Salut from the land of Fraternite, Egalite, Liberte

Sorry for not posting my adventures in Italy, I had a fabulous time which unfortunately left very little time to go online and share my adventures. Also, internet access was spotty and ridiculously expensive in some places, so I have not been able to enjoy as much time online as I would have liked.

The Cinque Terre was wet but still offered stunning coastline views and storybook quaint seaside villages perched on cliffs, just out of reach of the roaring ocean waves.

Tuscany (Florence and Siena) is a delight and parts of it reminded me of the vineyards in Napa and the agriculture in the central valley. Pisa was a bit disappointing though - other than the Leaning Tower, a church, and the old city walls all within the same square, there really isn't much to see. More entertaining than the tower itself was seeing tourists pose for silly pictures trying to push up the tower. For once, I did not pose for a silly picture.

It took me less than 3 hours to love being in Paris. To be fair, the first 1.5 hours were in transit. My hostel is in the Marais neighborhood, super cute, close to shopping and some of the best falafels in the world, packed so high that you need a fork to eat it. Lenny Kravitz even identified one of them as his favorite falafel place.

A bientot!