The name of this post is exceptionally fitting as the next day I left for Milan where the painting of the ‘Last Supper’ is on display. For a final hurrah the teachers and their host families were all invited to a bbq at “stampede’s” family ranch. We had a splendid time eating different meats and I finally got some vegetables…in the form of pickled peppers “how many pickled peppers did peter piper pick?” apparently a lot because it seems the only vegetables offered in the parts of Italy I’ve been to, are pickled! Once we arrived “England” popped a bottle of champi that had been given to us by the cleaning staff at the school. I think it might have gone to some of the other teachers heads because they decided to hop into the pool with their clothes on. Some of them had a change of clothes but others did not (such as myself) so I decided to sit this one out. There is a saying in Italy (or at least among some groups) that when a young person doesn’t do typical young things or just as an insult “you’re old inside”. As for me I’m self proclaiming to be old inside because I am just as happy sitting and watching people full of energy act crazy. I hate to say it but I think I over did it as a youngster. My energy levels are so low I don’t know how they do it. Haha now I really sound old. What I do find fun is singing along to random songs with a group of people. Throw a little dancing in there and I’m set. So from the time our mouths were free of food they were filled with song. It was lovely to see Luca and Mimma singing and enjoying themselves too.
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