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Riomaggiore mamma mia! i still cannot believe that I spent 17 days backpacking italy with my best friend(s). the whole experience was breathtaking and such an eye opening experience. I love to see how people live out of Missouri and out of the states in general.  Downtown La Spezia I will write about italy in chunks, following the path we traveled. I had first flown from St. Louis to Atlanta to Paris and then finally to Bologna, italy. from there, we caught a train and spent three nights in La Spezia, then onto a day trip to Pisa, three nights in Rome, caught a tour and stayed three nights in Sorrento, exploring the Amalfi, Positano, Anacapri, and Capri. we then continued to two nights in Naples and then to Venice. our last night was spent back in bologna.  La Spezia was a complete stunner. home of the Cinque Terre, we spent two of the three days beach hopping. out of the five beaches, we visited the four. starting with Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, and Riomaggiore- skipp