A few updates on Trips and Photos as well :)First Major trip here was with the Jansen's to Italy--- Cinque Terre to be pre
cise was our official destination, and ofcourse an adventure all in itself. I initially flew into Italy with a friend's boyfriend who happens to be the youngest Politician in Italy. I stayed at his place in Toscana, a great introduction to Italy and the ancient architecture and wineyards. The next morning I met Mary and Aaron in Pisa Centrale where we spent a few hours walking around Pisa, a city centered around the famous leaning tower, and pretty much it. So we hopped onto a trian to Cinque Terre: a beautiful series of towns on the North West coast of Italy, absolutely beautiful. In Cinque Terre, we spent most of our day hiking through the five cities, me being attacked by what I imagine to have been the biggest Medusa that never lived (photos for PROOF) and ending a full day's hike with a sea kayak in the Mediterranean. Getting a sea kayak was undoubtedly the easiest thing ever, no waivers, no signing anything, no life vests-- just here, take the kayak and go, please bring back when done. :)
cise was our official destination, and ofcourse an adventure all in itself. I initially flew into Italy with a friend's boyfriend who happens to be the youngest Politician in Italy. I stayed at his place in Toscana, a great introduction to Italy and the ancient architecture and wineyards. The next morning I met Mary and Aaron in Pisa Centrale where we spent a few hours walking around Pisa, a city centered around the famous leaning tower, and pretty much it. So we hopped onto a trian to Cinque Terre: a beautiful series of towns on the North West coast of Italy, absolutely beautiful. In Cinque Terre, we spent most of our day hiking through the five cities, me being attacked by what I imagine to have been the biggest Medusa that never lived (photos for PROOF) and ending a full day's hike with a sea kayak in the Mediterranean. Getting a sea kayak was undoubtedly the easiest thing ever, no waivers, no signing anything, no life vests-- just here, take the kayak and go, please bring back when done. :)
Coming back from Italy was an adventure all in itself, I ended up encountering a lightning/ thunderstorm at about 4 AM, where Aaron and I were forced to run from woods to train station at 5 in the morning, with headlamps as rain soaked
us and lightning lit up the dark sky about every 20 seconds-- an incredible experience. I thank Aaron for being my mule and running with my duffle bag on his back, I think our 5 K time that morning had to have been 17 min 32 seconds-- record. :) Things only got better from there, I ended up being flightless due to weather related cancellations and rerouted from Pisa to Milan by train that afternoon, sleeping in Milano airport alone that night, flight to Brussles in the AM, train from Brussels to Maastricht in the early afternoon and finally home almost 36 hours later. This is travel in Europe, it is not a matter of whether it can be done, it's a matter of how long you are willing to sit on trains, sleep in airports, and wait in ques to get your travel arranged. Nevertheless, I am forced to become much more patient.
Bacci!
Oh gypsy tulip, wherefore art thou?
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