Tuscany

I have been kissed by the Tuscan Sun. No really - my skin is so much better in Tuscan Sun then NZ sun, I have had no allergy!
It is so hot though.
We left Venice for La Spezia on Monday. Torea and I had a lovely dinner at a restaurant so popular we had to queue to get a seat. So worth the wait though. I even liked the wine. On Tuesday we went to the Cinque Terre area, a part of the coast or Italian rivera with spectacular cliffs and beautiful water and 5 cute colourful villages. We walked up the hill and then along the coastal track. The coastal part was reeeaaaallly hot and lots of people. When we finally got to the water we just jumped in, never minding the fact there were so many people and it wasn't the best beach for swimming. So nice to be cooler :) by this stage, Beth and I were tired and it was getting dark so took train to the final village - But Torea ran and managed to get there similar time!
Wednesday we said goodbye to beth and headed for Florence, But we stopped in Pisa on the way. I really liked Pisa as a city, It seemed really relaxed and walker friendly. We finally found the leaning tower of pisa and talk about a tourist attraction.. I decided to brave the crowds and prices to go up to the top. It really is leaning. I loved that like many monuments the steps were worn out in some places. But in Pisa they were worn out in different places depending on the lean.
That night we stayed in Florence, and decided to spend the next day exploring some art and Florence life. Seeing the art and buildings themselves was cool, but there was something about all the tourists there, the heat and all the pushy people trying to sell us stuff that made us exausted. So we left Florence and went somewhere quiet. Ended up in a town somewhere in Tuscany and have spent the last two nights there doing not a heck of a lot. Eating food, reading, walking a little, sitting and watching the veiw, drinking wine, seistaing. It was a much needed break. Of course it rained and it was the coolest it has been so we couldn't actually enjoy the sun quite so much.
Today we are going south for Naples!