Day 7: May 12th

Holy crap I've been here for a week!!!

Today we did a bike tour. It has been so long since I‘ve ridden a bike (except for a very short trip with Kurtis) that I was slightly afraid I’d fall. Thankfully I’ve been riding motorcycles so that came in handy, and so did “expect the unexpected”. Our route was much longer than I originally thought (3miles). I got told it was between 10-15 miles total (holy crap!!). The bike tour took us to a huge market in Forte dei Marmi (south of Cinquale). I swear the stalls just kept on going and going. You could buy clothes, shoes, accessories, etc., and household items. There was a ton of other stuff too, but I can’t recall all of it. Sadly we only had an hour and a half to wander the market and go wander the pier that was in front of the market. I took a couple pretty pictures while there (promise I’ll post some soon!). I was super excited about my amazing buy. I got these awesome lace-up sandal-heels that are in stores for 70€ but I got them for 15€! So cheap for such adorable shoes!

One the way back to where we were set loose for lunch we rode through an absolutely gorgeous park with this bridge. It was the perfect photo spot. We got t see the end of a photoshoot and then once we got our photo done on the bridge, we saw a wedding party coming. We all ended up applauding the newlyweds because that’s just how we are. We continued on through the park (on street bikes…so tough) and on past beautiful villas of rich people. I know we saw the villa of the inventor of the cappuccino/coffee holder thing (the one with 6? Sides) and the coach of some futbol team and the residence of the Fiat company owners. All of the villas were so HUGE and so pretty. I’m jealous that they get to vacation at a beach.

We finally got to out lunch area and I stopped and got pizza (of course!) and a coke (only in foreign countries). After lunch we rode home and ended up with a lot of free time so I decided to get a head start on my packing.

That night was the farewell “buffet” that could’ve used a whole lot more food than mostly bread and cheese. I was the first one up there so I got to grab some of the meat (a hotdog!) that they offered. I couldn’t believe how wonderful and savory the hotdog was! I hadn’t realized just how bad I’d been craving meat until I took a bit of the hotdog. I was so happy! Desert was tiramisu!! So utterly delicious J

After dinner (11pm) we all went upstairs to figure out what everyone was doing. We ended up trying to go to a place called Beach Club (a bust! Wouldn’t let the “gang” in) and then we tried to go to what we thought was a club, Sexy Sexy. Boy were we mistaken….we’re still not sure what it was, but I’m guessing it was a strip club or something to that extent. Next we wandered around listening for the sounds of an awesome bar or club. It didn’t take us long to find one! That was a lot of fun. I ended up getting a free drink from one of the guys on our trip and a rose from an Italian who was utterly adorable trying to speak to me in Italian even though he knew I didn’t understand. He had one of his friends try to translate. I think that actually made my night. He was trying just so hard to make small talk and it was so difficult especially since my Italian is VERY limited.