Florence passed by so quickly that now that I'm gone it feels like I was never even there. Arrived at my hostel pretty late and managed to make a few skype calls before waking up all the girls sleeping in my room. Thought they had mistakenly put me in a female dorm for a minute because everyone was just staring at me when I opened the door. Thursday posed a challenge because my buddy Marco was getting into town around seven and I knew he wouldn't wanna see any of...

Cinque terre was an absolute blast. Though not typical tourist destinations, these five little towns were exactly what I'm wanting from this trip. First night I arrived just in time to get the last bus up to my hostel in a place called biassa. Showed the driver the address and he dropped me off at 109(my hostel was 110). Turns out that 110 was a twenty minute climb by bus up a steep mountain. Upon realizing this I got pretty frustrated, but it got better when thi...