Lindsay in London: Florence, Cinque Terre, Venice

The rest of my Italy blog will probably be mostly pictures because I think that is the best way to show you what I did/saw.

Florence was gorgeous! Our hostel was very cute and we were located very close to everything that we wanted to see. We went to the Duomo (a giant church), Piazzale Michelangelo (my favorite) and the pizza place where the Jersey Shore cast worked! We of course ate a lot of pizza and drank a lot of wine.

Florence

Piazzale Michelangelo is on the side of an enormous hill (it was really awful to hike up) and has the best view of all of Florence. A few of us went up there and drank wine and watched the sun set. It was amazing!

Duomo

Florence

Cinque Terre was a lot of fun, even though it rained the whole time. We stayed in Manarola, one of the 5 towns, which is located on the side of a mountain. It was so gorgeous. We mostly just wandered around the village and admired the coastal views. The highlight was a restaurant that we went to both nights called Trattoria Del Billy. I had the most amazing pasta with tomatoes and fresh shrimp, wine, bread with oil and vinegar, and tiramisu. If I ever get the chance to go back to Manarola, I will definitely go back to Billy's. Our server, Laura, was so nice! She learned all of our names and even gave us free bottles of liquor! I would highly recommend visiting Cinque Terre!

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Dinner at Trattoria Del Billy

Manarola, Cinque Terre

By the time we got to Venice I was pretty burned out. We spent most of our time wandering around the island of Venice (where everything worth seeing is located). It's a very pretty city, but it's also very easy to get lost! I loved all the canals and boats, it was so iconic and neat to see. Once again, we had amazing pizza! I think I will have a hard time eating pizza after being spoiled with Italian pizza.