Friday, December 26, 2008

Bellisima Roma- Christmas-My Sister

So for christmas I went to Roma the most beautiful city in the world!
I spent the week with my bestfriend/sister it was absolutly amazing
We had so much fun!
We had so many adventures from
A party on the first night 
Walking Luna
Ice skiing 
Piazza Navona
Christmas eve at the Vaticano 
watching zomby movies 
to 
Crazy Christmas in Latina

Barbara's Beautiful Christmas Tree-


So when i first got to Roma Barbara picked me up in her car (BOB)
We drove to her house and I saw her mom 
I was finally able to speak to her mom because she doesn't speak English
Then we ate lunch and me and Barbara went on a walk and got some delicious tea
That night we went to a party at Barbara's friend Mara's  house
At the party we meet up with Barbara's boufriend Jojo! 
I was finally able to talk to him too! yay
We stayed there until about 3 am
Then we went to go get Cornetu (like danishes)
The next morning we woke up and took Luna, Barbara's dog on a walk

                                               Barbara and Luna Heading into the Forest-                               
Me & Luna

Barbara and her cool tree-


We found nature in one of the biggest cities on earth-Its amazing


Later that day we decided to go Ice Skiing (skating)
We got all dressed  up for the night in the cold

Barbara and I practicing our skiing moves


To Bad Ice Skating closes at 8 pm and it was 11 pm
So instead we went to piazza Navona
It was beautiful at night
We bought my mom a talking Befana :) (a witch that brings presents on the 6th of January
We got delicious hot chocolate and walked around the center

Barbara and I buying the Befana-

Jojo and me at Piazza Navona-

On the way home we saw the colosseo
It was beautiful at night

The Colosseo at night-

Barbara and Jojo- 
   
The next day Barbara and I really went Ice Skiing as Barbara said
It was actually skating but skiing is mor fun to say
It was really fun!
I actually didn't even fall once!
There was this skater dressed as Babo Natale (santa Claus)
He was pro!
Barbara and I tried to  be like him
We didn't achieve :( Purtroppo

Ice Skiing-

Barbara trying to be like Babo Natale-

After going ice skating we went to Gabro's house
We watched a horribily scary zombee movie
A lot of Barbara's friends were there

Some guy, Pons and Dani-

Gabro and Jojo at Gabro's house

Another day we went to Barbara's University "La Sapienza"
Barbara's Political Science Department
There were protesting signs hanging all over the school from the Ocupation
Her Unviersity was really big with protesting!

Political Science Department Ocupation-

Fotocoppyin'


Pretending to Study in the air-

Waiting for the bus-
On Christmas eve before going to Barbara's family's house we went to the vatican
We saw the largest christmas tree in Rome
We admired Michelangelo's designs
We had an amazing time!

Saint Peter's Basilica


Barbara on the Tevere-



We are so cool-


All the Coulmns are allined-


A fountain-
On Christmas eve we went to Barbara's dad's side of the family
We ate a lot of seafood
We opened Presents 
Barbara and her family gave me earings, a purse, a scarf

Barbara the red nosed reindeer-



so basically I had an amazing christmas! 
I had so much fun hanging out with Barbara and just being in Roma
I love Roma so much!
I really hope I am allowed to go back for easter! 
That would be amazing!
Until next post. xxxxx

Monday, December 8, 2008

Nuraghi, Nuoro, the Steps and Discotecha

"Noi vogliamo il numero di Tim!" -Girls at the Meeting

So this weekend was a very long weekend!! 
Yay we didn't have to go to school Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday or Tuesday! 
Friday Tim hil and I went to Nuoro for a Rotary Meeting, 
Saturday we went hung out around the house and then went into town, 
Sunday we went to Thiesi and then I went to a Discotecha with the girls in my class 
On Sunday we hung out around Sassari.

The Rotary Meeting- There were kids from all different schools that were interested in exchange


Near Thiesi we went to the Nuarghi
These are the towers also known as the "Giant Tombs"
They were made in prehistoric times by the Nuraghi people of Sardegena
From each Nuraghi Tower you can see another Nuraghi
They were spaced out perfectly so that the people could shine a light and the next tower could see it
Thus they could warn eachother about attacks or storms

The Central Part of the Nuraghi-

The Dimly lit chambers ( everone had to be about 4 feet tall)

The Reflection of the Nuarghi on the feild-

Two cute puppies outside-
They are so big!-

Hilary, Lusia and Me-

There were so many sheep!-
The Church near Thiesi-
The Steps were so steep-

And the Sheep were so close!-

Another Nuraghi in Nuoro-
So this weekend we spent some time around town and the Piazza
We decided to go down to the school
We just went down and sat on the steps
Since its now christmas time everything is open late
They put up christmas lights all around town!
Christmas time is such a nice time!

The Lights were turned on- Its officaly Christmas time!-
They are all over town! Aren't they pretty?-

The door of Azuni Centrale-
Tim was a Gangstah-

Tim was a Ninja-

Can You Say Edward Cullen anyone- haha
I also got to go to the disco Wally
Unfortunatly I don't have any pictures :(
I went with the girls in my class
We came home at 4 am!
This disco was amazing!
There were so many people!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Thanksgiving- Ringraziamento

 "How do you say when a volcano vomits....spits....?" Gian lu tru

For thanksgiving Tim, Hil, Kels and I cooked a big feast right here in Italia. 
We found a turkey and everything
Actually that was a bit of trouble
We ordered a turkey but it didn't end up coming
So the night before thanksgiving we were calling all over town to meat shops
The week prior to thanks giving we were all really worried that it would not work out
We all went shopping together for the food.
We thought we might not have enough! (that was a joke)
We made;
Turkey
Graver
Mashed Potatoes
Stuffing
Carrots
Greenbeans
Apple pie
Apple  Cider
Deviled eggs
We basicaly spent the entire day cooking for thanks giving
It ended up beaing a lot of fun

Kelsey and some of the ingredients before we started-

We cooked thanks giving at Kelsey's house
We ended up cooking for 21 people 
It was crazy
None of the people here in Italy knew how long a turkey could take to cook
They all thought it was impossible for it to take 3 hours 
(with our big turkeys in america it takes like 6)
we had a 7 kilo turkey
It cost about 40 euros! so expensive!

Tim and the morning Pancakes-

In the morning we made delicious pancakes! 
It was amazing!
Then we got right to work
Kels and hil worked on apple pie 
Tim peeled things and looked for a turtle (not to cook, don't worry)
I started on the stuffing
Then it was soon time for the turkey
Tim got to do the great job of cleaning it
It was really groose it still had a few feathers on it!
He basically filled it up like a cup and washed it out it was hilarious!

Tim, Paolo and Hil in the banquet hall-

Later on Pal and Gian lu came over and helped us
They brought us some more butter!
Then they helped make deviled eggs
Then they prepared my speach to give at the table in italian
grrrr i still can't  believe i had to to that by myself! haha

Pal & Apple Pie-
The Feast turned out magnificently
Everything worked out perfectly
And it all tasted so good!
Turkey was delicious
Apple pies we scrumscious
Stuffing was amazing
Carrots were sweet and delicious!
Mashed potatoes were so mashed! awesome!

Tim and his little host brother-

Wow tim's little host brother is so amazing!!!
He is the cutest little kid ever!
Now he plays Bird man!!!

The Feast-
At the table
It turned out fantasitc 
Those deviled eggs were amazing!
Our Turkey's name was Burlusconi 
Kels gave the italians american flags and the stuck it in the foods hahaha!

Pal, Gian lu and Enrico-