Jetted to Milan. Managed a hectic bus-->subway-->shlep suitcase in the rain-->finally met up with Aunt Vicki and Cousin Rebecca.
My Aunt and Mom rented a car, and so we went through the Tuscan region in a stick shift. With a GPS system that pronounced "Right" as "Rice"...She was Irish.
Milan-->Forte de Marmi-->Pietrasanta-->Cinque Terra-->Firenze (again!)-->Rome 
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| Forte De Marmi | 
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| Framed in Pietrasanta | 
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| Funky shop | 
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| Purchased an LBD. Amazing store (and pretty bag) | 
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| Before we set off to CinqueTerra | 
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| Stairway to Heaven | 
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| Pesto and Asparagus...I ate pesto everywhere I went. Seriously. | 
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| Waiting for the train to between the Terras | 
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| Looks like a man | 
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| Laughter. Crying Laughter. | 
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| Lunch in Lucca. | 
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| Florence.... | 
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| Though here for a mere 12 hours, our hotel had this thang as our view :) | 
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| Just me, my camera, and the mosaic tunnel {Cinque Terra} |