Bologna and Cinque Terre- Ducati Factory and hiking

We ended up spending 2 nights here mostly cause we had a great cabin at a campground hotel with much needed aircon and a pool in the scorching heat!! The main reason we went was for Cam who used to have a Ducati in Australia and he NEEDED to see the factory where they are all made. It was actually really cool though, watching the operations management side of the factory made me feel VERY geeky with my business degree, but it was still really cool. Here was also the sad locale of the Oz/Italy game which we SO undeservedly lost, Italy just has better actors not soccer players!! Even the italians in the bar said we deserved to win. So heartbreaking.

We then headed to Cinque Terre which are 5 towns along the west coast connected by a path through steep terraced vineyards. We sort of cheated cause we needed to catch a train to venice, so we hiked the first 3 towns, then trained to the last to get some beach time in before heading back. The sad part of this stop however was that I like the idiot I am left my stupid runners just sitting on the beach, they werent even old.... sob sob. BUT I definately recommend this hike, particularly if you have the time to do the whole thing!!!