Verenna

This morning we had a full breakfast at our hotel, along with a cat that wanted to sit with us. There are quite a few animals all around, it seems that a lot of Europeans travel with their pets. 

Just on the edge of town there is a trail that heads up the mountain to a castle called the Castello Di Vezio. It is a very small path with stone steps occasionally and very steep.  I had to look straight ahead several places because the drop was making me dizzy. It took us about a half an hour to get to the top. We had to wait for the castle to open, so we took some pictures. 

Not your ordinary panhandle view. :)

It is late afternoon, we had a nap and went for a gelato.  Now we are back in the room and it is pouring down rain with the sun shinning. This is how things stay so pretty here. 

This evening we cancelled our five course dinner at the hotel and are going to eat at our favorite little place we found called Nilus Bar. I know it is probably not good to eat at the same place 3 times, but the food is so good and for this part of the world inexpensive. We plan to stay late and watch the next World Cup game. 

Tomorrow the Cinque Terra region and the town of Vernazza. 

This is another path leading to some houses and eventually this next town. I didn't get any photos of the small path with this camera. 

This is from the church near the castle entrance.

The dock where we came into the town.

The ferry we took yesterday to get here from Menaggio. 

This is what the alleys look like, you have to be able to maneuver many steps, there is no other way around. 

The red house is our hotel, the top balcony on the left. You can see it above and here below, Casa Rossa.