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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

High Rollers

M&Ms, a bottle of water, and $10 left in the bank account... Home in 24 hours. #phew #cominginhot

Monday, June 11, 2012

Farewell Gelato


Things Italians Love

Fantastic Veggie pizzas...
Arnold, Tom, and Tom...
Very, very small cars...


Sunday, June 10, 2012

Florence Day IV

The beautiful Tuscan countryside... 
Our glorious mansion... 
Kebabs!
Heading home in t-minus 2 days...

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Thursday, June 07, 2012

Tuscany

Made it over to Florence...
Visited the Duomo and the Ponte Vecchio...
Enjoyed a woodfire pizza!

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Italian Sites

A view of Riomaggiore...
The locals were really nice... Only spoke Italian though...
Diving through the harbor...
Enjoying a (very) sweet breakfast of crepes with fruit!
One final sunset...

Goodbye Cinque Terre!

Monday, June 04, 2012

Cinque Terre Day II

Conquered three of the five villages so far...

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Cinque Terre::Day I

Made it over to Riomaggiore::Cinque Terre...
Made our way over to Manarola, the neighboring village...
Enjoying a light lunch consisting of pesto focaccia...
A quick hike through a local vineyard...
A delicious cone of real Italian gelato...
this cat seemed to have the right idea for how to spend the day...

Friday, June 01, 2012

A Few Extras

Final night at the local pub...
Doing laundry...
Free champagne at the hostel...
Traveling to Italy...