And we're only halfway there!
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| moon in Levanto, Italy (and probably the same in Kinnelon, NJ) :) |
It has been an amazing 9 days of spring break so far! So many memories and experiences...AND pictures. I just put some highlights of each place with a lot of pictures of each place...the pictures speak for themselves, and the highlights, well, they're the highlights :)
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| this face misses YOU! |
Cinque Terre
-hostel roommates who were 70 year old French women, who, one night, stayed up significantly later than us
-our Sicilian gelato man who we frequented for gelato frequently :)
-SO MANY STARS visible on the Levanto beach
-pizza, ½ L red wine, a scoop of mint and a scoop of dark chocolate gelato for 8.5 Euro. Does it get any better?
-wearing only a CARDIGAN and JEANS at night…hello southern Europe!
-HOT SUNSHINE EVERY DAY
-breathtaking hike from Levanto to Monterosso along the cliff edges
-fresh strawberries from the market in Monterosso
-climbing over fences and through construction sites with a German couple when we wouldn’t take “path is closed” as a final answer
-adding 5.5 hours of additional walking time to our journey due to said decision above
-hiking through terrace after terrace of olive trees, orange trees, lemon trees and grape vines
-spending a morning and afternoon journaling in Vernazza, on a rock, with the Mediterranean Sea crashing around me (the lobster sunburn, not so much a plus, but worth it)
-Genova pesto and Trofie and the sunset
-exploration run from Levanto to Bonassola- through tunnels, glimpses of sea crashing on mountain, climbing huge rocks, and scents and sounds of flowers and ocean
-church in Levanto
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| Levanto |
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| hike from Levanto to Monterosso |
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| Monterosso |
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| it doesn't even look real, but it REALLY IS |
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| terracing |
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| oh well... |
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| purple daisies |
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| Manarola |
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| Manarola |
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| HUGE ROCK we climbed |
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| view of Levanto from the rock |
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| on our run |
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| terracing in Vernazza |
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| Vernazza |
Catania
-food, food, and more food with Angelo, Gabriela, Francesca and Anna
-having such fantastic family :)
-a cozy apartment to stay in and absorb the Sicilian life
-Roberto bringing us to a typical Sicilian party…lots of food, lots of wine, and lots of talking and laughter
-Dami, Roberto’s employer’s housekeeper from Sri Lanka, my new email friend J
-talking with Peepo
-Victoria and Contessa’s spunkiness
-Gabriela’s homemade Carbonara
-learning the parts of the face in Italian from Francesca and Anna
-BASTA, TRANQUILA
-the Sicilian man who showed us around the museum of marionettes
-the beautiful town of Taormina
-laughing with Angelo, Gabriela Francesca and Anna
-visiting an active volcano (Mt. Etna) and populated beach within 1.5 hours of each other
-dried tomato baguette from Niccoli
-Sicilian oranges
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| Giovanni will be in heaven making the pizza |
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| Contessa and Roberto |
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| Sicilian Pizza |
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| Sicilian feast |
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| typical Sicilian kitchen |
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| we have lemonade stands, they do pastry stands |
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| ok please enlarge this picture and observe the "sad" faces...too funny |
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| Di Giunta/Alaimo Family in Sicily :) |
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| this is where Marionettes are made! |
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| Catania Duomo |
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| Roman theatre in Angelo's backyard (actually) |
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| fish market |
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| took a picture in front of this when I was 9 years old! |
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| smell HEAVENLY |
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| Sicilian Ceramics are beautiful |
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| Greek Theatre in Taormina |
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| Me, Francesca, Michelle and Anna |
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| Gabriela :) |
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| La Familia :) |
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| Mt. Etna |
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| what happens when a volcano is in your backyard |
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| Angelo picking us flowers on the side of the volcano...nbd |
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| beach in Sicily |
Venice
-cool lightning storm
-SUNSHINE
-sitting along the water at Piazza San Marco watching the gondolas and loving the sunshine
-exploring the Rialto market and eating fresh green beans
-dropping a piece of Murano glass and it not breaking
-fried mozzarella, pesto gnocchi, and dark chocolate and mint gelato, heavenly and nauseating all in one
-a homeless woman begging for money facedown on a street filled with tourists going in and out of ritzy shops. Not doing anything, regretting it, and feeling convicted to change
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| tried not to put a million boat pictures up... |
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| yummmm (eek) |
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| La Rialto |
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| everything gets imported to Venice |
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| they were eating the mussels off the side of the steps... |
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| gondolas |
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| ~$2.3 to use the bathroom?! I was mad |
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| so beautiful |
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| if you are in love, the thing to do is put a lock on every bridge in Europe |
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| reflection |
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| just eating oranges by a canal in Venice |
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| San Marco Piazza |
Barcelona
-cozy and creative hostel to stay in (Backpackers BCN)
-1 euro bottle of wine
-botanical garden oasis at Universitat di Barcelona all to myself for 1.5 hours Friday morning
-palms!
-Park Guell artwork and city views
-hand drummer in Park Guell
-bright blue ocean and comfy sand to rest in
-La Boqueria market…the best I have ever been to
-FLAMENCO
-paella and sangria
-a loaf of bread, 2 oranges, 5 carrots, 2 bananas, 2 L of water and a homeless man
-Plazza Catalunya, café con leche, chocolate cake, and hanging out with Caroline Veltri until 230am :)
Like I said, incredible. Tomorrow I head to the Czech Republic for Czech Trek with DIS, and then am staying in Prague for an extra day to hang out with the lovely and wonderful Dasha :) :) Then home for a quiet Easter. Basically, it is a sprint from here until home, and Nicaragua! Off to Bornholm, then Dusseldorf, and then my last weekend in Denmark is here! Absolutely crazy how this semester has flown...but what an adventure it has been :)
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| Michelle and I in Taormina, Sicily |
Hasta la vista, Ciao, Hej Hej, Bye =P
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