i just said goodbye to my mom a couple days ago.  she was here visiting me for about a week - we went to cinque terre last weekend and spent a few nights in manarola, which was beautiful.  we got stuck there an extra night due to a train strike, but luckily we were able to find a cute little apartment to stay in for the day/night where we were able to hang out, enjoy the view, and cook our own delicious dinner.  the rest of the week, we just hung out here in florence in the warm sunshine (finally).  it was so good to have her here, we had a great week together.

obviously made some cat friends in cinque terre

our beautiful meal with italian colored pasta

sunset view from our balcony

gardens in florence

yea so i went back to cinque terre yesterday with some friends...

and did that extremely hard hike, but it was beautiful and worth it