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Last day of school for the week! It will be nice to have a small break. Our teacher Laura seems to understand that there are very little connections between English and Italian. There was even one time she stayed after class to explain something to Nicole and me. It's kinda fun after class, we all meet in the garden and most of us do our homework right away. It's really nice because we get it done right away and we have Max to help us when we have questions. Today we didn't have much time to relax because we were doing some sightseeing before the wine tasting. So a group of us went to the same place we went the first day here. Jeremy and I ordered the same thing: fettuccine with arugula pesto, green beans and pomodoro. Huge portion! It was pretty good, although there was a lot of the pesto. Jeremy and I dropped off our stuff at the flat and we were off for more site seeing! Our first stop was the Pantheon. This was a famous religious spot. It's just crazy how you start walking down a street, turn a corner, and BAM! right in front of you is this huge historical building or fountain or something else amazing. Inside the Pantheon was very ornately designed. It was really nice to sit among the columns and people watch. After there we moved on to Piazza Navona. What a beautiful square! The fountain was beautiful, but what I loved best was all the artists. Jeremy and I went off together looking for some art. It was great that some said originals. I definitely didn't want to get a copy-print. We first saw a man with some wonderful watercolors. We really liked his, except the smaller ones were 20 euro or about $27. A little more than I wanted to pay. So we moved on. At the far end we saw another stand of originals. These were wonderful! The woman who painted these spoke very good English as well! And the price was right; a small one for 10 euro! So Jeremy and I wandered around a bit more before coming back to this one. We ended up both buying a bigger one for 15 euro. I was so excited for this find. We showed Jacob and Barb the place and they fell in love. Then Jordan, Becky, and Nicole came over and they loved the pictures! By now it was time to go back for wine tasting! The Enoteca we went to was only a few blocks from the school. This was so much fun, and so me! We were put in a little side room lined with bottles of wine. The owner of the shop did the seminar for us. She was so nice. Our first wine was a sparkling white. Drier than expected, but a very fragrant, sweet scent. With this wine we had little sandwiches, made with Italian bologna. The second wine was a semi-dry white; Bellone. This was very good. Again not much sweet taste, but very good with food. The food with this wine was pesto pasta. That was the best pesto I have ever had. The olive oil in it was just superb! And the tomatoes are so flavorful! The third was my favorite: a deep red wine which was light but with a very round flavor! The name of it was Barbera D'Asti (something about a donkey). Jeremy and I really want some of that for home. The food for this round was vegetables and goat cheese. It was ok. Definitely a different flavor and texture than what we are used to. The last wine we tried was a super sweet dessert wine - Alba. This was served with very cute little almond biscuits. So yummy. We sat around and talked for a little bit longer, finishing up the wine. Since it was the start of the weekend, we didn't want to go to bed yet. So we all went to a bar for some birra. I am a little surprised as to how much beer I have had over this trip. That was a perfect end of the night. The bar also brought out a bunch of salty snacks for us to munch on as well. The one tasted like Bugles! Max told us that when he was inside showing the girls the bathroom, he overheard the manager saying "Who wants to take the American table?" Max said it wasn't a bad thing! Too funny!
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