So yesterday I went to the Mediterranean Sea and swam and rode catamarans there all day. It was a really good time and I met friends of Valerio and Francesca. Afterwards is when me and Pier when out to hit the town. We rode on his motor-scooter and first went to a boy named Matteo's house. Now I will describe Matteo, but only people who know the kids at Oakcrest will get this. Take the cunning and crazy mind of David Poley who graduated 2 years ago, but is still in my opinion the most fun person I have met at Oakcrest, then I want you to take the sheer loudness and craziness our Schyller Da'Boss and then you have Matteo. He seems to be the leader of the gang and I've already pledged my help with his English class if he promises to only speak Italian around me. Then there is a boy named Lorenzo. He is basically Danny Matera in a nut-shell, except Lorenzo has a bit more common sense.
Then after we told Matteo where to meet up we went to the house of a boy named Gianmarco who is a replica of Schyller. We told him where to go then we left and all met up at a pizza place. We got a table and ordered. I ordered a pizza that had prosciutto and arugala greens on it. That may sound expensive, but prosciutto is so common place here that is was one of the cheaper pizzas. We sat around and talked and Matteo had many questions for me about America. Some of them were about the schools in America and others were about drinking ages and things of that sort. Everyone in Siracusa thinks it's the neatest thing that I am allowed to drive at 16. They are only allowed to drive at 18. Matteo laughs a bit as he reminises about last week when he crashed his grandmothers car on a test drive of his. After the pizza of proscuitto and pizza that was kind of like a dessert came out that was sliced into 6 pieces and was stuffed with nuttella. That was really good, and afterwards we went on the scooters and Vespas and went around town and just basically hanging. They showed me the different parts of town and later on we all went our separate ways and went home. That was about at midnight which is normal here.
Now I haven't really taken a moment to describe the town, but for any kids reading this.... I want you to get on your xbox and go onto multiplayer Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare. Go onto a level called Crossfire and walk around in it. This is exactly what my area looks like. The video I put up on this post will be of the level also. Now I don't want to get the wrong idea though. My area here is not a war-zone at all, and all the buildings are in one piece here, but the buildings are built exactly the same and the graffiti is in Italian instead of Arabic. Also none of the shops look bad like on the video-game.
Today I also had my first cannoli. It was amazing and a bit different from the ones at home. Later today I am going with Francesca and Valerio to watch Valerio play water-polo. It was the sport of his youth and many of his friends went on to play on the Italian National Team. I'll be posting soon and make sure to look at the pictures on the side next to this blog. If you don't want to watch it as a slideshow, click one of the pictures and you will be taken to a page to look at them as a photo album. Ciao!
Then after we told Matteo where to meet up we went to the house of a boy named Gianmarco who is a replica of Schyller. We told him where to go then we left and all met up at a pizza place. We got a table and ordered. I ordered a pizza that had prosciutto and arugala greens on it. That may sound expensive, but prosciutto is so common place here that is was one of the cheaper pizzas. We sat around and talked and Matteo had many questions for me about America. Some of them were about the schools in America and others were about drinking ages and things of that sort. Everyone in Siracusa thinks it's the neatest thing that I am allowed to drive at 16. They are only allowed to drive at 18. Matteo laughs a bit as he reminises about last week when he crashed his grandmothers car on a test drive of his. After the pizza of proscuitto and pizza that was kind of like a dessert came out that was sliced into 6 pieces and was stuffed with nuttella. That was really good, and afterwards we went on the scooters and Vespas and went around town and just basically hanging. They showed me the different parts of town and later on we all went our separate ways and went home. That was about at midnight which is normal here.
Now I haven't really taken a moment to describe the town, but for any kids reading this.... I want you to get on your xbox and go onto multiplayer Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare. Go onto a level called Crossfire and walk around in it. This is exactly what my area looks like. The video I put up on this post will be of the level also. Now I don't want to get the wrong idea though. My area here is not a war-zone at all, and all the buildings are in one piece here, but the buildings are built exactly the same and the graffiti is in Italian instead of Arabic. Also none of the shops look bad like on the video-game. Today I also had my first cannoli. It was amazing and a bit different from the ones at home. Later today I am going with Francesca and Valerio to watch Valerio play water-polo. It was the sport of his youth and many of his friends went on to play on the Italian National Team. I'll be posting soon and make sure to look at the pictures on the side next to this blog. If you don't want to watch it as a slideshow, click one of the pictures and you will be taken to a page to look at them as a photo album. Ciao!
Austin, Told you the cannolis and gelato was outrageous! very different from home.Hoping to get a webcam this week. Miss You! Gloria.
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