Bo journo from Levento in Italy. Another language and more adventures. Our trip here via the autoban was ‘the trip of tunnels’ over 20 of them!  The countryside was extremely rugged and terraced everywhere to utilise the land.  Even glass houses sat on the terraces.  Groups of colourful terracotta houses clung to the hillside.  One assumes hidden roads wound their way up there.  Today we walked the Cinque Terre -  named after the five picturesque villages that are tucked into the coastline.  The first section - 2 ½ climb over the hill from Monterosso to Vernazza was steep and challenging (50 minutes steady climbing – great workout to help combat all the pre dinner nibbles I have consumed).  Fortunately we left camp early so tackled the challenge terrain before the heat of the day.  The next two relatively flat sections, cut into the hillside, were closed due to severe storms in October which caused landslides on the track and major flooding to one village - so we had to train between them.  The last section was a short boadwork.  On a completely different tack – the gelatos are superb.  A huge variety of flavours and cones.  You can see why I need constant exercise or I would need to buy a new wardrobe – should try my jeans on to see if they still fit- probably best I don’t go there!.  We have had our first swim in the Mediterranean (chose the small non-paying section of the beach allotted to those people too stingy to outlay the Eros to swim in the sun lounger/umbrella areas). Our next stops are Pisa and Florence