C: What should we write about?

A: Well, today started out much better than yesterday.

C: Yesterday wasn’t hard to beat…

A: I actually got to have eggs for breakfast. And I tried my first cappuccino, but I’m not that thrilled about having another one. (Blue Marlin Bar)

C: You should have seen the look on your face!

A: After breakfast we transferred our laundry from the washer to the dryer.

C: What a waste of €6. We wandered around the town for an hour and a half following Rick Steve’s walk. When we got back to the laundry, everything was still wet.

A: Remember when we joked about trying out the clotheslines outside the window? It’s not so funny anymore.

C: I still can’t believe our stuff isn’t dry after hanging all day. At least it has another full day before we have to pack it back into our bags. After dealing with the laundry, it was time to start hiking.

A: I’m glad we did the hard section from Vernazza to Monterosso first. Lots of stairs, but better to be going up than down, since some of them were so slippery. The lookouts were awesome.

C: I’m pretty sure none of our pictures will do it justice.

A: It was a great way to burn off last night’s pasta. One of the best parts was listening to some people complain about how dangerous the trail was, but they are the ones hiking it in flip-flops and mini skirts.

C: I’m still disappointed that some of the trail is closed due to possible landslides. Do you think it will be open tomorrow?

A: I don’t know. Are you sure you want to spend another day hiking?

C: Maybe we should just take it easy tomorrow. What did you think about Via dell’Amore?

A: It would have been way more “amore” without the tour groups following their umbrella-toting guides. [Many of the guides held umbrellas in the air so their groups could keep track of them.] I’m kind of irked that we forgot to take a padlock; I forgot about it. [It’s currently popular to close a padlock with your lover onto a railing or fence along this path.]

Other than the non-view, what did you think of dinner at the castle? [The place was described as having cliff-side, sea-view tables for two. Those tables were there, but they weren’t using them for some reason. Instead, we were seated at a table behind an opaque sheet of plastic where you couldn’t see much.]

C: The antipasto mare was really good. A cold plate on one side and a hot plate on the other made for a nice contrast. How many different items were there?

A: I think it was eight; four per plate.

C: The penne pasta was also pretty good. I was expecting a more powerful pesto flavor, but it was just a subtle part of the whole. Tasty.

A: My veal steak looked huge, but it was mostly bone. The part that was edible was mostly tough and chewy. The “fries” were pretty sad.

C: They definitely know how to handle surf better than turf. Did we miss anything interesting about our day?

A: Probably.