Italia

...Loving Italy and have been here for about a week now. We started out in Cinque Terre, which is this incredible little relaxation holiday destination. Its 9 km of 5 little connected towns in the mountains right along the bright green Med. Sea. We spent 2 nights, and did a lot of hiking in these trails that connect all the little towns. It took us about 4 hours to hike through it all, some of it was pretty hardcore, but a lot of fun. I really gotta get pics on here and youd see what i mean. Its straight up and down curves..through this forest, but not really a forest, its more like how you would picture Peru or something.
Ohh man, and we stayed in Monorosso in this amazing appartment! We were getting pretty frustrated wandering around cause we didnt book any hostels ahead of time and everything ( if there was anything ) was either full or not open, under construction.. and none of us can speak Italian so its pretty difficult to even get directions or help.. but then this we ran into this random lady who owns a store, and happens to own an appartment as well, and so she showed it to us and seriously, it was unreal, sooo nice and it was huge, and she gave us a really good deal. God definately worked out incredible details there! Anyway, the next day we jumped on a train, stopped in Pisa and saw the tower, took a lot of pictures, and jumped back on the train on the way to Florence, only we never made it to Florence, haha...we got on the wrong train, had a nice little detour, and came back and started all over. So it was pretty much a waste of a day, but it was funny. Finally we did maker here though, late at night, and of course everything is full again, so we wander around for forever with our packs and finally opt for another hotel, which is alright, but its not as easy to meet people, which is a little unfortunate. All that aside, Florence could possibly be my favorite city.. or one of, so far. Its hard to say cause every place is so different. Its really classy and full of art. And at nights theres concerts and live music..lots going on. Tomorro is the last day here, and on the 25th we go to Rome.. we hope.. this just gets funnier, because things never seem to work out for us...After a few times now of not booking places and not getting in anywhere, we decided to be smart and do it ahead. today we go to the train stat. to find that the day we booked our hostel for is the day that the trains go on strike! ..it seems we cant win. ha...who knows, one way or another...ok, i should get goin, i will try my best to get fotos on here soon!