Wow! It's been another crazy week of traveling. Since I left Oviedo last Friday (the 27th?--lost track of the days) I have been back to Barcelona for a night, to Cinque Terre, Italy for 2 nights, and Rome, Italy for 3 nights. 2 other nights were spent on trains, with a total of like 40 traveling hours in that amount of time. But it's been fun! And now, (at least I'm writing this), I'm sitting in the FCO airport in Rome waiting to board a train to Athens, Greece! And watching a downloaded copy of Bachelor Pad. Gotta love those american tv shows. Its the only thing keeping me close to home. It's really nice when there are things that make me feel closer home, even just something as simple as hearing the music in the stores. But I've only got 6 days left! Which is really exciting, but somewhat sad. It's been an amazing 7 weeks already. So in Barcelona, we got to hang out with Emily, Jessica, Leah, and Erica one last time, which was really nice, and walked around more of the city. We saw the sagrada familia this time, and explored around in some park, with tons of stuff, like a giant mammoth sculpture and the parliament building. And of course, more heavenly beach time. Went out to dinner and got to meet up with some friends we made last time we were there, which was nice!
The next evening we went to the train station around 7pm to wait for our night train to depart towards cinque Terre, which would stop in Milan, but not arrive to cinque terre (at the la spezia station) until 4pm...so yeah, a long day of traveling! 20 hours! But once we caught our first glimpse of the mediterranean and of the city, we fell in love, and all was at peace! We spent our next day and a half eating pasta, and gelato, and took an amazing hike along the mediterranean through the towns of Cinque Terre. It was an intense hike!! Lots of stairs and uphill terrain, but it was a good workout, and satisfying, and amazing. It was sad to leave such beauty behind us, but Rome was on our way!
So, off to Rome, leaving the hostel at 8am from cinque terre, and arrive in Rome at 2:15pm. While there were some amazing sights in Rome (such as the colliseum, and the vatican), it was a little intimidating to be walking around, with creeps, and pickpocketers, and the dirty streets everywhere. I enjoyed visiting the famous monuments, but the city as a whole, was a slight disappoinment. High hopes for Athens, and then just Amsterdam, and then I'm home! The time drags on, yet speeds by at the same time. :) WOOO. ATHENS! WOOO. Well, its getting time to bored my train! hopefully I remember to post this today. If I do, you are clearly reading it, so yeah. Have a good day!
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