Yesterday I slept in, which felt great after the jet lag from the nine hours difference in time with California. After the intensive orientation to Cinque Terre of the day before with a great professional guide, my group was on their own, happily pursuing individual agendas and itineraries. In the mid-morning, I started on the Cinque Terre Trail from Monterosso-al-Mare on the Ligurian Coast of Italy. My destination was Vernazza, the next town south along the coast in the “Five Lands” (Cinque Terre).
![Orange juice on the Cinque Terre Trail © Harold Davis](https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Orange-juice-on-the-Cinque-Terre-Trail.jpg)
Considering how many people hike this trail, it was surprisingly rugged, with a great many ups and downs to traverse the steep headlands. At about the half way point I came upon the gentleman shown above. He’d run a power cable from above in the vineyards, and was squeezing fresh orange juice at two Euros the glass (about $2.20). A very refreshing break along the trail!
![Lunch in Vernazza © Harold Davis](https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Lunch.jpg)
When I got to Vernazza I had a yummy seafood salad lunch in an elegant restaurant on the piazza by the harbor, then stayed to photograph the picturesque town itself. All images made with my iPhone 6s.
![Vernazza © Harold Davis](https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Riomaggiore.jpg)