Cinque Terre

This weekend our group went to Cinque Terre on the coast of Italy. It was so beautiful. It was also a pretty hard hike. We started off just dandy too. When we got to our hostel there was a lock out that happens every day starting around 11 and ends at 2:30ish. So of course we get there around 1:30ish and we have to sit outside of our hostel for around an hour before we could check in. Another thing was we had made reservations for only 12 but we actually had around 14 or 15 people with us so we had to actually sneak some of them in. We got in our rooms and everyone quickly changed then we caught the bus and it was off to Cinque Terre.

The bus dropped us off at the first town called Riomaggiore and we were going to start hiking at the last town called Monterosso. We all bought our tickets for the ferry ride to Monterosso and away we went. Once we got there we started our hike. Not 5 seconds in we were already climbing stairs that would never pass in a US park because they were so steep. Also, in case no one knew I've messed my ankle up pretty good while being here and lets just say the hike didn't agree with it very much. After we finished the first hike I had to take a train and meet the rest of the group. Then I went with them the rest of the way because the rest of the hikes weren't that demanding. We managed to get back to Riomaggiore when about 15 minutes had elapsed in the US/Ghana game. Even though we lost which is never good I'm happy we were embarrassed like the English were. I'll take a 2-1 loss over a 4-1 loss any day.

On day two of Cinque Terre we pretty much just spent it at the beach in Monterosso. We also just spent a lot of time in the water. After we kind of dried off a little George, Alex, and I all went and found somewhere for lunch. George and I both had calzones that were stuffed with all kinds of deliciousness and Alex got a pizza of some kind. Needless to say Alex was very jealous of our calzones. By the time we got back it was basically time to leave because a few of the people with us had to catch a train to Paris that was leaving at 9:30 from Florence and it was a long way back home. Regardless Cinque Terre was an amazing place and I would for sure come back here if we had more time.

Trent