Hi!  We have returned from Italy!  We road tripped from Frankfurt through Switzerland and straight through to Cinque Terra.  Poor Chris had been working alot leading up to the trip and I did all the planning.  Apparently I didn't do a very good PR job about where we were going because apparently I only told him we were going to a place where "there are five villages connected by a dirt road that you can hike".  Needless to say he was pleasantly surprised when he saw Cinque Terra:) 

During the entire year we avoid exercise whenever possible which is why it's terribly ironic that on vacation we always seem to pick the activities that require an extreme level of physical fitness and then spend the entire time during the activity swearing that this is a new leaf and you're just going to be amazed at how often I'm at the gym when we get home
(e.g. Piks Peak, Mt. Sinai etc.).  Well this trip was no different and we hiked the punishing trail from Monterosso to Vernazza which was beautiful but mainly consisted of switchbacks and steep uphill climbs.  The mudslides a couple of years ago destroyed alot of the trail but if you are super industrious and determined you can still hike the entire thing...we are not and one little piece was enough for us and we were ready for tons of pasta, proscuitto with melon, and gelato. For some reason my pictures won't load but I will keep working on it.    LOVE