Firenze and on

Phew. Quite a lot has been going on since i last wrote. We left Recco, visited the Cinque Terre and came on down to visit Benji in Firenze. Cinque Terre was a real adventure in itself, involving us poaching a campsite in an olive grove on a mountainside the first night. The next night we stayed in a very nice hostel ($$$) and met a real cool guy from New Jersey, Jimmy. Jimmy is a real blast and promised to name some hotdogs after John and I when he opens up his restaurant. Sounds very cool, but I have to wait to release the info about it until he approves! It was so neat that we met him in Cinque Terre last week and got to meet back up with him here in Firenze.
We spent a couple days with Benji and his parents; it was fabulous. We ate like kings and got to sleep in real beds and everything. Visited the local fair (felt like I was back in Raleigh!) and had drinks poured down our throats by Benjis cousin, Marco. He likes to call us his "little puppies". Tonight we will probably hangout one more time in Firenze (if we are still allowed in the hostel....). We ate lunch at The Oil Shoppe by recommendation of Julia and Jimmy. One of the guys who works there was excited about our trip and invited us to hang out with him and his friends tonight. Never pass up an offer from a local!
Tomorrow it will be back to San Casciano to visit the Cortis one more time and collect our belongings. Then it is onward to Rimini to visit the Italian goddess Claudia (my favorite girl of the trip so far...she was brave enough to ride on my rear rack all day!) and catch a boat to Croatia. We have just found out we got jobs at a small island in Croatia working on a farm. Sounds like there is alot of work to do before the winter settles in!
The hard part about this blog is I have too many stories to sit down and write them all. I guess if you want the real scoop you have to come visit me or wait to see if I return home! Anyways, Im trying to multitask too hard so Im going to call this post a wrap and get on to finding a ferry, making phone calls, etc. Until I get a chance to sit down and give you guys the pics and videos and a more thorough post, take care and keep reading. I really appreciate the comments and hope I can get the donations thing setup soon so we can start contributing to WBR. Ciao!