Cinque Terre

On Saturday I made the trip with my school to Cinque Terre which literally translate to "five lands". Thats exactly what it is too, its five little towns located on the coast of the Italian Riviera. Theres really not that much to say about this trip besides the fact that the views during the hike were absolutly incredible! The day started with a hearty McDonalds meal and then we were on our way. The distance between each town varies, the first was just around 20min long and other ones were close to an hour and a half. During the first couple hours it was raining a little bit but it was rather refreshing. The hike to the fourth town was long and involved lot and LOTS of stairs/inclines. I think everyone was huffing and puffing and it made me feel bad about myself when I saw old people doing the same hike I was. Can you say OUT OF SHAPE!? All of the pasta and pizza has definitly gotten to me.

A view from right above the 4th town

When we reached the fourth town we sat down for a break and had a snack of beer and pizza. Another healthy choice. Ha. The sun came out while we were sitting there so we sat by the water for a while to catch some rays. After we had begun to bake, we made the spur of the moment decision to jump in! We went to a little shop and bought some shorts and then took off into the Mediterranean. I guess I was not thinking, but it did not occur to me that I would be jumping into freezing cold salt water. Both my eyes and mouth had a nasty little surprise and I could not breath it was so cold. I think the entire town knew that I was cold by my girly screaming that was unnecessarily loud. I also do not like mossy rocks but it was a lot of fun nontheless. By the time we were done swimming and drying off, there was not enough time to get to the fifth town so we got some gelato and took a train back to our bus.

The view from the rocks we were laying on!

I would definitly recommend anyone traveling to Italy to stop in cinque terre. It was sooo pretty and a really fun day trip :)

This video is of us walking up part of the 4th path. No idea why we were making goofy noises... trying to show how out of shape we were? haha