5 terre

I still wanted to see two Italian regions while I'm here: Liguria and Basilicata. Both far away and difficult to reach at holiday season. I still remember 10 hours spent in a traffic coming back from Puglia last year! So this time I wanted to avoid surprises and plan it well. And it all worked perfectly! 
The plan was to leave in the evening so that Gaia sleeps and we don't need to stop to feed her or make her run. We drove 5 hours in a row but it all went fine according to the plan. Instead the return was divided into two parts with a sleepover in Tuscany and driving to Rome before lunchtime on Easter Monday morning. 
And Cinque Terre are beautiful: colourful and picturesque. Of course there are tourists everywhere but one can find some calm places too. We stayed in a great bed & breakfast close to La Spezia and visited all small villages by train. On a rainy Saturday we drove to Genova to visit the aquario where Gaia got super excited to see all the dolphins and sharks (the parents were quite excited too). And Sunday morning we spent in beautiful Portovenere. All in all, the trip was a success and apart from one crying crisis in the restaurant, Gaia behaved really well and enjoyed it!

More photos to follow.