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Cinque Terre View
This is the view from our hotel balcony in Manarola -- not bad, eh?!Hello all!
Yes, I survived my first-ever completely "winged" journey -- it was a blast! Ten of us headed off to Cinque Terre on Friday. We arrived at our hotel in Manarola around 11 PM and managed to sneak ten people into a quadruple room (don't tell! We were desperate and it was late!). The first item on the agenda Saturday was finding lodging for that night. We lucked out - us girls got to stay at the Nazi hostel (long story!) and the guys found an apartment down the street. Then we were off to enoy the beach of Monterosso al Mare and to make the trek from Monterosso to Vernazza. In other words, we hiked what I have termed the "Hike of Death". 90 minutes of pure torture (aka: steps, steps, hills, and steps. Did I mention there were steps?). The views made it all worthwhile though! Cinque Terre stands for "five lands" -- it is five small towns grouped together with trails connecting them. It is the Italian side of the French Riveria. Beautiful, beautiful! On Saturday night we enjoyed some authentic Italian food. I sampled the grilled shrimp (we were by the sea, afterall!) and the pesto
Looking down on Vernazza
This is the view of Vernazza as we approached it on the Hike of Death (at this point, I knew I would survive!). since it was invented in Cinque Terre. Fabulouso!
On Sunday, Julie (one of my roommates) and I headed to Milan. We found a great hotel, did a little shopping, and visited the Castle. Today we visited the Duomo (the fourth largest church in Europe) before heading back to Asolo this evening. We also became experts at the Milano subway in just 24 hours. I think it was actually the best subway I've ever used - extremely organized. I highly recommend it if you ever visit Milano!
Back to reality now. I need to do some schoolwork and gear up for a big week. Midterms on Friday - yikes! At this time, I'm planning to head to Venice this coming weekend. Until then, ciao!
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