Sunday was a entire free day so a group of us decided that we were in need of some sun, water, and hopefully sand.
I did my research, thanks Rick Steeves and decided that Monterosso would be the best bet for us.
Monterosso is located as part of the le cinque terre, or five areas on the western coast of Italy.
We took a nice train ride and arrived around 2:30pm and got a wonderful lunch. I had pasta tossed with clams, baby octopus, and mussels. It was amazing to say the least. (reminded me of the linguini with littleneck clams and flordia rockshrimp dish served at the Wave).
We headed over to the beautiful beach, nestled at the bottom of scenic cliffs with small little houses overlooking a "sandy" beach with dark blue water spotted with rocky points sticking up from the water. The rocks made the waves splash against them creating a scene from the little mermaid, minus Ariel.
The coast was different from what we have in the states, the sand was auctully tiny, small pebbles of sand that felt great on the feet. We all went in and rented a chair and umbrella where we all laid out and took a short little nap after a swim in the ocean.
Before heading back to the city, I felt the urge to scale the huge marble boulders and have a mini photo-shoot involving me trying to re-create the scene from little mermaid where Ariel splashes onto the rocks. Lets just say the photos weren't as epic, but still cool to say the least. Those shall be available for viewing later in the week along with a few dozen others.
I would like to also thank everyone who has supported me through this hard time, your words of encouragement both in person, on facebook, etc really have been helpful through this time. I really am blessed to have so many people in my life.
Until-
Matt
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