cinque terre!

This past weekend, two of my friends and I went to Cinque Terre. For those who don't know, this is a region in the northwest of Italy on the coast. It's basically the most beautiful place on Earth according to my friends and I. "Cinque Terre" means five lands, and the region is made up of five incredibly charming towns and we hiked through the whole region starting in Riomaggiore and ending in Monte Rosso. It was a great hike, especially because it ended on the beach after a beautiful (and hot) day hiking. I took almost 300 pictures, and had a hard time choosing which ones to put up, so I just threw on a bunch at random...plus added a random picture of me jumping in front of the Duomo in Florence just because it's funny. For anyone that's into gardening (namely Mom and Carl) the foliage there was beyond amazing. We stopped so many times to look at the array of flowers and plants. There were pine trees next to bamboo next to white lillies next to cacti. It seemed like the area could grow any kind of plant wild...so cool and beyond beautiful!

Next weekend I'm heading to the French Riviera (Nice, Cannes, and Monaco) for my last weekend of travel. The only traveling I'll be doing after that is heading back to the good ole' United States. See you guys there!