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9/12/02

We were leaving France, but entering Italy, the other big player on this trip that had expanded from two countries (original plan) to five. Our destination today was the tiny town of Monterosso in the Cinque Terre ("Five Towns") region of Italy. Cinque Terre (pronounced CHINK-wuh TAY-ruh) is located
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approximately halfway to Siena (our ultimate destination) via train. We had heard how beautiful the Cinque Terre was, and we were excited to be able to spend an unplanned, brief visit there.