Haircut, swim, eat, hike

Kirk’s hair was too long so we went looking for a barber in Monterossa.  Took the train over and well, he 

found a great one!  Some clippers, a lot of scissors and some straight razors finalizing with a bit off the eyebrows.  It was really fun to watch the master at work.  He looks great! 

Our plan was to take a dip in the ocean and it was another good day.  I stripped by the ocean with very little fanfare. :)  The water was chilly but no where near the temperature of Malibu etc.  Clear with soft rock and then sand it drops off quick but we both spent a good amount of time just floating.  It was heavenly.  Dried off and took the train back to Vernazza, grabbed a focaccia sandwich each and headed back to our apartment to finish off the white we had in the frig, on our patio.  It’s pretty windy today and the waves are kicking up but it was lovely.

About 2pm we headed out on our last hike up to Reggio church.  It’s a pretty steep up hill but it’s up and back, not over.  Kirk took a bottle of wine and we drank it as we sat up at the top overlooking the ocean with Vernazza to the left.  It’s crazy to think about people building structures up this high and how they had to haul everything up.  A lot of vines and olive trees up here.  Seem to be just picked recently.

And now we are heading off for some beer and wine and actually thinking about leftovers for dinner.  Seriously, we have pizza and focaccia in the frig and a good view.  What else do we need?  It’s been a great 4 days here.  Off to Tuscany tomorrow, Greve actually, meeting our friends Ed and Claudine.  

Again, pictures out of order.  I’m such an old person!

View from above Vernazza

Kirk swimming in the Ligurian Sea!

Cute sheep

Well deserved wine at the top of the trail.  We were all alone with our bottle of wine.

Kirk is a speck back there.

Good night Vernazza

Yum

The harbor in Vernazza

This guy was a cutie.  

 Honestly I can use the break from hiking.  My thighs are toast.  We met a great couple from Switzerland at drinks.  So fun meeting different, amazing people.  The pictures out of order are hilarious!