The month of April had 5 Fridays and since that is our night to have a planned activity for all of our students, we decided that would be a great time to have our end of the year party. We had around 50 of our students come and several of their family members. Since we're so good at cookouts and it shares a little bit of American culture with our students, that's what we did for them, hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans, and Debbie's Potato Salad. Delicious! We had a slide show playing of pictures from different events throughout the semester and we all stood around and talked the entire night. I was sad that it was (almost) the end of the school year but it was great to see all of our students together talking and getting to know one another.
I can't wait to see all of the students again in September and we've had atleast 10 more people come by this summer asking when our classes start.
Parades
I am part of the Scandicci Filarmonica and the Scandicci Big Band(Jazz Band). Both are very active in the summers because in every town, it seems, in the main piazza, there is a concert or event of some kind going on every night. The Scandicci Band played 2 or 3 times in Piazza Matteoti here in Scandicci, 2 parades, and the Big Band played in Porciano one night, about an hour away. Something you should know about parades in Italy is that you don't have to necessarily all march in time with the music or with the people around you...that was a very new thing for me. I'm so glad they allow me to be a part of the group and that I get to play trombone while I'm here.
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| Parade |
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| Band Day in Scandicci (Another band from close by came and played with us and we all had dinner together after the performance.) |
Pizza in Empoli
Our good friend, Lorenzo Guiducci invited all of us to go have pizza with him in Empoli. He is a student at the Bible School but has been here since he was a kid. He went to Harding for the Fall semester last year and came back speaking English even better than he did before...probably better than I do. Another side note on Lorenzo is that his father grew up with Robbie Shackleford, the director of the HUF program, because Robbie's parents were missionaries in Scandicci when Robbie was young. Anyway, Lorenzo is a great friend and always helps when he can.
In Empoli, there is a pizza place where you can eat and drink as much as you want for about 10 dollars. That is a great deal because each pizza is hand made from scratch! It was so good and great opportunity to spend some time with Lorenzo and his girlfriend Giulia(Julia). There were also several visitors that came with us, 2 students from Harding and a Jeremy and Katie Daggett, who were here getting everything ready for the Harding group that stayed at the Bible School for a month. We had a little contest to see who could eat the most pieces of pizza and Jeremy won with 28 pieces. Wow. I will say I ate 22 but that's almost a whole pizza less than him...maybe next time. Hooray good pizza!
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| Pizzeria from Ryan's iPad. Awesome app called Auto Stitch. |
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