I get to Patee and Colleen's apartment (which is adorable and I am so jealous they got to live on their own in the center of that beautiful city) and I meet one of their other roommates/friends Marielle, who goes to State with Colleen. We get to catch up, get ready and drink Italian wine from juice boxes (love it) before heading out to this bar where all the americanos hang out. My ND Toledo friends of course are there, a great coincidence. We watch the basketball national championship game (Carolina!) but Colleen and I only make it though the first quarter (if that) since it started at 3:30am anyways. We wake up the next day, say our goodbyes and I catch a train to La Spezia (I so wish I could have stayed longer.)
Normally I would be so nervous to go on a train all by myself for nearly 3 hours in a country even more foreign to me, but this time it was totally fine, even though I had to transfer in Pisa as well. I get to Cinque Terre without any minutes on my phone (oops) but by shear coincidence run into my friends at the top of the hill in Riomaggiore, where our hostel is. We enjoy a beautiful sunset and Italian dinner, which is a little tough to coordinate with 11 people. The next day we go to Monterossa, the 5th town, and lay out on the beach before doing the big hike back (which actually is a pretty good workout, even though we did not do the whole thing.) Such a beautiful and perfect day.
I got up early the next day to take the 10 o'clock train to ROME. I wish I would have pregamed that trip with a thorough viewing of Gladiator because the entire time I was thinking of Russel Crowe. I met my roommate Mary at the Termini train station. We both nearly cried it was so good to see each other. Then we hopped on the Metro and began our fabulous Roman weekend.
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