This morning we approached our hotelier regarding a longer stay and she asked that we write to her and explain what we wanted. We think this a great place to explore the Apuane Alpi region, much smaller than the Alps. Also, the weather, ironically, is very mild here, and with a place to stay during November, we can take advantage of the nice days and still hike and bike. When it rains, we will have a place to hide that is nice with kitchen, a sitting area, and a city full of coffee shops, and other distractions.
We caught the train to La Spezia, where Mauny handled getting our Cinque Terre passes for the next 3 days. We were amazed how many tourists were still here this late in the season. Then we hopped a train to Levanto, a small seaside town just north of the Cinque Terre "park" area, and with a few trials and errors, found our way to the AcquaDulce year-round campground, which had been recommended to us by a German couple we had met during our ride in Tuscany. Appropriately named, it has a fresh spring coming out in the middle of the campground. It had very modern, but unisex bathrooms and a nice place for cooking with tables. We have found that the other campgrounds we visited to be void of tables. Elaine found the unisex situation strange, although not uncomfortable. She felt that she had been allowed into the very most private areas of the daily routines, of men, in particular, being privy to the routine of females in bathrooms as well as that of her own husband. As an anecdote, Mauny, in contrasts, had spent a year in a Kibutz in Israel where boys and girls showered together...
We went into town, bought groceries and cooked dinner and had nice hot showers.
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