The Cinque Terre – a magical place of peace and tranquility

Vernazza, Italy
Vernazza, Italy

My wife and I have had the good fortune to travel to some of the most interesting and peaceful places. However, Italy’s Cinque Terre  is a place like no other we have visited. “The Five Lands” is the most relaxing and tranquil places we have ever been.

The Cinque Terre is composed of five little unique villages: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza,  Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore are located on the rugged coastline known as the Italian Rivera on Italy’s West Coast.

I think the peace comes from the quaint little terraces and houses built into the steep cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea.  It is so refreshing and peaceful to see no corporate development or large hotels.  And no cars. Just hiking paths, trains, and boats to connect the 5 villages that reside inside the Cinque Terre National Park.  The serene hiking trails perched on cliffs high above the sea was so relaxing, we wished we could have stayed forever.
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Seven tips for remarkable smart phone photography

Cristin and Kristin - iPhone Photo, Natural Light, Rule of Thirds, Effects added in Camera +
Cristin and Kristin – iPhone Photo, Natural Light, Rule of Thirds, Effects added in Camera+

According to Yahoo!, 880 billion photos will be uploaded to the Internet in 2014. Facebook suggests that over 6 billion photos are posted every month on this popular social media site. With all this photography going on, all of us should be experts by now!  But have you seen some of these images?  Not always a pretty picture.  

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