Saturday, May 24, 2008

Vernazza, Cinque Terra, Italy

May 19-24, 2008

Favorite quotes:
“I’ll kill anyone in this town” -Tapan
“What’s your fighting style?” -Tapan
“The button works both ways” -Kyle, Californian guy referred to as Canadian
“Two of those are for me, right?” -Kyle
“Espresso!” -Stefano
“Par, you are the greatest rock skipper of all time.” -Jeron

We did tons of rock sitting, bench sitting, and chair sitting, all in the name of killing time. The highlights were just hanging out with all of Katie and Jordan’s friends and family, who all got to know each other very quickly. It was fun to see the guys we met earlier this year at the bachelor party. We did a second, much tamer, guys night out in Riamaggore.

The wedding, on top of a castle in Vernazza, was beautiful. The post wedding dinner was a three hour event with a full Italian meal, which Katie’s father compared to one of his old Sicilian family get-togethers.

We did the hike from Vernazza to Monterosso one day and went swimming the next day. However, most of our exercise came from hiking up the 100 or so stairs that it took to get to our 3-bed dorm room.

Par partended at three different bars, culminating at the Blue Marlin, favorite hangout of the week.

Pictures at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/johnmbchapman/ItalyCinqueTerra

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