Why you lookin at my girl bro!?

Cinque Terre:

Finally a couple days to relax and enjoy some of gods wonderful nature masterpiece... right!? well for one day anyway, the second day would turn out to be the most intense physical exertion of my life... we’re talking a 9k hike Straight up and straight down hill in 90+ degree heat and insane humidity... bad... idea!! 

At first we booked a place that said it was 6k from “Cinque Terre” which was REALLY about a WTA bus ride from bellis fair to down town Mt. Vernon with stops on the way... so when we got there a (VERY) nice lady let us cancel our room for free and she helped us by calling around and finding us a very nice hostel for cheaper than we were going to pay at this place, and it was about 300 yards from the train station we needed to get to each town in Cinque Terre... 

The first day in Cinque terre we enjoyed the beach at Monterosso, which was amazing. Not complaining or anything but what would have made it perfect is if it were sandy, and not little tiny pebbles... but hey, nothings perfect right? the water was breath taking, you could see the bottom well beyond where you could touch, easily the most beautiful beach i’ve ever set foot on. For lunch we went to a little spot overlooking the ocean right on the beach and ordered some pasta, to drink i told the waiter i wanted a “double” whisky and coke, because back home that means two shots of Jack D’s and the rest filled with coke... the waiter looked at me with huge eyes and said “I Bring you single, if that not enough i bring more later.” i was a little taken aback and fully understood only after he brought me a well glass 70% full of whisky and a coke on the side...

The glass in the middle is indeed full of straight whisky... this is what they called a whisky coke in Cinque Terre... my kinda town!!

The second day, because of a nursing school friend of Kayla’s (and an Oregon fan so i should of known better than to take her word for anything...) told us we “HAD” to go on this hike... so we started off at about 10:30am from Riogimorrae and headed through the five towns ending in Monterosso. Let me tell you it was some of the most amazing views i’ve ever seen in my life... but a little warning would have been nice as every person we passed (that spoke english) said we were “different” than anyone else because we were doing the whole trail... we didn’t get the memo that you’re supposed to do this trail between the towns over several days... It was too late as it was our last day in town and we wanted to finish, so we kept on going until the end and we actually made it the full 9k’s in just over 5 hours (1/2 an hour shorter than the estimated average time it should take you). i think i might have lost half my body weight in sweat but it was actually well worth it. 

Side note for Cinque Terre: I can’t believe the audacity of the italian men to almost fall off their bike to check out my fiance... i mean really, c’mon bro, you see me standin here, you see the rock on her hand... show some respect and look at her after i pass you... one dude looked at kayla, folded his hands, looked up at the sky and said thank you all right in front of me (don’t get me wrong, i’m thankful for her too but cheese and rice, really!?)... so i learned that if you stare back at them as intensely as they stare at your girl, they stop jockin... 

Cinque Terre as a whole: 8 - I’d love to come back, i would love nothing more than to just hang out in each of these five towns... wish i’d spent more time here but, who has time to lay on a beach... on to the next one!!

The italian Language: 9 - Probably to coolest language to listen to people speak, something about it sounds so elegant and romantic.

The attractiveness of the (local) people: 9 - The local people we very attractive

Expensiveness: 6 (not bad at all) - breakfast for two people was less than 10 euro... cheapest place so far, i would however suggest if you come here to book a room a little bit in advance, we kinda got stuck and lucked out.

Sights to see: 8 - The trail itself is breathtaking, simply put it’s a place you have to see if you’re in italy, even if it’s just for a day.

Food: 101919292 - Yes, thats right, above ten... best food to ever pass these lips..