The summer holiday’s are fast approaching and I’m now dreaming of my next destination- Cinque Terre, Italy. The Dutch boyfriend and I have finally relinquished our desire for another San Francisco trip this July. A direct flight (as recently checked on Travelocity at exactly 11:52 pm this evening) suggests an unreasonable price of $1,939 on Northwest Airlines or a mere $6,272 on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines per ticket. Other flights were surprisingly not that far off from the direct flight.

While I do miss home, there’s this Old World that I have only began to explore. My homesickness will be appropriately cured due Christmas and New Year’s time anyway.

Taking full advantage of the generous Dutch vacation system, my Dutch boyfriend and I have decided to do dedicate one week to some mountain bike trip, preferably in South Tyrol and then the following week to Cinque Terre. Just looking at the pictures of Cinque Terre makes me excited! Its basically another “version” (perhaps arguably more beautiful) of my beloved San Francisco Bay Area. The comparison is made not necessarily because of similarities in culture but rather of the serene juxtaposition of a beautiful ocean and hills. Its composed of 5 tiny medieval villages nestled along Italy’s Northern Riviera complete with a picturesque coastline, steep hills, an epicureans delight, and of course, family owned vineyards.

I’m crossing my fingers that this romantic getaway will come through in July, just in time to celebrate his 29th birthday.=) After all, life is but a dream…

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