Lady in the Five Lands
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
Before starting at Brown I spent a semester learning French at a language school in Nice. The night before I left, my family went for dinner at an Italian trattoria where the owner came by to say hello.
Upon hearing that I was leaving for Nice the next morning, our Italian-born friend told me that the one place I absolutely could not miss visiting was Cinque Terre. Young and foolish, I smiled politely and made a mental note to look into it. I never did.
Two months later my language school organized a weekend trip to Pisa to see the tower of leaning fame. Having spent the past 11 weekends traveling all over Europe, I opted to stay in Nice for the weekend instead. I always had a little thorn of regret about it.
This weekend I flew to Italy to atone for my past sins. I spent just over 2 days in Pisa and the 5 Lands, and as such I feel that it is only appropriate to share my experience in numbers. Here goes...
1: Number of famous leaning towers I saw
2: Number of good friends that joined my boyfriend and I on our trip
2: Number of times I stopped for gelato on day one
3: Number of times I stopped for gelato on day two
1: Number of times I stopped for gelato on day three (this unimpressive figure was improved upon by my consumption of an amazing tiramisu' for dessert)
1: Number of whole crabs I consumed for dinner
3: Number of home made pasta-dishes I ate
5: Number of focaccia sandwiches I consumed
2: Number of beautiful coastal towns I stayed in
5: Number of towns I hiked to and from
8: Number of trail segments I hiked between towns
100,000: Number of amazing views I saw along the trails
90: Degrees (F) it was outside every day
30: SPF I slathered all over my pasty-pale London skin 40 times a day
1,000: Number of times I said "these buildings all remind me of Nice"
1,000,000: Number of times I want to go back to Cinque Terre
Upon hearing that I was leaving for Nice the next morning, our Italian-born friend told me that the one place I absolutely could not miss visiting was Cinque Terre. Young and foolish, I smiled politely and made a mental note to look into it. I never did.
Two months later my language school organized a weekend trip to Pisa to see the tower of leaning fame. Having spent the past 11 weekends traveling all over Europe, I opted to stay in Nice for the weekend instead. I always had a little thorn of regret about it.
This weekend I flew to Italy to atone for my past sins. I spent just over 2 days in Pisa and the 5 Lands, and as such I feel that it is only appropriate to share my experience in numbers. Here goes...
1: Number of famous leaning towers I saw
2: Number of good friends that joined my boyfriend and I on our trip
2: Number of times I stopped for gelato on day one
3: Number of times I stopped for gelato on day two
1: Number of times I stopped for gelato on day three (this unimpressive figure was improved upon by my consumption of an amazing tiramisu' for dessert)
1: Number of whole crabs I consumed for dinner
3: Number of home made pasta-dishes I ate
5: Number of focaccia sandwiches I consumed
2: Number of beautiful coastal towns I stayed in
5: Number of towns I hiked to and from
8: Number of trail segments I hiked between towns
100,000: Number of amazing views I saw along the trails
90: Degrees (F) it was outside every day
30: SPF I slathered all over my pasty-pale London skin 40 times a day
1,000: Number of times I said "these buildings all remind me of Nice"
1,000,000: Number of times I want to go back to Cinque Terre
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