernazza, I think it's the third town south, there was a little chapel that you could light a candel and say a prayer. John and his sister Kelly lit a candle for their mom Carole. She was supposed to come with us but she passed away in November. About the middle are two pictures of John's family: John, sister Kelly, daughter Mackenzie, Kelly's husband Pete, and John's sister Jennifer. The one with their lips pursed is becuase we were just joking about how the Olsen twins say "prunes" when they get their photo taken to make their lips fuller to they are saying "prunes!" The rest are pretty much us having fun and being silly!