Tomorrow, I depart with a couple of my graduate school friends to Genoa, Italy.  After establishing base camp, we will be traveling via train to Riomaggiore, the village where we will  start our hike of Cinque Terre.  Winding along the Northwest coast of Northern Italy, the trail that connects the villages of Cinque Terre is famous for its dramatic vistas of the sea, ancient coastal communities, mountains, vineyards, etc.

After I get back you can expect a solid blog post and lots of good pictures, but for now I wanted to kick off the culture section of this blog by sharing More >