Montgomery Gentry reminds us that "you ain't alive if you ain't breakin' a sweat". This morning marked the second day in a row that I not only made it up the hill, but went the entire running loop without having to stop. I have found that the truth is "the highs are higher than the lows are low", although I feel pretty low when I reach the top of a steep hill and realize that the rest of run is still, in fact, uphill. However, "it ain't about easy", and knowing that I am just that tough makes me feel pretty darn good.
We're about to have a wonderful (free-ish) lunch here at the Villa before heading off on the train to La Spezia, where we have a hotel for the night. Tomorrow we'll hike through Cinque Terre and probably come back to the Villa in the evening, although depending on the weather and money we may change our minds and spend Sunday at the beach. We've all brought our readings for class with us and have no obligations to anyone but each other for the weekend, so we can do whatever we want. It's simultaneously one of the best and loneliest feelings I've ever known - it seems like a wonderful thing to experience for a short period of time, but not like the way I would want to live my entire life.
Anyway, it's lunchtime now, so I'm going to take my traveling backpack (which, if you recall, has already seen Bologna and is ready for another interesting trip) downstairs and eat another great meal. Ciao!
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