World Cup!!

Well holy shit, i did not sleep last night. For those no longer following the world cup, Italy won. Chiavari (the town i am in) went nuts, as did the rest of Italy. There was an amazing fireworks display, for such a small town I was surprised they were so well prepared. Every kid with a scooter or car was driving to the boardwalk with blaring music, italian flags flying, and car horns blaring..all night long. Michael and I went and joined in the festivities. Italians really know how to celebrate. There was cheering and yelling and fireworks and parading all night. Despite their skills in celebration, they really don't how to party. A world cup victory comes only once in a while, ice cream is no way of saying, "fuck yeah we won a world cup". The local restuarants ran out of beer in like the first 30 minutes because they didn't have any in stock. Regardless it was a great time, I took some pictures.

Earlier in the day I also went to Cinque Terre, which means the five earths. Its five picturesque towns nestled in the mountains overlooking the meditarranean. A five megapixel camera does no justice to the majesty that is cinque terre. The best part is that they are all connected by a hiking trail.
We have family at one of the towns, Monterosso. Umberto and Margherita fed us mussels that Umberto had just harvested that morning along with other standard italian fare. Cinque terre is only a 10minute train ride so there will be many more posts related to this area.

Sorry if this seems rather scattered but we are leaving for Rome in like 2 hours.
Side notes: I found a cafe that will let me get my pictures off the camera. So those will be coming later next week when we get back from Rome and Terracina.

Also, the women tan topless here. Its breathtaking.