Those of you who know me well probably know that this next trip wasn't the greatest of ideas....but against better judgment I went to Italy to visit Sara. After sitting on a train for 10 Hrs (having had to switch three times) Sara met me in the train station. We went out for a few beers and caught up on all the things that had happened since the last time we had seen each other. It was great to see her again and it was nice to be surrounded by the Italian language (still one of my favorites). The following morning we took off to Ravenna to catch some sun and lay around on the beaches. It was a really cool little beach town and reminded me a lot of Turkey (ie Cesme and Bodrum). There were restaurants, bars, and shops lining the streets and people zooming by on vespas. The beach was spectacular and we met up with a group of her friends there and enjoyed playing volleyball and sunbathing. I ended up getting kinda burned after being in sunless Germany for the last few weeks. After the beach we all went down to this beach club and had a few drinks. The DJ was playing a very interesting mix of music and I got a kick out of watching all the Italians dance....Afterwards we all ate extremely fresh seafood and enjoyed some tasty wine. The rest of the night didn't go so well....as Sara and I had a disagreement....no reason to get into details...but I ended up at the Bologna train station at 6 am.....ready to sit on a train for 10 hrs north...I was in Italy less than 48 hrs....oh well...you live and you learn....I was fortunate enough to meet a very nice American couple in their 60's on the train ride back who were kind enough to share their lunch with me and great conversation.
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