Genoa 10th October, 2014

Wow !!! did I mention that I hoped the weather would improve !! Well it got worse. Just after 10pm the rain started and was torrential !! Some of the heaviest we had seen/heard.  The thunder was incredible as was the lightening. We have never heard thunder so loud. When I looked out the window at 4am the water was cascading down 

and there were sirens almost continuously. 

Thinking the worst was over, we ordered a taxi about 1 1/4 hrs before our train - it didn't arrive !! By this time we knew we had missed our booked train to Cinque Terre, but decided to buy another ticket and go anyway. 

We caught the train to  Monterossa ,  which is about 2hr trip. Thankfully, the rain had stopped, although it was still overcast. We had a lovely lunch overlooking the beach (the sand is nothing like what we have in Australia), wandered around and then decided to catch the train to the next town, Vernazza, which is a fishing cove, now overrun by tourists.  We were about to head to Riomaggiore, one of the others towns, when we were advised that the trains were running at least 45 mins late, so decided to head back to Monterossa for a few drinks,(by this time the sun had come out) before our train back to Genoa.

We had booked 1st class tickets for our return to Genoa, and about 4 stations from Genoa Principe, our train was stopped, as it was too heavy to go over the flood damaged tracks Genoa Brignole, so we were transferred to a local train.  We were able to see some of the damage - it was just devastating.

As it was about 7.30 we bought Pizza & wine on our way from the bus stop to our B & B, where we met a very nice man, who gave us lots of information on what we should to tomorrow.