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I see that's a military area. That's a sight to see - those giant ships!
Cinque Terre is postcard perfect. Wow! How odd though that there weren't good views where the pullout areas were though. I could look at that blue water all day.
I know - you'd have thought they'd want visitors to stop and admire all the scenery... and you are so right about the blue water!
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Friday 18 July – part four: are we going to find anywhere to eat?
As Mark drove along, there were yet more stunning views, particularly of the terraces they use here mainly to grow vines for wine…
We came across another village called Volastra, and managed to find a parking space, so we figured hopefully we’d be able to find somewhere to have lunch here.
The fruit and vegetables growing here were quite something…
It was getting late by now, so we were getting a bit desperate. We found this place…
… which I have to say didn’t look enticing at first, but I walked a little further, and realised it was actually a lot bigger than it looked, so we headed inside.
We ended up with a table inside, as it was a bit cooler. It was a lovely setting…
Mark and I shared the Caprese for appetiser, the mixture of tomatoes and mozzarella, which was beautifully presented…
We also ended up with the same thing for our entrée, which is very odd for us – the home-made taglierine with salmon and mixed vegetables, and this was really good, although I ended up giving Mark most of my salmon, as I had tons and he had none!
Mari had the home made taglierine with shellfish, and she wanted me specifically to mention that in this trip report, as she is no fan of shrimp, and look what turned up…
She was a little reluctant to deal with them at first…
… but she managed fine, and she was full of praise for the dish, saying she wanted it noted how much she enjoyed the shrimp.
For dessert, Mark went for the sfogliatina with crème Chantilly, and this is what he got…
He wasn’t quite sure what it was, although when he tried it, the verdict came back that it was puff pastry with custard on the outside.
I went for panna cotta with chocolate, and very good it was too.
This place, despite its appearances from outside, had turned out to be a real little find, and it had saved us hiking down to the seafront, which would’ve meant a hike back up to the car. Talking of which, I cannot begin to tell you how many hikers we saw, where the guys were literally just in hiking boots and shorts and nothing else, with the women only adding a bikini top to that.
We settled up, and it came to €129 ($162), with Mari and Raleigh kindly picking up the bill as a thank you to Mark for driving today, as it was a pretty twisty and turning road. They also got a couple of bottles of wine of what they had had to drink for lunch, so we were now all set to carry on again.
I will say here that we probably sat down for lunch just before 2:00pm, and we left at around 3:30pm, so we all agreed that we wouldn’t be eating much for dinner tonight.
The caprese looked very cool! I've never seen it like that before.
Glad you found a place along the twisty road for lunch. And it was yummy too, score!
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Once again I am super behind, but all caught up.
I have enjoyed your tours and pictures and it is all so interesting....I have to add they did a fine job of the butt on that one statue.
Glad you were able to find a spot for lunch and it does look darn good. The Caprese presentation is so neat. I bet i could never cut a tomato like that and make it look good.
I have enjoyed your tours and pictures and it is all so interesting....I have to add they did a fine job of the butt on that one statue.
Didn't they just? I felt it was only right to admire such workmanship....
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Glad you were able to find a spot for lunch and it does look darn good. The Caprese presentation is so neat. I bet i could never cut a tomato like that and make it look good.
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They also got a couple of bottles of wine of what they had had to drink for lunch, so we were now all set to carry on again. 
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