Cinque Terre
Admittedly, I’m not sure whether our plan falls into Category 1 (excellent idea) or Category 2 (can-do idea). But it doesn’t really matter. It’s too late to think about it because I’m already standing on the platform with what feels like a 100-kilo rucksack waiting for the train. Still, waiting gives you time to think—and that’s sometimes the problem.
Let’s put it this way: our plan is definitely an idea worth thinking about. Crossing the Alps by train from Rosenheim in Germany to the south and spending a few days sea kayaking on the Italian Mediterranean Sea. We want to follow the coast from Genoa for about 100 km to La Spezia and then take the train home. Between lies the wild, romantic cliff coast of Cinque Terre National Park.Today, these towns are tourist magnets, but originally, the fishing villages in the Ligurian “Cinque Terre National Park” were only accessible by boat. So,what could be more natural than strapping the folding sea kayaks to your back and getting on the train? At least, this was our thought when we decided it was “Off to Italy!”
