Here we thought we were staying in a private room in a small hostel. Turned out to be a apartment with 3 bedrooms and a landlord. We had a huge room to ourselves with a shared kitchen/bathroom. Was very very very nice, especially since we were paying so little.
La spezia is a hub fishing city that has a train network connecting to the Cinque Terre(5 Towns.) Cinque Terre is 5 small coastal towns that are very beautiful and connected by a train or hiking paths. Of the 5 we went to Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggoire.
While the coastal hiking paths were closed due to avalanches, the towns themselves were so beautiful, and we spent a day swimming in a secluded bay near corniglia after climbing to the city earlier via 365 steps. (Supposedly its 365 steps, one for each day, but I counted 379. Just sayin')
La Spezia itself is also very pretty and the people here have been the nicest of any place so far. So extremely polite to us the entire time. It was also the place with more dogs than we have ever seen(with owners this time, unlike Athens).
This is the first time I've ever done my laundry by hand and hung it on clotheslines, which I prefer so much more over laundromats because A. It's cheaper, and B. It takes way less time than standing around for 2 hours waiting for laundry to wash and dry. 10 minutes to wash and hang, then lesve it alone until u collect it the next day.
The Special Olympics were also in town but we only saw them one day parading and playing music in the market square and then never again.
Animal of note:
Name:chongo - cat we found and let in corniglia, was just chilling on a porch and looked like he had recently been in a cat fight. His wounds didn't seem very bad, I'd hate to see the other guy.
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