Friday, April 11, 2014

Rotary Trip to Padula.

     A few weeks ago, I went on a trip with my Rotary club (Rotary club of Pompei Oplonti Vesuvio Est). We visited a town called Padula which is about an hour away from where I live. At this town, we visited caves which are some of the longest caves in Europe and these caves are also symbolized to be those of the gate to hell in Dante's Divene Comedy. Sadly I wasn't allowed to take any pictures, so I can't show you all how beautiful it was.
   Then we had a huge lunch at a very nice restaurant. We ate appetizers, two plates of pasta, a meat plate, with vegetables, then fruit. There was so much food, but it was very good. 
   Later we visited a ancient monestary which was absolutely beautiful. There were many paintings on the ceilings and there was even a very old library. Anyway I had a wonderful time with my club and the other exchange students. 

"Appetizers"
Our table with all the exchange students. 
The pasta! 
At the restaurant. 
The monestary. 


Like father like son. (My host dad, Lello and his son, Mario. P.S. they're both architects.) 

Until next time, 
Ciao! 

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Host Family Change 2.0

This past Saturday, I changed host families again. I left my second host family which was Carla Zeccato and her daughter Serena LaRocca. I lived at their house for the past three months. I had a wonderful time living with them and those three months really passed very quickly. It seems like we did our first host family change a month ago! 
My second host family - Carla Zeccato and Serena LaRocca. 

                Second host home.
                      The host car.
       From the balcony. Nice view, right? 
The host family's garden. 

Leaving any place is always difficult. I can't really explain how difficult packing is after you've been at a certain place for so long. Currently I'm living with my first host family- Cinzia and Lello Ricciardi! I've returned and I'm very happy. I'll try to update again soon! Ciao!