The Coast of Cinque Terre

The weather has finally reached the 70’s and for a SoCal girl that is the greatest news of all time! I have been literally freezing up until this point and have come to realize that cold weather and Emily just do not mix.

  Summer Sundays in Los Angeles are usually spent on the Pacific coast…Venice, Malibu, Newport so Jenna and I thought it would be nice to bring back a bit of SoCal tradition to Italy.

Cinque Terre the Italian coast of Italy was absolutely breathtaking, the cities of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore line the Mediterranean Sea with a train taking you back and forth within minutes. The day was spent relaxing on cliff-side rocks, writing on the sandy beach, being a kid in the playground, and having the nicest lunch overlooking the crystal blue ocean. Of all the places I have visited thus far  Cinque Terre made the top of my list.

Emilia

Italian Birthday Celebration

My birthdays are usually spent with tons of family and friends…parties at my house, an enormous amount of food prepared by my mom and endless amounts of laughter…but this year I had the amazing opportunity to spend my birthday with a new love, Italy. My Italian birthday was very different than any I’ve had before...probably a bit more spectacular.

 We started the celebration off on Thursday the 31^st of March and headed straight towards the Florence club scene, Twenty-one was our choice and we danced the night away with George and the gang from our Corfu trip. Friday night  was spent at the grand summer season opening of Central Park, Jenna and I took a cab, chugged a bottle of vodka sprite, danced and the rest of the night is one complete and utter blur! Saturday night was spent finishing the vodka bottle on the steps of Santa Croce (God would not be happy) and just walking around the bustling streets of Florence taking in the Italian night life. Monday was final my real birthday but obviously I had to celebrate for at least 5 days…Jenna and I had a lovely dinner on the terrace overlooking Santa Croce, ate the most amazing gelato known to man, and got in our story zone, something only the two of us will ever understand.  

I got flowers from a special someone back home, and Jenna got me the greatest gift ever, a silver bracelet with my name on it and Tabasco sauce…FINALLY! None of this would have meant anything had it not been for my special Wizard, so a special thanks to you for being such an amazing roomy and friend.

Now bow to me.

Emilia