Cinque Terre: (n.) a national park on the northwest coast of Italy; one of the most beautiful and charming places on earth. After a mere four hour "nap" in Milan, we found ourselves on the oldest train in TrenItalia's fleet. Regardless of its age, this train was taking us to our next stop on the most epic spring break of my life. We soon were sitting on the patio of our "hostel" that was actually a little cottage perched on the top of the ...

The morning of my flight to Milan I learned that it is a mistake to run in Madrid at 6:00 a.m. (picture people coming home from the clubs drunk and hollering "guapa" at me). Oh viva España... A quick shower and a long metro ride later, I was boarding an EasyJet flight to Milan. Taking my seat, I realized I was privileged to sit next to a 20-something who was the definition of Euro-trash or Euro-fab, I'll let you decide. This tío had the typical tigh...