People think I’m crazy for going all the way to Italy for six days, but you know what? We only have so many tomorrows, and I’m determined to make the most of all the ones I have. And six days in Italy is better than no days in Italy.

People think I’m crazy for going all the way to Italy for six days, but you know what? We only have so many tomorrows, and I’m determined to make the most of all the ones I have. And six days in Italy is better than no days in Italy.

If you’re expecting a long, detailed blog about my day in Florence, you’re going to be disappointed. You see, it started to rain shortly after I arrived and that kind of derailed my plans for the day…

17 hours. That’s how long it took me to get to this week’s vacation destination of Monterosso al Mare, Italy. Monterosso is part of Italy’s Cinque Terre, literally the “five lands”. The area is composed of five seaside villages set on cliffs bordering the Ligurian Sea between Genoa and Pisa. Monterosso is the largest of the five villages with a population of about 1,500 people and is the northernmost village.
