Cinque Terre

This past weekend we went to Cinque Terre, which is 5 towns (hence the name) on the West coast of Italy. We only spent Saturday there becuase we couldnt find anywhere to stay. It is defintely a place I would love to go back to some day. It is absolutely gorgeous, as you can see from the pictures! You can hike between all the towns, but I choose to go the beach all day. The beach as lots of rocks and pebbles, so it is quite painful getting in and out of the water. The water is really deep right after you get in, so we learned real quick that once you got to a certain point in on the shore you just dove in to avoid anymore pain. Getting out is a different story. We were probably entertaining to the locals! The sun was very intense and hot, so after being the sun for a while jumping in the water was very refreashing becuase it was so cold. It wasn't freezing though. A nice break from the hot water back home.
It is the second week of class and already time for mid-term. I have to right a paper on "Primavera" by Botticelli, so that what I am going to be doing tomorrow. I dont have class tomorrow because we are going to the Uffizi Gallery tonight (the famous meseum here in Florence). There is a lot of renaissance art there. I am really excited!
The others pictures are of some moutains we saw on our train ride back to Florence and the night time pictures are of Florence taken from a piazza that I went to last night with some friends.