Cinque Terre

Hey guys, i figured i would put a quick post up about last weekend before i headed out for a great trip this weekend. I spent the weekend in Cinque Terre, or the 5 lands (cities, whatever) We spent the weekend drinking with australians, hiking on intense trails and loving the sweet mistress 4 roses (a sweet brand of burbon i would recomend).
We stayed in Riomaggore (spelling has never been my forte, and i dont feel like looking anything up, so just understand you are getting approximations). It was a really picturesque and we had a great time swimming and laying out on the rocks.
at this point, i feel it might be good to add that i was the only one out of the 15 of us that:
wasnt jacked
didnt know everyone
smoked
lived, or had ever lived, in the midwest
it made for an interesting time, and i got to meet some really great people though.
We ate some pizza on the street (10 euro for a gigantic pie) then got into the business of drinking four roses. me and my friend danny polished off the bottle in a hurry, which prompted my knew friends to do whatever they could to quench my thirst. a little rum here, a swig of vodka there, pour in some vino rosso for the trouble and presto! your alchemy project has netted you a drunk john.
danny and i were a little, shall we say, tender then next morning and decided, you know, we wont wake up at 9 to go hiking. In the end we finally made it out of bed at 1:30, but still managed to make it to all five cities (four by walking and the last by train). The cities were all so beautiful and the pictures i didn't take would have been great.
Other then that, nothing too much going on. There is a school study trip to the mushroom festival at Cusano Mutri this weekend, and where you find mushrooms, sans psylosiben, (you see what i mean about the spelling) you will find me. I will hit you guys back with another update sometime next week about this week, and jim, i will get back to you about that matter we discussed, the situation looks decidedly unpretty. hope you kids are having a great time in your lives, and feel free to drop me a line, jwarmuth@slu.edu.