ITALY: May 2017

CINQUE TERRE, TUSCANY & BOLOGNA

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The Village of Corniglia, one of the five "Cinque Terre" villages

that cling to a succession of cliffs on the Levante Riviera on Italy's west coast

The village of Monterosso;

The only Cinque Terre village with a proper beach

The Cinque Terre village of Manarola

A head-on view of Manarola

A head-on view of Riomaggiore,

another Cinque Terre village

A back street in Corniglia,

leading to a strenuous hike to Vernazza, the next Cinque Terre village

Inside the Cinque Terre village of Monterosso

Further into the back streets of Monterosso

An eclectic shop in Corniglia

An ancient staircase off the coastal path from Levanto to Bonassola

A back street in Volterra, a popular tourist town in Tuscany

A spiral staircase at the headquarters of the Antinori winery in Tuscany

Bologna: City of towers (and tramlines)

and the world's oldest university

Inside a library of the University of Bologna

Peter & Lieschen beneath the "Statue of the Giant" (Neptune) in Monterosso

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