Unfasionable in Milano; gelato in Cinque Terre

Tracy, Jane, and I met up in Milano for the weekend. We spent May Day wandering around Milano and then took the train down to Cinque Terre, a famously beautiful group of 5 little villages nestled along the coast. We spent two days hiking in Cinque Terre, eating gluttenous amounts of gelato and facaccia.




Jane, Tracy and me in front of the Duomo, Milano




Tracy and I at a flee market near the train station in Milano

Of all the tourists in Milan over May Day, Tracy just happened to run into Erica, who is from Marquette, Michigan (where Jane, Tracy, and I ran in college), and ran cross country against Tracy in high school.

Tracy and Erica in Milano

We found ourselves, on May Day, in the middle of an endless street parade, djs in semis, thousands of people dancing. The European equivalent of Labor Day, Adolf Hitler supposedly founded May Day as celebration for the workers, and it is traditional to 'dance in May'.

Dance in May, Milano

Dance in May, Milano

Not dancing, Milano

Cinque Terre


Cinque Terre

"Darling, I'll be out in the orchard watering the lemon trees"

View from our room in Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre

Jane on the patio, Riomaggiore

Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre