So this weekend we went and had a wonderful time. On Friday night we walked up to this park area in Rome and we were able to watch the sunset over the city...It was absolutely beautiful. It was a great way to end a stressful week, and a wonderful way to stay what has probably been one of the best weekends I have ever had. 
On Saturday a group of us got up early, and we left on a four hour train ride to Cinque Terre. It is a place about four hours from Rome on the Cost. We were goign to go hiking than sit at the beach.
First off when we got there we found out that this was the view from the front door of where we were staying...there is no picture that does this place justice. It is absolutely beautiful.
We ended up doing the 8 mile hike, that kicked my butt. It was so much fun and so hated at the same time. We climbed hundreds of stairs up through the mountains. It was definitely a journey I will not forget.
Through this journey, I almost fell off the side of the mountain. Definitely would not have a been a good thing, and I am very happy that I didn't hurt myself to bad or die while I was hiking, but I must say that if I would have been a nice place to be buried haha.
After the hike we spent some time in the last town and went to beach. On Sunday we got up and we went to the beach for part of the day, which was absolutely amazing...I wanted to change our train tickets to come back in a week because well I did not want to return to classes or to Rome, but I could not convinvce the group to do it.
All in all it was a great weekend. It was the relaxation I needed, and it was great to see my two worlds collide...the beach and hiking. AMAZING. Through out this whole weekend though I could not help but think about how crazy God is. He created this...who in the world could do something like this. I kept thinking about how amazing it is that a group of 21 people can come together from around the world, in a random country live together for a month and build wonderful relationships. Who would have thought that I would be in Italy for a month. Call it what you want, but I think it is safe to say I serve the best God possible!
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