This past weekend Tim, Heidi, Aj, and I went to Cinque Terre. It was absolutely beautiful despite the train strike that caused us to almost be stuck in Florence. Every train we rode this weekend was delayed, but thankfully we never missed a connection despite having to run a couple of times to catch it. Or having the train stop at the end of the platform so that people could only get in the first two cars.

In case you don’t know Cinque Terre is a National Park in Italy that is along the coast about an hour northwest f Pisa. It is 5 small hill/harbor towns that are connected by trails.  We stayed in La Spezzia which was about 5 minutes by train from the first town (Rio Maggiore). We also visited Porta Venere, which was another amazing harbor town. This region is known for Pesto, so we had it at almost every meal, and there was some amazing seafood as well.

I only have ten days left in Italy before backpacking around Europe for two weeks. Tomorrow we are going to Tivoli. We have a lot to get done in Studio before Saturday, and Sunday is our exhibition of the work we have down this semester. So on that note I will leave you with a few pictures until after then.

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