(Cinque Terra’s Beautiful Blue Water)
Well this has been an eventful weekend! I did several things that I have never done before; 1. Gone to an Italian Ballet. 2. Sat in the second to last row of a theater. 3. Woken up at 5:30 am on my Birthday! 4.Thrown up on my Birthday! 5. Thrown up on a train (the toilet was a hole in the ground)! 6. Used the bathroom in a hole in the ground! So out of these things you would think that I didn’t have a very pleasant Birthday weekend but actually it turned out to be pretty awesome.
(The girls at the Ballet)
We started off Friday with a little more sightseeing and then going to see an Italian Ballet Swan Lake. The ballet was amazing it was such a wonderful experience to get to go see a real Italian ballet in Italy! The tickets were only $15 too(we didn’t even care that we were on the second to last row!). Friday night was so fun we got to get all dressed up and sit in air conditioning for 3 hours! YAY! I am so fortunate to be able to say that I saw Swan Lake in Italy! J
(Liz and I at Cinque Terra)
On Saturday, My Birthday, we went to Cinque Terra which is 5 small cities all smushed together on this little island, also known as the “Birth place of Pesto”. Well we took 3 trains and 2.5 hours to get there, all while unfortunately I was terribly nauseous. I woke up this way and am still not sure what the problem was, maybe the lack of sleep, too much Italian food? Not sure but it was my birthday so of course I ignored it took some medicine and hopped on the train. Well I guess my stomach didn’t remember it was my birthday and about 30 minutes in on the 1st train, my stomach just couldn’t take it any more…I know none of you want to hear the rest but the end result was that I felt way better and by the time we arrived in Cinque Terra I was back to normal! Cinque Terra was BEAUTIFUL! The water was so blue the sky was so clear and all the flowers were to die for! I spent the day laying out on the rocks with Liz and then had pesto lasagna for dinner! Perfect birthday Rest, Relaxation and Pesto! The only down side to this beautiful place is that there is one real toilet(that you have to pay to use!) otherwise be prepared for a hole in the ground! We had a little trouble getting back taking 4 trains and 5.5 hours to get back but we met a precious little old couple on the train that were singing to each other!
(Cinque Terra)
So the past 14 days of walking all day, everyday really caught up with me this weekend, my feet were hurting before but Holly Cow my toes look like little sausages! YUCK! Luckily today has just been a day of resting, relaxing, elevating my feet and oh yeah homework! L But I really can’t complain after having such a great birthday weekend, I can do a little homework now! One week of school and then off to Rome for the weekend!
Sincerely,
No longer a teenager
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