Buon Giorno, Cinque Terre....

Well, we arrived here safe and sound last night! Time to start our honeymoon. Observation Numero Uno: Italians all smoke. Every one of them. lol. Our flights were good, but long, we arrived in Roma and had a yummy lunch, Kebabs on the street. Delisioso!  Roma was very busy and a little scarey, a lot of people and not all of them with good intentions.  The train ride was very neat, and we got to see a lot of the beautiful Italian countryside. We even went through the town of Pisa and saw the leaning tower in the distance. Cinque Terre is more amazing than I could have ever imagined it to be. It is situated on a mountainside directly off of the Medditeranean Sea. Very quaint and small. I LOVE IT. Our apartment has an awesome balcony that over looks the sea, it is very loud at night - as we can hear all the Italians walking the small streets and talking, the sounds of the language and the nearby sea lulled me to sleep soundly last night. It is truely the most amazing place on earth. Relaxing. Gary and I got up this morning and walked to a nearby market, we got cookies, "blood" oranges (which are so yummy), and of course a bottle of Italian vino! We plan to hike the countryside tomorrow (weather providing) and see all 5 villages in the area. We will take a train back to ours (the southern most village - Riomaggiore). There is a small internet cafe in our town, but not sure we will be here too much - takes away from our time conversing with the locals.. lol. We love and miss you all, and promise to bring back lots of awesome pictures and stories also!  OK, now it's Garys Turn:  Well, I can't believe we are finally here.  The travel to get here was very, VERY long and tiresome, but well worth it.  Last night we had pizza and Italian beer at a local hangout and already met some friends.  We were able to make it until about midnight until we crashed )that is about two days with about 4 hours of sleep on an airplane (economy class) and a train.  That should make the whole vacation easy now that we are on the correct schedule.  As Julie mentioned, we were up early this morning and decided to be slackers and not go for our run.  Maybe tomorrow!  The plan for the rest of the day is to explore a little, eat some foccacia, drink some wine, and maybe have a little vino!  Alright, enough from me.  Julie and I are going to go check out the sights.  Miss everyone back home!  Talk to you all soon!!!!

P.S. Julie bought a cute scarf!