...do as the Romans do. Here in August that means, leave the city and go on holiday. Since Jackie and Rob were visiting and we all have limited funds, we stayed in the country. That's what most Italians do anyway, unless you're Davide. In that case, you head to Turkey and Cuba. So my travels in August included Cinque Terre, Positano, Florence and of course, the beaches of Ostia. But over the past week I've traveled a bit. Jackie, Heather and I went to Cinque Terre last week for a couple days. It was amazing. Each town had it's own character, and they were all nicely connected by train and hiking trails. Heather, Jackie and I did the first trek. It was 90 minutes and we hiked from Monterosso to Vernazza. Jackie was a little more
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