It is gradually becoming clearer just how serious the situation we were involved in in the last few days actually was. People here are talking about the destruction of villages in the Cinque Terra, a beautiful tourist spot in Italy close to where we are. Another pilgrim, Roman fro Switzerland was walking through the Cinque Terra on Tuesday and believes he may have the last photos of the villages before the rain began that afternoon. We were right on the upper reaches of the river Magra which flooded downstream causing something like the floods which took out some of the towns in Queensland earlier this year.
These are photos from the local Italian press - not ours however we did see some of the bridges and damage as we trained out of the region yesterday. We are now safe and sound in Lucca - quite another story.
G'day Tim & Merran, have just caught up with your blogs. We were unaware of the floods in Cinque Terre until then. Have now checked them out. Having been there only a few months ago in brilliant weather we are feeling extremely sorry for the locals. The damage is awful and will impact the area for ages. May have to go back to support the local economy!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoying your stories and in awe at your adventurous approach to Italy-much braver than ours! You'll have to bring your iPad on our next walk and share the photos!!