Our Hotel Stena is set in a lovely garden on top of the hill. These photos show you some of the plants right here at our feet. Just outside our terrace we have these lovely trees laden with lemons. There are also lime trees, plum trees, an orange tree and a cherry tree. We have huge rosemary bushes growing and grape vines and olive trees. The owners told me they use the lemons to make their own lemon preserves and limoncello. When you walk through the garden to get to the streets of town (down many stairs) you brush against the sage, mint, and more rosemary and oregano. In the heat of the day you can smell the herbs. We took the boats to see four of the five (cinque) towns of Cinque Terre. Tomorrow Bob hikes a two hour hike to the fifth town. Kelly and I will take the train. Right now Bob is out on a balcony drinking the sciacchetra (a local sweet dessert wine) fueling up for the hike tomorrow. I'll post some pictures of the beautiful area.
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