We Hiked Cinque Terre

"Um... I don't think that we should drink that." - Aura Maria referring to the large yellow bottle placed in front of us at the restaurant followed by four shot glasses.

BOOM!!!... "Did someone just set off a bomb?" - Eric

Luckily all of the locals of La Spezia looked just as surprised as us at the explosion, which we assumed meant that things blowing up was not a common occurrence. We guessed later that some kid put a fire cracker in the dumpster because the La Spezia soccer team, Spezia Calcio, won the regional championships that day for the first time ever.

"Oh, so a 'Dutch Oven' in Australia is not a way to make delicious meals while camping but is rather more like what we call a 'Covered Wagon' in the US?" - Meg (Us becoming cultured with our new Australian friends)

"Oh, that train doesn't run today and that one only runs on every other Tuesday. That one runs on holidays and..."
We came to miss the punctual German trains.