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Published: September 11th 2005
Hello!
How are you? I’m having a great time here. The orientation I had was in a town near Rome called Albano, it was founded 3,000 years ago by the refugees of the battle of troy, and the city is situated on an ancient volcano that has a lake in the middle. Our hotel was actually a convent, it was weird to be there, but it was beautiful.
My family is really nice. They own a bar, which isn’t just a bar but a bakery and a ice cream shop too. They make ice cream themselves, its soo delicious. Irsina is beautiful. Its basically on the top of a hill, and the view is awesome.
The other day Zio and Zia took Rosa and I to visit the city Matera, which I think is where Mel Gibson filmed the passion. The sassi, which is what the houses built into the side of the mountain are called, are so interesting, if you get a view without lightpoles, cars, or people, it feels like you were transported back in time. Modern Matera is not so pretty, cement is the preferred building material, and it doesn’t looks ugly most of the time.
Irsina is such a small town, but I like it because even though its surrounded by farmland, its not completely cut off from civilization. Yesterday, Zio and Zia took Rosa and I to see fountains and panoramas around Irsina. I took an insane amount of pictures. On the road to the fontana(fountain) we visited, we ate berries growing from a wall, very tasty, and a couple grapes. At the fountain I drank some water coming out from a spigot, it was so cool. I was taking pictures of a vineyard when the farmer came up. He offered us grapes, and let me take more pictures of his farm. Next we drove to this castle that was past our house. It was pretty, but you couldn’t see much because of the high wall around in. In the hills past the castle we watched the most beautiful tremont(sunset). Zia found some arugala by the road. It smelled, and tasted to strong. We picked a bunch to bring home. At cena(dinner) we made a salad with arugala, tomatoes, potatoes, and olive oil.
I have perfected a clueless look. I’m slowly learning italian, and I started my first italian lesson this week. Eventually I’ll get it right. Well that’s all for now.
Ciao
~Alyssa
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Tia Alice
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Oi lindinha! fiquei muito feliz por ter notícias suas, e também por conseguir entender tudo, apesar do meu inglês fraco. Me diga se vc consegue ler em português, tá bom? bjs