What a beautiful past couple of weeks! I don’t have time for
a long post but I’ll post lots of pictures. The past two weekends have been
full of sightseeing and meeting new people! Last weekend I went to a Rotary orientation in Brisighella
along with 108 other exchange students, where we got to know each other and
attended orientation sessions. This past weekend Ellen, Brock and I (the Rotary
students here in Vicenza) joined a group of Rotarians from Tuscany on a tour of
Vicenza and the surrounding area. We toured lots of beautiful villas that are
very historically significant- for example, we saw the room where Hitler and
Mussolini met for the first time, and a bedroom where Napoleon slept when he
visited Italy. Standing in the
rooms, it was strange to think that Hitler and Mussolini had been in the exact
same place years ago… It never ceases to amaze me how old
Italy is! I love it! Being in Italy makes me want to be a photographer because
I want to capture the beauty of it all. The only downside to the tour was that
it was raining almost the whole time so we were pretty wet by the end of it.
However, we got to eat at some amazing restaurants (in the past month I have
eaten the best food I’ve ever tasted in my whole life- pasta, zucchini, cheese,
potatoes, all kinds of roasted meat, tomatoes, tiramisu, and so much more)!
Adesso devo andare, ma ecco le foto J
Ciao a presto.
All the exchange students in my district!
In front of the beautiful view on the hillside of Brisighella
Stone statues
Red-head exchange student buddies :)
The ancient "teatro olimpico" in Vicenza!
A beautiful church in Monte Berico (near Vicenza)
Napoleon slept in this bed. No big deal
A ballroom in one of the villas- beautiful detail
A little snail I found on a leaf :)
One of the rooms in the villas
Rainy day
Brock, Ellen and I at one of the estate gardens
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