Corniglia-Town 3

Just behind me you can see whére we are headed to-Corniglia 2.8km away. It is surrounded on three sides by vineyards and terraces and on the fourth side, it descends steeply to the sea.

To reach Corniglia, you have to climb the Lardarina, a long brick flight of steps made up of 33 flights with 377 steps. You can see the flight of steps from aways back and the closer you get the more daunting they looked but in the end it wasn't so bad. Whatever my huffing, wheezing and red face might look like contradicting.

Jordan just billy goated up. But she encouraged me to do it as fast as I was able to, in the steadfast belief that it makes it easier. I'm still in two minds about that. I don't know whether it's better to take it easier and get there less winded(prolonging the pain is how others see it), or go hard and be completely fagged when you get there.