Thursday, May 6 (Day 14)
Today was our last day of our internship. Thursday, May 6 (Day 14)It was also the school’s dance festival. It was really nice to see all of the grade’s dances. It was also neat to see my friend’s classes dance. This took place for the morning part of school, until about 11am. Because of this dance, there was no math lesson in the morning and the 8th grade was there in the afternoon, of which I do not teach. So it was a pretty easy day for me.
Michelle and I did go to the market to pick up the meat and cheese for the sandwich making that was taking place later on. We also stopped by the supermarket to pick up baggies, napkins, and lettuce. It was very interesting because I was explaining to Michelle what a hard time we had had going to this market because no one spoke English and we couldn’t ever find what we needed. She looked at me and said, “Really? All of the people here can speak English.” That was really awesome to hear… NOT! So all that hassle we went through to buy food for dinners was purely for the Italian’s amusement.
We got back to the school and met with a 2nd grade class to make the sandwiches. This is a service project that Ambrit does every other Thursday. Michelle picks up the supplies and goes around to different classes for help putting the sandwiches together. The kids were so cute doing while making them. Once that was done, the day was about over as far as school went.
We got back to the dorms after school we all did laundry and took a nap. When we woke up, we finished the laundry (hung it all up outside because dryers are a rarity and often do not dry clothes all the way. We also got ready for our second “seminar dinner.” This one was with all of the interning teachers and some select, significant staff members. Michelle came to this and I was very glad she did. Lots and lots of starters were passed around and then Lisa and I split a plate of Carbonera and some dish with olive oil and pepper. They were both good, but filling! Then for dessert: Lisa and I split a chocolate mousse and a tiramisu. We also had Lemonchello sent our way. I’m not sure how I feel about that drink…
At the end of dinner, Michelle told me that she had a little something for me. It was raining outside but I had an umbrella and I offered to go to her scooter with her to get my gift. She looked down at my feet and said, “No! I’ll go… your toes are all uncovered and stuff!!” (they don’t wear flip flops really in Italy, or really no open-toed shoes). I thought that comment was cute. She came back with a bag that had a bottle of wine in it and tortalina, curly-q baked dough snacks from Italy.
Lisa and I got left behind on our walk home, in the rain, but eventually made it back to our dorm. Upon returning, we remember that out clothes were outside and it was raining!!!! What a waste of work! We ran up the stairs to see how wet our clothes were and we were lucky enough to have put the drying rack under an awning! But they were a little soggy from the humidity and the wind blowing some of the rain on the clothes. We brought them in and were going to deal with it in the morning.
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