Pisa & Cinque Terre

It's been awhile since I have been able to update the blog. Sorry Jenny. haha. I've been pretty busy, and when I'm not busy, I've been REALLY tired. School has been going well. I had my first quiz in Italian today and I think I did pretty decent. Each class it becomes more and more similar to Spanish so it's getting easier to pick up on. I doubt I will be close to fluent when I get home, but I'll hopefully have the right idea.

Last week I went to the city of Pisa. Obviously to see the leaning tower because there really isn't anything else too interesting in that city. To be honest, the tower was pretty awesome, but I don't think I will make Pisa a regular hangout. It was rather sketchy. Lots of people trying to sell you things and I felt the need to hang on to my purse with both hands. But other then that it was a great day! haha We took a few pictures and returned home because it started raining and everyone was flooding to the museums and all the indoor activities that were around us.

Cinque Terre

Sunday, a bunch of us went to Cinque Terre through bus2alps. It was VERY cool. Cinque Terre is five very old Italian  villages, linked together through hiking trails and the train. We were able to hike to the 4th town because: A. The hike was KILLER.... it made hiking to the top of Killington look like following the yellow brick road. So none of us wanted to hike to the 5th because we heard it was the hardest of all of them. and B: we only had about 2.5 hours left before we had to get the train back to our bus. So the 6 of us decided to stay in the 4th town, Vernazza, which was by far the coolest anyways.

 We grabbed some dinner- THE BEST PESTO IN THE WORLD! and hung out on the beach for a little bit until it was time to head back. The views throughout the hike were amazing and it was a really really cool place to be. However, I did happen to like the Amalfi coast, and especially Positano better. I would probably go back there again before Cinque Terre. Good experiences all around though!

My class, Women of the Medici is becoming very interesting as we continue to take class field trips every Tuesday to nearby churches. I will be able to elaborate more on that when I have more time...Not too much to say about school this week otherwise. Everything is going really well! I'm leaving in about an hour to go to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany for the weekend! It's going to be a lot of fun!! The group of girls that Kristina and I met are joining us and we're staying in the camp ground which should be interesting. I am the only one in the whole group with any camping experience- GO FIGURE. haha But there's a 5 Euro unlimited beer and sangria bar inside the campground, so I'll have them all happy campers in no time!

More to come about class and Florence soon. Just wanted to quickly let you guys know I was alive!!
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