Thoughts and Cinque Terre

I sat down and began writing about Cinque Terre on Wednesday but I didn't finish it before Thursday came around.  So I will talk about Cinque Terre but first I want to remember this.

Thursday (yesterday) was hard.  It was the end of the program.  I can't believe that six weeks have gone by.  It was too fast, way too fast.  I had to wake up at 4:15 in the morning to say goodbye to some really great friends, Jenna, Taylor, Devan, and Molly.  Girls that I wish I had known for longer than six short weeks.  From 4:15 on, I had to keep saying goodbye to friends.

There was a break in the middle of the day when I could almost pretend everything was normal.  I went to school, went out to lunch at Anita's, walked to the leather market, came back home and then some friends came to hang out before they left for the train station.  Six of us went to aperativo and it was almost normal.  Then right after 8:00, Cody had to leave for the train station.  

We were down to five, me, Emily, Jonathan, Anthony, and Conor.  We went to Lions and it wasn't normal. No one else came in.  We sat there and we did have a good time.  We laughed, talked about Disney movies, and watched our FSU shirt be placed on the ceiling.  A little after 10, we left and we all had to say goodbye.  And it isn't okay. 

Romana is too quiet.  The hallways are empty. There wasn't enough time.  Not enough gelato dates, gusta pizza's, anita's, or secret bakery trips.  But I don't know if there ever would have been.  When you are in a place that you love so much and then you are spending time here with great people, the eperience is truly one of a kind. Granted, I am sure we would have gotten annoyed with each other and things would have gotten rough but right now, I want it all back.
I already miss hearing all the noise, the laughs, Joseph yelling, "Carolllllll."
I had to walk back to Romana alone last night.  No one was with me eating hot pastries out of little white bags, Anthony wasn't sprinting past the vending machines because he "wanted to get home quicker," people weren't out on the balcony having fun. It was just a big, empty quiet house.
I am so thankful for this time I had with these people.  It might have been the best six weeks of my life. I know I will never forget this or the people I was with.

So on that sort of sad note- Cinque Terre!

Cinque Terre is beautiful- definately in my top 10 favorite places. It's five little towns on the ocean that you can hike to.  I hiked between 2-5 because the path between 1 and 2 was closed. It was about a 8 miles and it was amazing.  This was my second time doing it and I loved it again. It was really pretty this time because all the wild flowers were in bloom. It smelled like California to me.  It's funny to me how powerfully smells can bring back memories.  So now more pictures.  

Tomorrow, I will be off to Paris to see my sister! I can't believe I am actually meeting her in Paris! It's crazy.  From there, I will come back to Florence for 3 days where I will meet Beth and then we'll be traveling to Nuremburg, Munich, Prague, and Salzburg.  I'm then coming back to Florence for 3 more days before I go back to the states.  I won't have my computer and I am going to attempt to blog on my phone (assuming we have internet). When I get back to Florida, I'll finish blogging about my six weeks here.  I want to write about:

Running in Florence

My typical day

Rome

Greece

The Markets

Whatever else I don't want to forget!