May 29th was another busy day.  We all met for a fabulous buffet breakfast in the hotel at eight and except for coming back to the room a couple of times to change the camera lenses etc.  we didn't get home until around 10.30 at night.  We spent the morning walking around Monterosso al Mare to see some different sites of the town (and some of the same ones as the day before).

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I started out by finding a nice colourful window to photograph.

20130529_2013_may_italy_0001 We started hiking up a street behind our hotel and had some nice views overlooking the town.

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Somewhere along the way I came across some colourful houses.

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The first laundry shot of the morning.

20130529_2013_may_italy_0005 I was happy to find a cute dog to pet and photograph.

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I couldn't resist a close up view.

20130529_2013_may_italy_0001-2 I hiked up one of the main streets in town and found an interesting looking trail that went further up.  However, I had to  get by this guard dog on the way.  

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This was the start of the trail.  Gretchen and Megan were with me for a little while but they decided that they would go back to shoot more street photography.  I wanted to see where the trail went and I was enjoying the scenery so I kept going.  

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20130529_2013_may_italy_0010 I loved all of the old  stone work and how green everything was.

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I came across a field of poppies.

20130529_2013_may_italy_0012 The trail wasn't too long.  I spent about thirty minutes hiking until I got back to the houses at the start of the trail. I couldn't go any further because part of the trail was closed due to the flood damage from 2011- at least that was my guess. 

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Back to the town to see  some more colourful buildings.

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Lots of interesting people on the streets.  No wonder why Gretchen and Megan wanted to get back.

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I headed back to the waterfront where I met up with some of the group again.

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This gentleman had a  permanent spot near the pedestrian tunnel going through town.  

20130529_2013_may_italy_0020 The water was very rough which made for great waves.  I took lots of shots of this rock at different times of the day.

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20130529_2013_may_italy_0022 A little too early for beach activity.

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20130529_2013_may_italy_0024 Even this fellow was enjoying some people watching.

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I know the water would not have been warm enough for me!   

20130529_2013_may_italy_0026 This restaurant was in the main square near our hotel.  I walked by it so many times that I decided it was worthy of a photo.

20130529_2013_may_italy_0028 We all met up again before lunch  to take the train from Monterosso to Riomaggiore.  I took this shot while waiting for the train to arrive just to show what a typical train station in Cinque Terre looked like.