LEVANTO
On the day we travelled here from Lucca, there was a train strike!
This means that no trains were running. While Jason (our tour group leader) was sorting it all out (coz we were meant to be going on two trains) me and Sabine were up on top of the city wall, rain falling on our shoulders, watching the BIG tropical thunder and lightening storm.
In the end we took five buses and one train to Levanto, and it took three and a half hours more than expected!

On our first day in Levanto we did the Cinque Terre (“5 lands”) walk.
It is a track (and UNESCO world heritage site) that winds up and down hills between 5 pastel coloured villages on-top-of cliffs.
It was a lovely walk with beautiful scenery. It was fun, but challenging.


After the walk, in the evening, we went to a pesto shop. We took a course on how to make pesto. It was a lot of fun. All 9 of us had a go each at making our own pesto using…
Garlic
Basil
Pine nuts
Salt
Olive oil
Parmesan cheese
I liked Kath’s pesto the best (Chantal).I liked Kate’s pesto the best (Sabine).