Cinque Terre

We just went on a hike through the Cinque Terre on the coast of Italy. Five beautiful old towns linked together by train, boat, and footpath. No cars anywhere. Just more wonderful Americans like the aforementioned John Moss, who just impressed the locals in the tiny internet cafe by giving me a "Wet Willy."

Old Italian people are the coolest. There is a group of old men who sit outside in the square and play some bizarre card game all evening. We can hear them shouting from our room, and it is a wonderful rising excitement. "Aaahhhh.......ahhhhh.......AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" They smoke cigars and play this bizarre game. We are too scared to try to join, because the old Italians seem to love arguing as much as cards. The owner of a gelato shop just asked me if "Why hey, you want to sample the entire store??" when I asked for a sample of more than one flavor. He ended up giving me the sample.

We spent the whole day hiking with some sorority girls from the University of Georgia who were absolutely verclemped that I worked for ABCFamily, and therefore GREEK. The only person who loves the show more (besides my friend Derek) is the other guy on the hike, the Wet Willy perpetrator. I think we discussed GREEK for about 3 hours.

It is the most serene piece of land I have ever entered, and I must spend the whole time discussing whether or not Cappie will ever be with Casey for good. At least my now popular "Trenitalia" joke went over well.