Yesterday we messed up on the trains. Today we found out that one of our mess-ups was to our advantage. We bought yesterday what we thought was a \u201ctransfer\u201d ticket; we discovered today, in fact, it was an \u201cupgrade\u201d ticket. So, today we bought a 2d class ticket and got to ride First Class. Quiet. Then we were suddenly invaded, at one stop, by a bundle of Canadians and Americans. We got the last laugh when NONE of them had validated their tickets, paid their 5 euro fine, and then had to move back to Second Class. What a hoot!
\nWe\u2019ve yet to meet an American who didn\u2019t have to pay that 5 euro fine.
\nWe walked hard today: started at Riomaggiore, walked the 30 minute nice walk to Manarola where we had the mandatory pasta and basil pesto lunch, then had a hard, hard walk in the sun over to Corniglia (say, Cornelia) \u2014 only 240 inhabitants here but about 500 tourists. The walk was hot enough that we took the bus down (instead of taking the severe 400 steps downward climb) and the train back to Monterosso.
\nWe\u2019ll hang here through dinner and then head back. We\u2019re sure to find every cafe shop for our lattes.
\nI can\u2019t get to all the comments on the blog; Kris has to write, too, and we\u2019re trying to keep this to one hour.
\nTomorrow we drive down to Lucca. I\u2019m reading Jaroslav Pelikan\u2019s book on Mary. Quite good.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday we messed up on the trains. Today we found out that one of our mess-ups was to our advantage. We bought yesterday what we thought was a \u201ctransfer\u201d ticket; we discovered today, in fact, it was an \u201cupgrade\u201d ticket. So, today we bought a 2d class ticket and got to ride First Class. Quiet. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n