tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30228556278433262862024-02-07T21:50:33.785-08:00liveloveeatSahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-19923892730513102912010-06-25T15:15:00.000-07:002010-06-25T17:29:50.314-07:00farewell, my dear friend Italy.<div align="center"> </div><div align="center">As I remember, it was freshman year that I discovered this study abroad program. I remember exploring the Health and Human Development website for the first time and noticing that the nutrition department here at Penn State had their own program to travel and study in Italy. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">I thought to myself, how awesome it would be to experience that.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">Freshman year passed, sophomore year came along and I still kept up to date on what was happening with the program, I even signed up for emails and I was receiving the same emails as the students that were going on the trip at that time. It was fascinating. Junior year came along and it became decision time. Who knew mom would let me travel half way around the world?! Two hours up to State College was far enough for her it seemed. But, mom surprised all and helped me with the application. I remember the night like it was yesterday. Sitting in my Hamilton dorm room off in the hidden lost third, door number 321. Alyssa still my roommate, sitting at the opposite side of the room observing my excitment of submitting my application for this IPN (International Program in Nutrition).<br /><br /></div><div align="center">I remember as soon as I submitted it and hung up the phone with mom, I updated my status on FB to, 'just submitted my application for study abroad to Rome, Italy!' I got sooo many comments. Many of them being, 'does your mom know you did this?!' haha, well, she did it with me and it was mostly her decision. and let me tell you, it has been the best decision EVER.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Here I am, blogging in Italy at 2am ready to board a plane back to the states in a few short hours. The program is done. My time here in Italy is over. I can not believe that I did this. That I am here and have been here for 7 weeks, doing as the Romans do. I have SEEN so much, I have LEARNED so much, I have EATEN so much. This has been a journey like no other that I will never ever forget.<br /></div><div align="center">A few days ago, I started making little sticky notes about what I will miss and surprisingly, some things that I will not miss.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Here are my thoughts:</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I will miss ...</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-Italy (obv)<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-Roma<br /><br /></div><div align="center">- strolling through the cobblestone streetsides</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-the jewish ghetto</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-the walk to class</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-pizze rosa</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-early morning adventures to the outdoor markets<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-saying 'ciao' and 'bongiorno!' to my elder italian friends<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-eating food ALL day long<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-watching the claudster get loopy</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-skyping with my family (its way cooler to skype when you are far far away)</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-euro beach soccer<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-learning something new about the city of Roma each and every day<br /></div><div align="center">*Architecture<br /></div><div align="center">*food<br /></div><div align="center">*history<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-trips with the nutr 399 class</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-fresh water, anywhere and everywhere!<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-listening to italian children speak to their caregivers<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-listening to the children sing in their school room as i walk pass<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-piazza navona</div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center">-piazza venezia<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-late night gelato runs</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-the frigidarium</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-coconut and dark chocolate gelato<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-soaking in the sun on the terrace<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-getting kicked out of the shower by Nick, and i quote ... "andiamo, Sahira!!!!!"<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-blogging about italy</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-prickly pear drinks</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">-watching the FIFA world cup 2010 in random places around italy<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-being able to walk everywhere<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-watching "when in Rome" or "letters to juliet" on fastpass tv a MILLION times and never getting to finish the entire movie. (although, last night, i was determined to sit down and watch the entire movie of "when in Rome". i wanted to make it a point that i watch it before i leave. it was a pretty good movie, by the way.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-my hair becoming more beautiful, shiny and very healthy due to the massive amounts of olive oil consumed</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-zara</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-dancing around in the apartment to waka waka<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-wine tastings</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">-cornettos with nutella</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-grilled and FRESH mozzarella<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-goat cheese and walnut pasta</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-fresh cherries (bing) - they are AMAZING here!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-truffles<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-volpetti's<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-sightseeing ... everyday<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-acting like we are pure locals and staring at other Americans observing how rude and demanding they are being (i have learned so much of how other cultures interact with one another)<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-pringoooooals!!!!<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-having class in a castle<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-having a key to everything ... made one feel so important</div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">-the very convenient bar in the shower ... made it easier to shave thy legs<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-living in an apartment with tons of kids my age ... life changing experience<br /></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">-the saxaphone player on the crossing bridge<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-the most richest, luxurious living homeless man i have ever seen and his adorable paralyzed doggy<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-the so called 'opera' singing lady that always stands across from the cat sanctuary to put on her shows, she would give me such a huge grin everytime i looked at her</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">-just my overall experience, you have to be here to believe it. you need to experience it for yourself, pictures do not do justice neither does story telling</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-learning a new italian word everyday</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-the friends that i have made here (although i will see most of them back at school, it is just the fact that we are all parting from each other)<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-Italy<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-Italy<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-Roma<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-Italy</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-did i mention that i will miss Italy?<br /></div><div align="center">***<br /><br /></div><div align="center">I will not miss ...<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-the moldy shower curtain</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-the flooding floors in the bathroom<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-the disgusting kitchen</div><br /><br /><div align="center">-billa<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-listening to the most *annoying* laugh EVER from you know who at the most awkward times. It scared the heebie jeebies out of me everytime!<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-massive mosquitos</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">-not being able to go to meeting<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-single spaced papers<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-not being able to find blonde curly haired individuals ... hahahaha<br /></div><div align="center">-the trainstation<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-tripe<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-ox tail<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-the 1 euro cent pieces<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-not being able to use spell check<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-dirty feet<br /><br /></div><div align="center">-gypsy people<br /></div><div align="center">***<br /><br /></div><div align="center">So I am sure the list could go on and on, but the less that I add here will mean the longer and more in depth my stories will be when I get home!<br /><br /></div><div align="center">Which ... I am going to *hopefully* be airport bound in ~6 hours. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">It is weird. Incredibly weird that this journey of mine is over. I have been all over the boot of Italy, top to bottom. I have learned everything there is to know about the Meditteranean diet, Architecture and the "interpretation" as Romolo would state it, and may I say that my Italian linguistics have improved immensely.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">I feel as though there should be some music to accompany this post ... it is so sad. I mean ... extremely bitterSWEET.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">Let's just say, I am so happy that I did this. It has added so many benefits/memories/skills/ideas/thoughts to my college career. I am a changed person. Or at least I think I am. My eyes are more opened to things and I have a different outlook on everything.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">I want to thank my mom for giving me this opportunity to be here ... in Italy. Thank you to her for raising such a wonderful daughter (hehe) and giving her the chance to broaden her horizons. Thank you to her for helping me with everything, step by step through all. Extremely supportive, loving and caring she is. I cannot thank her enough for allowing me and supporting me through school and this huge adventure in my life. It is unexplainable how grateful I am! I mean, not many people get this wonderful opportunity, and she provided the means for me to be here.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I love you mom! I hope you like the olive oil I bring home! :P<br /><br /></div><div align="center">One day, when I am on my feet, and have a job, and supporting myself, I am going to take me and ma on a trip back here ... that is my future hope. BUTTTT lets think about getting the internship first. Sorry, I keep thinking about it.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">Anyway, this is sad, but I am saying goodbye to my home that was of this past 7 weeks ... tomorrow!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Italy has left a beautiful mark in my heart and I will miss it dearly. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">I will see you all back home tomorrow! Let's hope I have safe travels, no delays, good weather, and a good experience with customs. If my wine gets taken away ... I will cry for days.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">Farewell, my dear friend Italy. arrivederci! ciao! goodbye! ciao bella! ciao to the boot!<br /><br /></div><div align="center">ciao ciao!<br /><br /></div><div align="center">see you all very soon!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">love and kisses.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">ps- i may have some follow up blog posts about italy once i am home but for now this is the end of italy blogging. i hope you all enjoyed my scatter brained thoughts written in this online journal of mine.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">i am hoping to keep live love eat up and running and blog throughout my upcoming school year and possibly even after that (but that is too far to think about right now). As of now, keep checking in because i enjoy recapping my daily adventures and i hope you do too!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">ciao tutti bellas.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">goodbye Rome, Italy.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2yMipfQtu8hse6jDsFLOXYgiaVJGIBgCZ-x3jooUrs6O_LIKc59E5RhGGzkz5O-yqEObdSuRowZUkPe5Re9UNPaM_0KZqMZuyjB8W0O0QOYWY2MiHasn58R31kZogflN3s5J052XdZI/s1600/056.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486861276652161922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2yMipfQtu8hse6jDsFLOXYgiaVJGIBgCZ-x3jooUrs6O_LIKc59E5RhGGzkz5O-yqEObdSuRowZUkPe5Re9UNPaM_0KZqMZuyjB8W0O0QOYWY2MiHasn58R31kZogflN3s5J052XdZI/s320/056.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aNkRltzY8HAVjAi1RZ7HZKLIJTAxA4ivkWirKrDRF-rrq1Qc98mN481Iq7WE4z8UUwzob4O7A57BmNLJro5HC-H3YEo9aagvzOn8pWDA2tuiG9qbXwGqDsOb0uUba_gdXeZGbclqEUA/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486866933155012882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aNkRltzY8HAVjAi1RZ7HZKLIJTAxA4ivkWirKrDRF-rrq1Qc98mN481Iq7WE4z8UUwzob4O7A57BmNLJro5HC-H3YEo9aagvzOn8pWDA2tuiG9qbXwGqDsOb0uUba_gdXeZGbclqEUA/s320/023.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtM2872kDeN5YZsXSOPEGqODyJTYCYRsqXY-NawTbihIfZkllXG6VzoCOTQdxya7EbWvUKXACWCAlgEQNFFahyqeEDK0tlRGoJYioMUfO79-quO4XrvBzS5Kcus93WpPd_ND6nfpCi7A/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486866047589356514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtM2872kDeN5YZsXSOPEGqODyJTYCYRsqXY-NawTbihIfZkllXG6VzoCOTQdxya7EbWvUKXACWCAlgEQNFFahyqeEDK0tlRGoJYioMUfO79-quO4XrvBzS5Kcus93WpPd_ND6nfpCi7A/s320/003.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a></p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-18013478820743232152010-06-21T08:45:00.000-07:002010-06-21T09:08:00.591-07:00we are ... Penn State!<div align="center">Today, at 7am {eastern time} 1pm Italy time, I purchased my Penn State footballlll tickets for the Fall season. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">It was stressful, competing among those other crazy seniors. I had first dibs.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5jPufUHFAV5bhoujulzt6X8zwD3v61-P30-1l5E-xtLBg_JTljAwCn33e4XNoKWLgu5iIyP4wj0lL1ismTT9-pis2JUz3eGk5sDFQFBbNF1xIXuA9AjQI-SY1xcVs9oFxN0wNEvzKgg/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485253987667656242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5jPufUHFAV5bhoujulzt6X8zwD3v61-P30-1l5E-xtLBg_JTljAwCn33e4XNoKWLgu5iIyP4wj0lL1ismTT9-pis2JUz3eGk5sDFQFBbNF1xIXuA9AjQI-SY1xcVs9oFxN0wNEvzKgg/s320/002.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>I had the screen up at 6am {eastern time} ready to press the link and fire through to get the tickets. I was a fortunate one to get them! All the girls were sitting at the common table around me, biting their nails hoping I would get the tickets. And I did! (they are all soon-to-be juniors so I was the first one to go, they all buy their tickets tomorrow)</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">Does anyone else think it is really weird/crazy/bizzare/insane/unreal that I am going to be a senior in college?? What?</p><p align="center">I still remember the day I put my application in and this moment felt so far away.</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">bow chicka wow wow!</p><p align="center">we are ... Penn State!</p><p align="center">by the way ... ~4 days until I come home! woot woot!</p><p align="center">love and kisses.</p><p align="center">ciao bellas!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-74062096051840634452010-06-20T13:59:00.000-07:002010-06-24T06:50:57.639-07:00Finding the Kingdom Hall. Fail.<div align="center">Today. Today I tried to venture off by myself and find the kingdom hall. What a fail. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I have been trying to find the english congregation ever since I have been here. Communication with people back home, keeping my eye out for witnesses, doing research, asking people in the Pantheon Institute office. No success. Finally the ladies in the PI office discovered that the english halls were way too far from where I am located and too complicated to venture to. Although, they did do their research and found a hall ~1 hour from here ... but it was an Italian congregation.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I thought I'd give it a whirl. I mean, someone has to speak a little bit of english there, right? Plus, I have that excel spreadsheet that mom created for me! ha!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Anyway, I walked about 20 minutes to the bus station in Piazza Venezia. But let me tell you first, we went to an outside market early this morning and we got sopping wet from the pouring down rain. It hasn't rained like that since the first 2 weeks that we were here and of course it decides to pour like a monsoooon when I need to walk somewhere. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">After the market, we came back to the apartment and I cleaned myself up preparing to head out to find my way to this Italian kingdom hall. The sun was peaking out a little bit behind the dark gloomy clouds so I thought it was promising that I would not get rained on. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So, back to what I was saying earlier, I walked to Piazza Venezia and found the right bus stop. I was so proud of myself that I found the right place to get the bus. Really, this is a work in progress. Finally getting the whole public transportation thing down the last week that I am here! Once I reached the bus stop, wouldn't you know it, it started pouring ... again. It poured for about 3 minutes then stopped. Have I mentioned that while I was standing at the bus stop, a gypsy looking person kept staring at me talking on his phone making me very uncomfortable. Plus it was a Sunday, it was raining, and the world cup was soon to be on ... so the streets were complete silent (rare for the city of Rome). </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I waited and waited for the number 81 bus to arrive and it was taking forever. I thought, maybe I am on the wrong side? So, I hobbled with my wet feet across the cobblestone streets very carefully not to slip to find the other 81 bus going in the opposite direction. Still no success. Keep in mind, the gypsy dude is still staring.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">It started pouring again. Like a MONSOOON. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I was pretty upset and gave up. With an incredibly sad look on my face, I headed back to Trastevere. The rain stopped once again on my way back to the apartment, so I thought since I was out, I would stop in the Jewish ghetto (not "ghetto" like at home. this is the REAL name. An area where one can find Jewish elementary schools, delicious restaurants serving Jewish/Italian foods, wonderful Jewish bakeries (favorite place to get pizze rosa) and people watchers) to get myself some bread. As I was walking into the ghetto, the calibrini (security-like people, sort of like polizia), were staring at me probably thinking I was crazy and asking themselves why this girl is wearing a skirt and flippy sandles on an incredibly rainy and windy day. I don't know ... what was she thinking???</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So I got my bread, still hobbling around, focusing not to fall ... and it pours again. I mean. Seriously?! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">And this was not like before, the rain was pouring harder than ever and the wind was blowing so strong. By this time, I looked like a drowned rat and my clothes were turning see through. I was waiting on the bridge to let the wind and rain pass a bit before I kept walking. As I went to fix my umbrella, a HUGE gust of wind came by. FLEW my skirt up in mid air -- gave the calibrini a show and my umbrella completely turned inside out. What a scene.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I was trying to keep a hold onto my umbrella for dear life while trying to hold my sopping wet see through skirt down while also trying to save my bread from getting ruined! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Oh my. It was horrible. The rain finally stopped again and I rushed as fast I could with wet feet and wet hair and wet clothes back home to the apartment. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Let's just say, I can't wait to get home and conveniently get to the kingdom hall without all of this rigor moro.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">phew.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So would you like to see what I looked like? Of course I needed to capture this moment in photo. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Thank you Christine for the following pictures:<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ehxFa1cN8BsNbv_ypWZ9DcXjabovubZJ8zGYAPaeOEwQfNplqSlHKkeovEmS87mkpeUGjODxzm_GEtzQ8XCpnOeqjjSWs7XKtVELg7NTb8rf-uyh4XJ7Jjbe98w1uM-c9fIBq_V9ZvQ/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 211px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484965340582153490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ehxFa1cN8BsNbv_ypWZ9DcXjabovubZJ8zGYAPaeOEwQfNplqSlHKkeovEmS87mkpeUGjODxzm_GEtzQ8XCpnOeqjjSWs7XKtVELg7NTb8rf-uyh4XJ7Jjbe98w1uM-c9fIBq_V9ZvQ/s320/001.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>yes, thumbs down.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lDmSNwurDYruQFYEpVtO7p_t8nS-XFNM8LjL4wTo7sdOkAEG9EjGjzp2KeKaPaegsR1dOt4UKIk1CbyyZJQrxpVdIhPKMTBy19_Lzdnc3mHifEhHOncuWeSKrONSFxBluqMoTp6MuEQ/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484965633550365170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lDmSNwurDYruQFYEpVtO7p_t8nS-XFNM8LjL4wTo7sdOkAEG9EjGjzp2KeKaPaegsR1dOt4UKIk1CbyyZJQrxpVdIhPKMTBy19_Lzdnc3mHifEhHOncuWeSKrONSFxBluqMoTp6MuEQ/s320/002.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>see throughhhh! sopping wet.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZidj-v_y7vSv3bNen6jbW_Ytu68w0XXGfJqTNC-BA2zealmYCMDBK11Eo_o7oFJxaivkFI4lc8pXjMR5XkrOgnJnKYf8T6lH5ZqnN79tLYCLj5luZJIhNi4DIh65SxIWLfuW7oRTlow/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484965897665690914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZidj-v_y7vSv3bNen6jbW_Ytu68w0XXGfJqTNC-BA2zealmYCMDBK11Eo_o7oFJxaivkFI4lc8pXjMR5XkrOgnJnKYf8T6lH5ZqnN79tLYCLj5luZJIhNi4DIh65SxIWLfuW7oRTlow/s320/003.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>pa! hahaha.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyIuC7DP-mT-5p6sryoL9TBQ-QZXP5ktL0lRn8nA-QH0dkqyAURng8xpQ1oJKTgjl6_j4lAKUS1iz4yKFTFOzRBXRmxb5kzpH6Bd_lkHfpfbxt3XLEWNVKTz2XIX7DF9Wr0X0iIhb464/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484966507531756338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyIuC7DP-mT-5p6sryoL9TBQ-QZXP5ktL0lRn8nA-QH0dkqyAURng8xpQ1oJKTgjl6_j4lAKUS1iz4yKFTFOzRBXRmxb5kzpH6Bd_lkHfpfbxt3XLEWNVKTz2XIX7DF9Wr0X0iIhb464/s320/006.JPG" /> </p><p align="center"></a>woo hoo!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZNwMWaYeWqAX4B1bAoGAF1FiBHwPQU_u5OvXFxCcUEb-ptrhEJOKVL1Hd5Q86UuWJ3c6IXU_iEVCuppZPP8XI07uFSnEALnWj-hjKCXa0QnKj6yji2H6m5IkRrVZbCtcaIDYepD5EZY/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484966829916200322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZNwMWaYeWqAX4B1bAoGAF1FiBHwPQU_u5OvXFxCcUEb-ptrhEJOKVL1Hd5Q86UuWJ3c6IXU_iEVCuppZPP8XI07uFSnEALnWj-hjKCXa0QnKj6yji2H6m5IkRrVZbCtcaIDYepD5EZY/s320/008.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Did I mention my umbrella broke?</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">So all in all, at least I tried. </p><p align="center">After changing into comfy dry clothes. I got my bread out that I got in the Jewish ghetto and slathered it with peanut butter and jelly. (the bread was the only thing that was dry when I got home)</p><p align="center">Then skyped with mom the rest of the day.</p><p align="center">Here is a picture of the bread I bought:<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVx0vefCkyQIsBKMtklR7aUD8QOjLxU05dtJwz84NB4M5yA185AM8fMgkOpU-pUg6vnJhoNVkRSMwQqqSJNxK7UdGjPU23ozOEFQI7nwYfo8q_HphSryORC5VbBgK31-HljXEZK6N3nU/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484967111855260082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVx0vefCkyQIsBKMtklR7aUD8QOjLxU05dtJwz84NB4M5yA185AM8fMgkOpU-pUg6vnJhoNVkRSMwQqqSJNxK7UdGjPU23ozOEFQI7nwYfo8q_HphSryORC5VbBgK31-HljXEZK6N3nU/s320/009.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><br />Spelt and sunflower seeds.</p><p align="center">I hope everyone had a glorious Sunny Sunday!</p><p align="center">Stay dry! ;)</p><p align="center">Love and Kisses.</p><p align="center">Ciao!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-79197912734139519092010-06-19T02:13:00.000-07:002010-06-20T15:22:42.688-07:00Oh. My. Larabar.<div align="center">A few days ago, I got a new Larabar Newsletter sent to me via email. First words I saw:</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Greetings from Larabar! New Flavors are here!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Do you know how excited I got? <span style="font-size:130%;">very.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I immediately went to the website to check the news. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Have you ever tasted a Larabar before?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">If not. you must. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Larabars are gluten free, all natural, <span style="color:#33ccff;"><strong>raw</strong></span> fruit and nut bars. Just pure and simple. Larabar contains what your body needs - real, whole food loaded with nature's own minerals and vitamins. (I'm not saying that you can eat larabars for the rest of your life and be set though, you know what I mean).</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Larabar's Philosophy is: Simple. Pure. Delicious.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">What you eat is healthiest and most satisfying when it's in a whole, natural state.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">The larabar company name comes from an ancient belief that food falls into two categories:</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">BECKONING FOODS - which beckon consumption again and again, sapping the body of energy without any real health benefits. Today, that is what we call "junk foods!"</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">and</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">HUMM FOODS - resonate with energy in a whole, natural state. When you consume a larabar, they cause you to feel vibrant and alive.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">You can expect an unmistakable urge to humm after every larabar you eat! :)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So, drumroll please ... the 4 new flavors of the larabar family:</div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;"><strong>1.</strong></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKhSHQxGIPUA2zOrqci0xeeGRMLbAeCe1xdP990mrHslFdScF5iFpr0mvd-_9graFWkV5pGQHrkh9A_0e6l_TnX2dZODtyyTz4B1ZGv7YQqdpixh_ozDijmZNbBvHx7r57gJUQ0C1DEo/s1600/pb+chocolate+chip.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484411504549783106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKhSHQxGIPUA2zOrqci0xeeGRMLbAeCe1xdP990mrHslFdScF5iFpr0mvd-_9graFWkV5pGQHrkh9A_0e6l_TnX2dZODtyyTz4B1ZGv7YQqdpixh_ozDijmZNbBvHx7r57gJUQ0C1DEo/s320/pb+chocolate+chip.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a>Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip. </p><p align="center">Everyone's favorite flavor combination. Made with tons of fiber, protein from the peanuts and fair trade chocolate chips.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;"><strong>2.</strong></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRDi1h1Kks_OvnpwenEvh_UcwSqu4yCcEXaHD_g1FmaIPE-bc6JE9Pduak215b5RY0eqJfRnn1Z2zGCC3gEO1EiXKlcvHrRcXB8MCfwKkzytpOI725JPmmQdyJMfzkSdVr0f7Wx1qrJU/s1600/carrot+cake.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484411338014288946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRDi1h1Kks_OvnpwenEvh_UcwSqu4yCcEXaHD_g1FmaIPE-bc6JE9Pduak215b5RY0eqJfRnn1Z2zGCC3gEO1EiXKlcvHrRcXB8MCfwKkzytpOI725JPmmQdyJMfzkSdVr0f7Wx1qrJU/s320/carrot+cake.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Carrot</strong></span> Cake.</p><p align="center">Good source of Vitamin A and potassium and also a 1/2 serving of fruit. Combination of carrots, nuts, raisins, pineapple, and coconut. (I am very excited to try this one.)<br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;"><strong>3.</strong></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9c7pSBKXSvzVLyfI6ggeXrzPyxNWPxyRMwwFiI9qMv59U0Fn5TJ39RjYLsMOPDeaJt5SQrClPCy7lH9QGxU4_fddKRpyDwWltsRJ-GFctYfleVUCcd1o_hNjopTK_TkcVDxrHH0I9VI/s1600/chocolate+chip+brownie.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484411126812917410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9c7pSBKXSvzVLyfI6ggeXrzPyxNWPxyRMwwFiI9qMv59U0Fn5TJ39RjYLsMOPDeaJt5SQrClPCy7lH9QGxU4_fddKRpyDwWltsRJ-GFctYfleVUCcd1o_hNjopTK_TkcVDxrHH0I9VI/s320/chocolate+chip+brownie.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a>Chocolate Chip Brownie.</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;"><strong>4.</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bGBMSMXpkiZgY_Y6ADZhXJ32V4NHSpQyurPiXtKIMNiROl12Fap62969kv-6pXaXEbLPxG5wPdteoM3LNQFwIMSskVyGLHEUSiEJrry2Y53q85h7YxMhBMjr5tbY8qtDeWvPneqtuok/s1600/chocolate+chip+cookie+dough.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484410980984574498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bGBMSMXpkiZgY_Y6ADZhXJ32V4NHSpQyurPiXtKIMNiROl12Fap62969kv-6pXaXEbLPxG5wPdteoM3LNQFwIMSskVyGLHEUSiEJrry2Y53q85h7YxMhBMjr5tbY8qtDeWvPneqtuok/s320/chocolate+chip+cookie+dough.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.</p><p align="center">I'm sure you'll swear you are eating the real thing when you taste this, and how many real cookies provide you with a 1/2 serving of fruit?!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">So there you have it, the new <span style="font-size:180%;">F</span>our <span style="font-size:180%;">F</span>antastic <span style="font-size:180%;">F</span>lavors.<br /></p><p align="center">Go and buy some! I can't wait to get home so I can try these. I heard they are selling larabars at Target now! woo hoo!</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">So even though all of those new flavors sound redic wonderful, can you guess which is my all time favorite??</p><p align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>PB</strong></span>&<strong><span style="color:#330033;">J</span></strong>, of course!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiZWpL6XYe8UaIWZJIL4IAveos42vWqzsUeH8OBiqZWWE4IUb_5KyfMbJKfxO7sGOS1rytPL930jMVuzJplUzsOOye3h27fzFZyT27YuGT4y7xj1vKfnxI6woYGNtWtvrvzVNy-34Too/s1600/pb&j.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484411620919034530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiZWpL6XYe8UaIWZJIL4IAveos42vWqzsUeH8OBiqZWWE4IUb_5KyfMbJKfxO7sGOS1rytPL930jMVuzJplUzsOOye3h27fzFZyT27YuGT4y7xj1vKfnxI6woYGNtWtvrvzVNy-34Too/s320/pb&j.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a>Pictures courtesy of <a href="http://www.larabar.com/"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Larabar</span></a>.</p><p align="center">Love and Kisses.</p><p align="center">Ciao!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-66390294169706345782010-06-17T06:00:00.000-07:002010-06-17T06:03:22.049-07:00Waka Waka love this!<div align="center">In lieu of the FIFA World Cup 2010, enjoy!<br /></div><p align="center"><object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/pRpeEdMmmQ0/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pRpeEdMmmQ0&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pRpeEdMmmQ0&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a></p><p></p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-52036053535995631412010-06-17T04:23:00.000-07:002010-06-17T06:37:54.437-07:00A Package!<div align="center">Yesterday afternoon, I received a HUGE package from mom. I have been anxiously awaiting this box for a while, checking the Fedex tracking confirmation everyday. :) And finally, it arrived.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">All of my classmates were so excited to see what was inside. I went to pick it up in between classes so I had been carrying it around with me through the Italian street sides back to our apartment, and let. me. tell. you. it was so heavy. 10 lbs to be exact. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">When we arrived back at the apartment from our LAST day of class (for nutrition, anyway) I needed to play show-and-tell. I was so excited, as was everyone else.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I tried to open the package in class (while we were having discussion time in our groups, haha) because all I kept hearing was, "hurry hurry, open it!" and "Sahira, what did you get?!" All I could say was, "I at least know there is a jar of peanut butter inside!!!" </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I finally did get it open, the tape was incredibly sticky, with the help of Caitlin and Christine in my group. We didn't have time to look through everything, obviously, because we were in class. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I took a picture before we caved in and ripped the box apart!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Addressed to: Sabrina Copenhaver. ;)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw8Oqw-jp2Tgii1buov_nBx7j3IQEA_wQyndnPwSk9wKWUurfCgogWvc5zpeX8UaQzv3POZXnc9SDMFk-TWlyKtFryMBjIBcDKdO5KertWTc-X7Xb1s4GZ2FF9DcmvFwnrd3mHAwCUZU/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483702505855810578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw8Oqw-jp2Tgii1buov_nBx7j3IQEA_wQyndnPwSk9wKWUurfCgogWvc5zpeX8UaQzv3POZXnc9SDMFk-TWlyKtFryMBjIBcDKdO5KertWTc-X7Xb1s4GZ2FF9DcmvFwnrd3mHAwCUZU/s320/037.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyulfZqUP1wF3Ui1GVL8WCKWZWyWTh2Z70GGakX9uPUhVR97XD-5EittcFry4dV-_5O7b6HcwxWJ0NlUUo04ZQaG23LH94c2A3F7rmCE43sWcUs0mtc97ghGvv_9RNKaK9lB5ibH2Utpw/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483702810208536066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyulfZqUP1wF3Ui1GVL8WCKWZWyWTh2Z70GGakX9uPUhVR97XD-5EittcFry4dV-_5O7b6HcwxWJ0NlUUo04ZQaG23LH94c2A3F7rmCE43sWcUs0mtc97ghGvv_9RNKaK9lB5ibH2Utpw/s320/036.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Back to the apartment. Ready. set. GO!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeATpwsHFWIItKpsIN2m6Ss-QYRl01eGSAgohjFOvFLUMaJpLmarhzPZh0dnoDSAy2vwypexSTEUnahplg_ZM5uUofDW7DFNmSYEHcdsjlXSwyOPt7fRRYDoUVollbVzJBVfqzkdSmNk/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483703080555027426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeATpwsHFWIItKpsIN2m6Ss-QYRl01eGSAgohjFOvFLUMaJpLmarhzPZh0dnoDSAy2vwypexSTEUnahplg_ZM5uUofDW7DFNmSYEHcdsjlXSwyOPt7fRRYDoUVollbVzJBVfqzkdSmNk/s320/038.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>First I found a note from my lovely momma:</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5OgaQ2ADOiDa-iIkRPx65nvP-OCf_-V8YXVuXhkmvf0ME3v0WRiFi3mV_lb_HVoEV7A_tOLGFhS3BIQ7bm6mZ8Wkq3Rb4k0S1-QnuwoPww0WyXOcszJIM8-9XNB9lxPjyINUiNbGK8o/s1600/043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483703419102875762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5OgaQ2ADOiDa-iIkRPx65nvP-OCf_-V8YXVuXhkmvf0ME3v0WRiFi3mV_lb_HVoEV7A_tOLGFhS3BIQ7bm6mZ8Wkq3Rb4k0S1-QnuwoPww0WyXOcszJIM8-9XNB9lxPjyINUiNbGK8o/s320/043.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>{Sorry it is sideways}</p><p align="center">It read:</p><p align="center">Hi- my love!</p><p align="center">Hope you are happy with the items and you find useful, not too late. </p><p align="center">And that some are a nice surprise! :-)</p><p align="center">Miss you! Look forward to when you come home.</p><p align="center">Enjoy your stay!</p><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="font-size:0;"><blockquote><p align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Momma.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">{I liked how she crossed out her full name on her penske note sheet and wrote momma. funny.} :)</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">And on the back was a note explaining the very detailed, organized excel spreadsheet she created for me to help me learn and utilize the Italian language better. I will be speaking fabulous Italian this last week that I am here! haha. Thank you mom, for taking the time to create that. </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">It was a very sweet note.</span></p><p align="center"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">So, here is what was inside the box:</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></p></span></blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6cYHtYrfxqjCVE1OXlbXWJRIXkUYZqIUzX3-SawoXaMLmX8izcvRQnno2g-SdnBi8vwoWiqI5BUX4gqd8aUlG8yjgI0QGsNESq88jNbx2ZkNMA1H9HAmppM1rmCm3EuKRXHvLR-EuCQ/s1600/039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483703770668587346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6cYHtYrfxqjCVE1OXlbXWJRIXkUYZqIUzX3-SawoXaMLmX8izcvRQnno2g-SdnBi8vwoWiqI5BUX4gqd8aUlG8yjgI0QGsNESq88jNbx2ZkNMA1H9HAmppM1rmCm3EuKRXHvLR-EuCQ/s320/039.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My favorites.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMJQkjkYPABaUX2y1fAXCQA7mMyGXHHzpB4RxuRrcuq9xrwC9diIQOuybLby_xDIAN_ZcWTihZ3obIxtEOp7N89RDtz4AE4tA0ocFRn_l9AT8ntx_f79w8qyey5vtU1i1xlwi0E17RLM/s1600/040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483704023754186242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMJQkjkYPABaUX2y1fAXCQA7mMyGXHHzpB4RxuRrcuq9xrwC9diIQOuybLby_xDIAN_ZcWTihZ3obIxtEOp7N89RDtz4AE4tA0ocFRn_l9AT8ntx_f79w8qyey5vtU1i1xlwi0E17RLM/s320/040.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Anddddd ... Peanut Butter! Oh, how I have missed thee. I can now (and did already) make a pb&j, my all time favorite meal. ever.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lDLV9C2vdy_aWVBSLQozajdawJn0-GRLap48Zvgv3Uu8mIIQk_IkiKeA8dyE7ZpqgNoMbVpIxyNJlitQ7aQ4L8h3apB72BA9pthZPp1FCiXyyNLCfl3z655YH_oB9YZmA20UX8_sDNw/s1600/042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483704323286327938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lDLV9C2vdy_aWVBSLQozajdawJn0-GRLap48Zvgv3Uu8mIIQk_IkiKeA8dyE7ZpqgNoMbVpIxyNJlitQ7aQ4L8h3apB72BA9pthZPp1FCiXyyNLCfl3z655YH_oB9YZmA20UX8_sDNw/s320/042.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A laptop case. Now my computer will not get crumby from the mess around the apartment and I can keep it from getting scratched. Plus, easier portability.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmGPxXldUviKN7DxFYo29X-jmDg0Eo43TbkvMBh9upAr9ita3GyF4E4mnWexzTAmsGJRzIzIiCUfFsM5XJ9g4kME9y2p6umKNhse6tXt8Zk7YEKP_0iRo6Vl0sASFpENQbEZ0MHv_9kw/s1600/046.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483704651072190354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmGPxXldUviKN7DxFYo29X-jmDg0Eo43TbkvMBh9upAr9ita3GyF4E4mnWexzTAmsGJRzIzIiCUfFsM5XJ9g4kME9y2p6umKNhse6tXt8Zk7YEKP_0iRo6Vl0sASFpENQbEZ0MHv_9kw/s320/046.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Extra surprises, Gap t-shirts. Another one of my favorites. Before I left for Italy, I bought some of these, but I bought size large thinking they would shrink and I wanted them a little loose, but they are way to big so mom got me smaller sizes.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK79-W1z-DWvE75LggINKTITxErTobO5vybSjN-Gc4rvfmnwEdzb2-EjRZj-Fq4S4U4TmqDiSBKq1URqjNs03zfw7_NGIu12xPfySRBrow9Za7NiIkCIjH2ML-0sLGHqJhcSDid6jNsE/s1600/045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483705042731095842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK79-W1z-DWvE75LggINKTITxErTobO5vybSjN-Gc4rvfmnwEdzb2-EjRZj-Fq4S4U4TmqDiSBKq1URqjNs03zfw7_NGIu12xPfySRBrow9Za7NiIkCIjH2ML-0sLGHqJhcSDid6jNsE/s320/045.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A huge supply of laundry detergent and bug spray. Also to the left of the picture, my duffel to bring all of this home! and some pretty skirts and a dress.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGhkBBZjEXAmnS6HuXvUXAfTGiGji_OEig0deLIXCKorgP5OapukMocx4Rsfzi_wZnv3e8zbPL-2l6-WyBdpmlSsYTPyAMKleXLTf5geJ51Jhx8WmzjGBs8WZ7iLQ0qH3fYmqNpwEhGk/s1600/044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483705363700749234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGhkBBZjEXAmnS6HuXvUXAfTGiGji_OEig0deLIXCKorgP5OapukMocx4Rsfzi_wZnv3e8zbPL-2l6-WyBdpmlSsYTPyAMKleXLTf5geJ51Jhx8WmzjGBs8WZ7iLQ0qH3fYmqNpwEhGk/s320/044.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>While I was digging through the box seeing what was inside, every so often a little post card would fall out. Mom had wrapped them in the shirts and tucked them in different places. That was fun, and they were fun to read. One from the Wilson family, the High family, Troy.Gwen.Kylee.and Aubrey, and Uncle Billy and Aunt Jonnie. </p><p align="center">Thank you for the post cards they were lovely. I love getting Amish country postcards in Italy. It makes me miss PA even more!</p><p align="center">After unpacking the box and putting everything away, I finally made myself a peanut butter and jelly. I cherished it. devoured it, slowly. enjoyed it. </p><p align="center">Can you tell how much I have missed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? a lot.</p><p align="center">PB&J, Italian style:</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuhjCJIXIGn9LEfbRpeegUvilqpWtdVq8bkpQK8UdMqhoaPf6FhcEb2THVEjwY4U3vhI0iQlRu7h2EndN2Xik2aTaOswYjhE3YUPmWP7Ci67oWu8VHIj6tbtPCvxKVgH5L5YzC6tfaQg/s1600/048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483705795853249842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuhjCJIXIGn9LEfbRpeegUvilqpWtdVq8bkpQK8UdMqhoaPf6FhcEb2THVEjwY4U3vhI0iQlRu7h2EndN2Xik2aTaOswYjhE3YUPmWP7Ci67oWu8VHIj6tbtPCvxKVgH5L5YzC6tfaQg/s320/048.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="center">Thank you mom for the wonderful package from home, I appreciated it very much. You are so thoughtful. caring. kind. loving. generous. good hearted. beautiful. hospitable. and a great mom.</p><p align="center">I love you dearly and miss you very much!</p><p align="center">But I will see you soon!</p><p align="center">I love you!</p><p align="center">9 days and counting.</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Love and Kisses!</p><p align="center">ciao!<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a></p><p></p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-52083963767773855222010-06-12T02:03:00.000-07:002010-06-12T06:40:33.075-07:00Sowing Seeds of Hunger<div align="center">This past week has been all FAO. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Its headquarters is based in Rome and is a huge organization that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Achieving food security for ALL is at the heart of FAO's efforts, to make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYHKxbZlkG0Cj0jVHBAGLUIihfW_LNcRW9-6ZIah9kpJyvUG2Gj5mkcn1cXYdLlSc824qFgLiajWLQFGeHYRzmyiheUezg2iQodq58RED8bU4Cbl2714HTNiZpY1zKWur5OYupIbM_78/s1600/FAO+logo.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481815622719203058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYHKxbZlkG0Cj0jVHBAGLUIihfW_LNcRW9-6ZIah9kpJyvUG2Gj5mkcn1cXYdLlSc824qFgLiajWLQFGeHYRzmyiheUezg2iQodq58RED8bU4Cbl2714HTNiZpY1zKWur5OYupIbM_78/s320/FAO+logo.gif" /></a> <a href="http://www.fao.org/">Source</a></p><p align="center">FAO's mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of the rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy. </p><p align="center">FAO provides the kind of behind the scenes assistance that helps people and nations help themselves. If a community wants to increase crop yields but lacks the techinical assistance or skills, FAO introduces simple sustainable tools and techniques for the community. When a drought pushes already vulnerable groups to the point of famine, FAO will mobilize action to help.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpXhIqtYpqzHW8iUSbNNoDtWxpPado_vdtqYvw1k77Ok-5twvKfIHoWiM4xi05YtOc6Az4oVzMWEN8GdzlIpdjXO27V7Znq4tBJqh-vVRIM7NQcY0woqULuc0K2qpq6JHYuyGYCWV9BM/s1600/FAO.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 138px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481815783519983074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpXhIqtYpqzHW8iUSbNNoDtWxpPado_vdtqYvw1k77Ok-5twvKfIHoWiM4xi05YtOc6Az4oVzMWEN8GdzlIpdjXO27V7Znq4tBJqh-vVRIM7NQcY0woqULuc0K2qpq6JHYuyGYCWV9BM/s320/FAO.jpg" /></a><br />FAO is governed by the Conference of Member Nations. They meet every two years to review the work carried out by the organization and approve a program of work and budget. </p><p align="center">FAO is composed of 8 different departments within.<span style="color:#ff6666;"> Agriculture and Consumer Protection</span>, <span style="color:#333300;">Economic and Social Development</span>, <span style="color:#00cccc;">Fisheries and Aquaculture</span>, <span style="color:#663333;">Forestry, </span><span style="color:#336666;">Natural Resources Management and Environment</span>, <span style="color:#996633;">Technical Cooperation</span>, <span style="color:#ff6600;">Human, Financial, and Physical Resources </span>and <span style="color:#ff0000;">Knowledge and Communication.</span><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_mXJ_gYpvCe_HEax6Ic5xw95-D8BsnEOtO5NgKf2wz1rl1fH20nX3fzhsTPHHePFWJt36FbpfVcpXZyMF7XTyvU2VzqTBMXxaKZlq89qIMHkcgjma_qg4JVsLetyVNX46AmO8Rjx6CA/s1600/113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481811099411172914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_mXJ_gYpvCe_HEax6Ic5xw95-D8BsnEOtO5NgKf2wz1rl1fH20nX3fzhsTPHHePFWJt36FbpfVcpXZyMF7XTyvU2VzqTBMXxaKZlq89qIMHkcgjma_qg4JVsLetyVNX46AmO8Rjx6CA/s320/113.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This picture above is one small section of the FAO building. This is their banner for their 1 billion people hungry campaign. It says,<span style="color:#cc0000;"> 1 billion people live in chronic hunger and I'm mad as hell</span>. Pretty strong statement, huh? </p><p align="center">So everyday, well almost everyday of this past week, we have visited FAO to listen to presentations from various workers from different departments within to tell us about what they are doing and what their job consists of. </p><p align="center">Despite the long days of sitting in cold rooms with comfy chairs, I had a lot of fun visiting FAO. I learned a lot, seen a lot, and I felt like a professional. :) We needed to dress nicely and we each got a special name tag which was our building pass. Not many people get the privilege to visit FAO, so I felt honered to be able to walk the halls of the corporation and sit in the actual conference rooms where big honchos speak at very important conferences with people all around the world. </p><p align="center">Here are some of the topics that we learned about: </p><p align="center">Assessment Issues:</p><p align="center">-Nutrition requirements, composition, assessment and biodiversity</p><p align="center">-Distance-learning Tool for Self-learners and Universities</p><p align="center">Nutrition Education and Communication:</p><p align="center">-Nutrition Education work</p><p align="center">-Update on Feeding Minds and new nutrition lessons</p><p align="center">-Overview and highlights of nutrition education in schools and school garden projects</p><p align="center">Community Nutrition and Food Safety:</p><p align="center">-Food security policies and programmes: impact of the food and financial crisis</p><p align="center">-Food-based approaches for combating hunger and malnutrition</p><p align="center">-Food Safety, as an element of food security and nutrition foods</p><p align="center">-Unsafe food and global impact, need for global response</p><p align="center">-Capacity building and HIV Mitigation: Project on Improving the Food and Nutrition Security of HIV Affected Communities, particularly in Lesotho and Malawi</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Let's just say FAO is hard at work? yes.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlEI3Wir19kixXzThlYg9pR1XwIC9Mzuu_CxgTDTJfYJT74RWWwwzGhrBxbNrLOhw3oXQcZ1qtJ7DmyeXZQzCAIjeO6CUbM-R894OOX5SmNZs8bncR_WX-N6UAEPh34gdmchQu88We7s/s1600/082.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481811521491249474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlEI3Wir19kixXzThlYg9pR1XwIC9Mzuu_CxgTDTJfYJT74RWWwwzGhrBxbNrLOhw3oXQcZ1qtJ7DmyeXZQzCAIjeO6CUbM-R894OOX5SmNZs8bncR_WX-N6UAEPh34gdmchQu88We7s/s320/082.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5cqtH1nn924FIuqL7UTFgk17-e92g7V6EmHExNriZeeJPiYMtNbsLaJ8S7W2eZOfqDgWDCXwy92Pm9boybnl-Burtfwomc3nx91Y2ogVUmWKjVaA3TvMMCrknH9-Vl4F0rmEyWGTdyI/s1600/080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481812124696042754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5cqtH1nn924FIuqL7UTFgk17-e92g7V6EmHExNriZeeJPiYMtNbsLaJ8S7W2eZOfqDgWDCXwy92Pm9boybnl-Burtfwomc3nx91Y2ogVUmWKjVaA3TvMMCrknH9-Vl4F0rmEyWGTdyI/s320/080.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Above and below, some of the signs that hang among the walls in the FAO building.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwfbvnfw3QOXzIgJhZLWJlmnQ9Oykifp2Fziujd66qQBEfOHBNDjr01Y2ePwlWfgx7SZTSx1J2Qa4BSHmISZlBO2G1uercN5gzIwHGp6TdRseW7A9-aArUzCgpyW_fv7FDGx4ITqUv58/s1600/081.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481812442005314722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwfbvnfw3QOXzIgJhZLWJlmnQ9Oykifp2Fziujd66qQBEfOHBNDjr01Y2ePwlWfgx7SZTSx1J2Qa4BSHmISZlBO2G1uercN5gzIwHGp6TdRseW7A9-aArUzCgpyW_fv7FDGx4ITqUv58/s320/081.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center"><br />1 billion people. hungry. that's A LOT.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeE0cZC_61p-GXEP74EKQ11JMF9dZ7GA2oVER-e1bJoDJF2hp4FWny9KcfGc7G_i4DoeV7ed2XyYu1XCQ79vKZpXmhPaHgc-v-iK0SqfkYkibUtQ9pvaMj-q8yVsfUJWRlLni74hSJO0/s1600/Fighting+hunger.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 190px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481816100422796674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeE0cZC_61p-GXEP74EKQ11JMF9dZ7GA2oVER-e1bJoDJF2hp4FWny9KcfGc7G_i4DoeV7ed2XyYu1XCQ79vKZpXmhPaHgc-v-iK0SqfkYkibUtQ9pvaMj-q8yVsfUJWRlLni74hSJO0/s320/Fighting+hunger.gif" /> <p align="center"></a>FAO has a petition to sign and end hunger.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsculwSnYzIdE2TsMpBfeeaAbCJtVfJwaMOCiyjsLlpKsDX-ZoNjjCLMih9KdI0lWTlONosw_zgq1bhPR8PmxPAXCamKAPMayonWJR6jNQbdi4KIFMHbSRt418id8SGp7eE1eJKhF448/s1600/fight+against+hunger.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481835681446528050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsculwSnYzIdE2TsMpBfeeaAbCJtVfJwaMOCiyjsLlpKsDX-ZoNjjCLMih9KdI0lWTlONosw_zgq1bhPR8PmxPAXCamKAPMayonWJR6jNQbdi4KIFMHbSRt418id8SGp7eE1eJKhF448/s320/fight+against+hunger.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a>My signature.</p><p align="center">FAO has a blend with the United Nations and together, they created what they call, the MDG's. Millenium Development Goals to be reached by 2015. It is a huge document of goals related to nutrition, poverty, hunger etc etc. FAO and many others are realizing that these goals are moving much too slow and will not be reached by 2015. Even though FAO and its partners are making much progress and improving some situations and helping many many people throughout the world, they will never be able to cure all the problems and sorrows. Mankind will never be able to cure the hunger situation in the world but we can try as hard as possible to help feed those who have the right to food, right now.</p><p align="center">Which by the way, is my topic for presentation on Monday. The Right to Food. </p><p align="center">Sahira's tidbit {God will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.-Rev. 21:4. </p><p align="center">When God's will is done on earth, people will not get sick or die because of inherited sin and imperfection. The dead in God's memory will have the opportunity to live forever, for the Bible promises: "There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous." There will be no more war, illness, or <span style="color:#ffcc66;"><strong>hunger</strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">, and the earth will be transformed into a paradise}.</span></p><p align="center">So in do saying, no matter how much good FAO is putting forth, only one solution will cure the hunger situation.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-jkUxXibMfTdElNgX274pQK4HeJu_i1l9xx6mZlgvqT387Ays_xK7lqaL6xow5Camoago8GUPhk4vPQqBIKMXmdNzmt0H7_Bb1ctbELStZG1j0P66yn3XEHvFeScEH5-XmVSuXLTdPw/s1600/078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481812876499709618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-jkUxXibMfTdElNgX274pQK4HeJu_i1l9xx6mZlgvqT387Ays_xK7lqaL6xow5Camoago8GUPhk4vPQqBIKMXmdNzmt0H7_Bb1ctbELStZG1j0P66yn3XEHvFeScEH5-XmVSuXLTdPw/s320/078.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Me at FAO. One day I'll be a professional. This was just practice. :)<br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481813148216352402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjaesVlBi1G9yOjqppyvnTkGA-jFCw553rStHfAvSos1o2VmBQ4U7EXTs1byFi6SbmraFpsyhQkqPyAf0Ecju8IgWbuNO0JbntkTnxSAvSskjXyqc-V7gt5ytnj1_u23XCoAraLMgsTM/s320/079.JPG" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9rHJfNEc-uC5lVaNjlTTW5Ts5HWM-98259S8w4AMyn0yTms0kwtA70tGdO4FgP2kdUmTW51zvgAANEPAiZYvlU0NS_jW2lWtQhj1STV1iFfonp1jTuF_v_AEnEdrd7dh5p4JNCUQbsU/s1600/077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481813626937305314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9rHJfNEc-uC5lVaNjlTTW5Ts5HWM-98259S8w4AMyn0yTms0kwtA70tGdO4FgP2kdUmTW51zvgAANEPAiZYvlU0NS_jW2lWtQhj1STV1iFfonp1jTuF_v_AEnEdrd7dh5p4JNCUQbsU/s320/077.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The group at FAO.</p><p align="center">Love and kisses.</p><p align="center">Ciao for now!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-90199844827255642152010-06-06T11:53:00.000-07:002010-06-10T13:00:50.881-07:00Yogurt lovin'<div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Hello everyone!</span></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">While enjoying this quiet Sunday evening in Roma, I thought I'd write to you about <strong><span style="color:#330033;">yogurt</span></strong>! <br /><br />All of my fellow roommates here have noticed my slight obsession with the creamy goodness. We have been around each other for a decent amount of time and have gotten to know a lot about each other, including favorite foods...because we are nutrition majors and all we talk about is FOOD! (for the most part) :)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I love going to different markets around town and finding the many different varieties that Italy has to offer. </div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Obviously Stonyfield will ALWAYS be my favorite, but I am taking risks and trying new things.</div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Like Activia yogurt! I never buy Activia in the states, but when we did our first market exploration here, it was the only type that looked familiar to me. And I am glad I chose it because it is wonderful! It taste so much better than the Activia at home. Is that weird? They also have so many different flavors compared to back home. For example, kiwi? Yes, it is amazing and I am slightly addicted to it. Also, fig, pineapple...and the norm: strawberry, blueberry, etc etc. </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">A few days ago, I ventured off to a new market and I found Fage yogurt. It is greek yogurt and they do have this in the states but I never buy it because I always buy Stonyfield. From now until I leave Italy, all I am buying is Fage yogurt. If you have never had it, go and get some!<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2O7Bc74ucTGHQl-hLp08U8-xl1ZNVbwCWyByTfik4T-Wz-LKwYOz1UaCnvRknF7GfFPL_ZdHF8JjfvjUVnfd4-7S6ir9nmWgZdUCcGbBdhZ6ZZbs0fVwGIusz6LhrpJLXtwVtS06diY/s1600/064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479737582779397890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2O7Bc74ucTGHQl-hLp08U8-xl1ZNVbwCWyByTfik4T-Wz-LKwYOz1UaCnvRknF7GfFPL_ZdHF8JjfvjUVnfd4-7S6ir9nmWgZdUCcGbBdhZ6ZZbs0fVwGIusz6LhrpJLXtwVtS06diY/s320/064.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br />This is a picture of my yogurt collection right now. I am running low and need to get some more soon. The Fage that I got is honey and walnut. yes!</p><p align="center">So this post is not just going to be about me ranting about my love for yogurt but also the health benefits of eating yogurt. </p><p align="center"><br /><br />The health benefits of yogurt have been sited for centuries, but many people still don't realize just how valuable yogurt can be to living a healthy lifestyle. Yogurt can actually benefit your health in a variety of ways. The most outstanding benefit of yogurt comes right from the unique way that it is made. Yogurt is simply milk or cream that is cultured with active live cultures. These cultures are the key to many of yogurt's health benefits. Active live cultures are good bacteria that are necessary for the body to function at its best. This good bacteria prevents the growth of harmful bacteria that cause bacterial infections and diseases. Healthy levels of good bacteria promotes digestive health and can boost the immune system. </p><p align="center">Eating yogurt regularly can help restore your good bacteria levels. Active live cultures actually reduce yogurt's level of lactose, making yogurt a delicious dairy alternative for anyone who is lactose intolerant. </p><p align="center">Since yogurt is made from dairy products, it is a very good source of calcium which is beneficial for bone and teeth health. Calcium is especially important for those trying to prevent osteoporosis and bone density loss. Healthy levels of calcium can also encourage the body to maintain and lose weight.</p><p align="center">Yogurt is also a good source of protein, especially greek yogurt (like Fage) which helps give the body energy to keep you going throughout the day. Protein is an essential building block for many systems in the body, including your muscles. Protein is also good for curbing your appetite and helping you feel full for a longer period of time. </p><p align="center">Yogurt can be incorporated into your diet in a variety of ways. By adding fruit, granola, nuts, or for indulgence...dark chocolate. You can use this as a replacement for your usual dolce. Yogurt can also be substituted in many different recipes to make healthier. </p><p align="center">When buying yogurt, the more natural the product is, the more beneficial it will be to your health. Organic yogurt is the best! Look for yogurt that is low in sugar and without trans fats and high fructose corn syrup. Also look for artificial sweeteners...stay away from them! Always check the levels of active live cultures in your yogurt. The more active live cultures, the more benefits you will receive from eating the yogurt. Keep in mind that yogurt should be made with pasteurized milk or cream, but any pasteurizing done after the culturing process can kill the active live cultures and keep you from reaping their benefits.<br /><br />My favorite way to have yogurt is with granola and fruit. <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Do you like eating yogurt?</span></strong> <strong><span style="color:#99ff99;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">What is your favorite kind/brand to purchase?</span> </span><span style="color:#ffcc33;">What do you like to add, if anything, to your yogurt?</span></strong></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;">I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I know I did. :) We went to the beach soccer cup nationals 2010 in Roma and it was so much fun. Today, some of us went to visit the colosseum hoping we would get inside but that didn't happen. But we got some great shots from the outside. We will just save that excursion for the last week we are here. </span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;">Next week is going to be very busy with school shenanigans. We are visiting FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) and WFP (United Nations World Food Programme-Fighting Hunger Worldwide) and working on our presentations for next Monday. It should be fun! We need to dress nice and everything! :) Although, our professor just sent us all a crabby email about our papers from last week. Uh, guessing we didn't follow directions according to him? BTW, he told us to do an intense research and write a 2-3 page SINGLE spaced paper in a few hours. I thought I did well. :) We'll see tomorrow. </span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;">It's suddenly not quiet anymore, stereo love is in the air (nutrition crew 2010...our song)</span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;">Talk to you soon!</span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;">Love and kisses!</span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;">Go buy some yogurt and think of me!</span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;">ciao!</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-17511870154848749452010-06-02T09:01:00.000-07:002010-06-02T16:55:10.024-07:00Dear Pompeii: I am sorry! Love, Mount Vesuvius<div align="center">Hello! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Welcome June! I can't believe we are in the month of June already!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">This is post overload!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So be prepared! :)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Before we left for our past southern Italy trip, the class did ANOTHER market walk with Dr. Probart. This was more like a deli type market, but it was fabulous! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Volpetti's!<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOKms9ja6WdfgrYDwuX2h19cFjGhsiVVtiY_pSpj5d-JaIZuLSNnwdHyl-BQRUFcY5Ezt_-5iw9WIEFI2qcF1AJVB2ohNNU92I6NuKHtJLXUHILaJKV_AfyUHT2D8FQscAg2m_sOHKQA/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478210908235477522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOKms9ja6WdfgrYDwuX2h19cFjGhsiVVtiY_pSpj5d-JaIZuLSNnwdHyl-BQRUFcY5Ezt_-5iw9WIEFI2qcF1AJVB2ohNNU92I6NuKHtJLXUHILaJKV_AfyUHT2D8FQscAg2m_sOHKQA/s320/030.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This store/little Italian market sells all types of cheeses, meats, different types/flavors of olive oil, balsamico, sweets, EVERYTHING!</p><p align="center">(and we got to taste it all!)</p><p align="center">First he thought he would quiz us (and stump our knowledge) but since we have already learned about and the history of *all* foods before we arrived to Volpetti's, we showed him how smart we all were! (all about parm, mozz, balsamico, olives/olive oil, bread, pancetta, etc) </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCUPfaWrgrCfKjG5QHhOFUrIT7iWh0n8r1H1qvlcXTNLp7Tjw7ji4wM8KW2-5wFDGMDTo6T-JQbVxMZzuYy04GUe_gSkN3QJem8PHCaha8PmNqm7KgRPkovUjuZZC1f1uKpWyEsYflgM/s1600/031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478224653716069346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCUPfaWrgrCfKjG5QHhOFUrIT7iWh0n8r1H1qvlcXTNLp7Tjw7ji4wM8KW2-5wFDGMDTo6T-JQbVxMZzuYy04GUe_gSkN3QJem8PHCaha8PmNqm7KgRPkovUjuZZC1f1uKpWyEsYflgM/s320/031.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The inside of Volpetti's.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NAzvseyx1fO9LJSTVhegaqKKbX_O2N6P7SHc5196MwL_Dx2QnkNaQPOtUwJqRCRI8HfUA2RPlNnVjw3ig9waN2tRPsLzUyIzDmAd3NcmFORkCwsVP17UsM7MKfph-q90y4Nvp-BTYXM/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478225434187639314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NAzvseyx1fO9LJSTVhegaqKKbX_O2N6P7SHc5196MwL_Dx2QnkNaQPOtUwJqRCRI8HfUA2RPlNnVjw3ig9waN2tRPsLzUyIzDmAd3NcmFORkCwsVP17UsM7MKfph-q90y4Nvp-BTYXM/s320/032.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Hamhocks. Pancetta in the making.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_d0Nbe8GH-iYCyzPMbEatdMGRrx8t4nLU9gsgUZShGHAtkhLQptIwZnKqIBzBU-VT33PNyUY99TA33AIuGfEjRKI5CZDgcTojjJMK3OLtM93H3pTZXz89w0EjXUwAgrBdgTNsiviLU6M/s1600/033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478225712670485474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_d0Nbe8GH-iYCyzPMbEatdMGRrx8t4nLU9gsgUZShGHAtkhLQptIwZnKqIBzBU-VT33PNyUY99TA33AIuGfEjRKI5CZDgcTojjJMK3OLtM93H3pTZXz89w0EjXUwAgrBdgTNsiviLU6M/s320/033.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28IzszpGZOC88qfM62kkKHEGa_oGW5TspcF7W5gXYsU8GrIJGJPv8dLfhosxVt9uUExfhMTRxKRgEujrMYVtGkKtNSSqvIuzUEYCR1VF_DQmexmXmgplvFROZdTGgKynINTRW0iJ4_JQ/s1600/034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478226192869213570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28IzszpGZOC88qfM62kkKHEGa_oGW5TspcF7W5gXYsU8GrIJGJPv8dLfhosxVt9uUExfhMTRxKRgEujrMYVtGkKtNSSqvIuzUEYCR1VF_DQmexmXmgplvFROZdTGgKynINTRW0iJ4_JQ/s320/034.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>He was asking us, "what is this?" Pancetta, of course!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_nwXYFfIvrNn9EHVUBY61XmJ1Aexu27LDpMTqMl9ihcBQ6YVXaD3yel7X1jn7dB8EPentxAU7xe10hE8kM2IBWDdJ8ge76E12GEPgeVK0VOe-GwB2xJUrXbMrtHjQEkE3GIXNYwYuCw/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478226537636178978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_nwXYFfIvrNn9EHVUBY61XmJ1Aexu27LDpMTqMl9ihcBQ6YVXaD3yel7X1jn7dB8EPentxAU7xe10hE8kM2IBWDdJ8ge76E12GEPgeVK0VOe-GwB2xJUrXbMrtHjQEkE3GIXNYwYuCw/s320/036.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Last year's nutrition crew, 2009. We took a photo at the end too, our picture will replace this one. :) Maddy, where are you in this picture?</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAae7nau4f82P1Fu6SOh85bVuwwR0Nla2llG7zGx-xpCq70rvQDHYvstQvtqrFBd_s4qFV3c3nNb01IjwcPMViN8QqzI6Ena-30f_FM9Fxfg46GSm67RtZoUnT9P-zDLB2TX3N8hV7vAY/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478226932399750482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAae7nau4f82P1Fu6SOh85bVuwwR0Nla2llG7zGx-xpCq70rvQDHYvstQvtqrFBd_s4qFV3c3nNb01IjwcPMViN8QqzI6Ena-30f_FM9Fxfg46GSm67RtZoUnT9P-zDLB2TX3N8hV7vAY/s320/037.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Cheese creations.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFo22bqGo-HF3vsK0RUteendxK70cOpsbVR8RflPVr1_3uc6kkk2UrFp_3tdBrsubxjTJzsfalaZQBnUhvL46IDhJGFYri4PIgRJ7OpekGycrEtgPuYAtQWKhRQeBDuwSGVMmLYP1FVM/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478228763940423234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFo22bqGo-HF3vsK0RUteendxK70cOpsbVR8RflPVr1_3uc6kkk2UrFp_3tdBrsubxjTJzsfalaZQBnUhvL46IDhJGFYri4PIgRJ7OpekGycrEtgPuYAtQWKhRQeBDuwSGVMmLYP1FVM/s320/038.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbGBmY1rJsy1CkNKhXOVjkWLL6ofFt598tTOwouh-h5FkOjrlzYWimz4aYZZL0nTZ2ovDlyhzf8O-zQHfLw-1zEtn47EAOFj6-FHuL22HLDzFTqj321rgn85mS_F5M47MqKMQdcli_ek/s1600/040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478229294316841602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbGBmY1rJsy1CkNKhXOVjkWLL6ofFt598tTOwouh-h5FkOjrlzYWimz4aYZZL0nTZ2ovDlyhzf8O-zQHfLw-1zEtn47EAOFj6-FHuL22HLDzFTqj321rgn85mS_F5M47MqKMQdcli_ek/s320/040.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Cutting Pecorino Romano. This is a chore in itself!<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2kItG942zNbaZ86GKNkJU0bRQR2SlPDzICK-zztbyZ3TbstIpT4sX2smAfZ6iX4jocD9-CwOKMHoeuTGF2chD9uH7P_62uFn-cH0-Og_n6kkAfHyJNsDOn1fA0leLSm-j9mH8jHPCj0/s1600/042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478229888813093986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2kItG942zNbaZ86GKNkJU0bRQR2SlPDzICK-zztbyZ3TbstIpT4sX2smAfZ6iX4jocD9-CwOKMHoeuTGF2chD9uH7P_62uFn-cH0-Og_n6kkAfHyJNsDOn1fA0leLSm-j9mH8jHPCj0/s320/042.JPG" /></a> Phew!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmASz__Hl9YsPwfx9XwNDu9YqoW3ycSkLyyODVPohfz9VpHNSLi6QVoiKRfGa9_skdp0Z2ZmCt0N2ZhcdUsAJ6h39uTDyn4CPafkE8FD0iDZgqG0od__08DDR5v6ikuvfYSf97W6cBhdA/s1600/044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478230186246184002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmASz__Hl9YsPwfx9XwNDu9YqoW3ycSkLyyODVPohfz9VpHNSLi6QVoiKRfGa9_skdp0Z2ZmCt0N2ZhcdUsAJ6h39uTDyn4CPafkE8FD0iDZgqG0od__08DDR5v6ikuvfYSf97W6cBhdA/s320/044.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pouring aceto balsamico for tasting.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblgwtiJIpueowzmiGaT6JMhh4m8ki1J9nRzXthxa1bbHHH7f2o-MCFsPBRWcHPj-nThEO7aa_w1H3TzyzAlEP4vF1uwwddAxyYSHSVgFdUocakA-bDz-iffkWcP5RPqAOpC6xU8gfDvA/s1600/046.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478230555491799842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblgwtiJIpueowzmiGaT6JMhh4m8ki1J9nRzXthxa1bbHHH7f2o-MCFsPBRWcHPj-nThEO7aa_w1H3TzyzAlEP4vF1uwwddAxyYSHSVgFdUocakA-bDz-iffkWcP5RPqAOpC6xU8gfDvA/s320/046.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The very expensive truffles! We got to taste truffle oil, it reminded me of chinese food.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBq9tG-_En1Px7ZQPsxIatJka2Ce9oNHYIpSodvyu-kwC-M4XTi32kfuesjRpZ6Qz3UAYaEC3ppryeV6BCo5WC-1GLxrQ2fYcrGSHfjAxL-p18sr9lOnuK0y1gmaSvZabjcVc37cFV_fY/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478230838506015074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBq9tG-_En1Px7ZQPsxIatJka2Ce9oNHYIpSodvyu-kwC-M4XTi32kfuesjRpZ6Qz3UAYaEC3ppryeV6BCo5WC-1GLxrQ2fYcrGSHfjAxL-p18sr9lOnuK0y1gmaSvZabjcVc37cFV_fY/s320/047.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Parmigiano Reggiano cheese!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKeaBDSOauIst8ws6cpzatlQaCaEUo86oTQl3jJGoPEWqk4WbruX0-b4ceG6W1KmxJM8A3Fw0DuuhMOtG4Q1EasoKtD7NT7OKB4AP6IPZh-lM4-uMslPkxKD85JmEMrohRTnbR_UJmaE/s1600/045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478231313007619058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKeaBDSOauIst8ws6cpzatlQaCaEUo86oTQl3jJGoPEWqk4WbruX0-b4ceG6W1KmxJM8A3Fw0DuuhMOtG4Q1EasoKtD7NT7OKB4AP6IPZh-lM4-uMslPkxKD85JmEMrohRTnbR_UJmaE/s320/045.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>He finally smiled for me! :)</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Our first stop on our southern trip: the ruins of Pompeii!</p><p align="center">The site of Pompeii, petrified memorial to Mount Vesuvius's eruption on the morning of August 24, AD 79, is the largest most accessible, and probably most famous of excavations anywhere.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_mwk1T_rz_crtSzBXqdJJCqckG1aVKUe1EuobTHBPbR0iQQrHDAwwp79NqtSJqHSoikVstun8wNA_zUNm1oMpygFKzZ1u72teVvEqSbrvvO93kAoAaaZFm2UMNUCRosdBI70z9RA0pU/s1600/082.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478231784275245858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_mwk1T_rz_crtSzBXqdJJCqckG1aVKUe1EuobTHBPbR0iQQrHDAwwp79NqtSJqHSoikVstun8wNA_zUNm1oMpygFKzZ1u72teVvEqSbrvvO93kAoAaaZFm2UMNUCRosdBI70z9RA0pU/s320/082.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz433XhkqW-nU6tSyl-6WImLIfxeq_ycpGPwT8lPk4FEWHZmeHpkgDS__cvbsv_ItshB3qhV4nCqitkUR31go2_uL4QQqEODgJGrZVbZxPUAjXWxG7g1yhcMyrNsG0JmowbwpWafDO2y0/s1600/049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478235105222161298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz433XhkqW-nU6tSyl-6WImLIfxeq_ycpGPwT8lPk4FEWHZmeHpkgDS__cvbsv_ItshB3qhV4nCqitkUR31go2_uL4QQqEODgJGrZVbZxPUAjXWxG7g1yhcMyrNsG0JmowbwpWafDO2y0/s320/049.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Mount Vesuvius!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFfTPdjVfQjke1loxiEQhgsMS8eruiRP56y2j-a-4rsaau3nqrFfS_1ciXVLClD2G22VwHOL7iuvkgwxvNhwXenvTT9ZNYDtq6H5-dZliRVIKmVBgt-cVUAAjBQ5O_ZR1ul4lRoI9mk8/s1600/051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478235833267235858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFfTPdjVfQjke1loxiEQhgsMS8eruiRP56y2j-a-4rsaau3nqrFfS_1ciXVLClD2G22VwHOL7iuvkgwxvNhwXenvTT9ZNYDtq6H5-dZliRVIKmVBgt-cVUAAjBQ5O_ZR1ul4lRoI9mk8/s320/051.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The entrance way into the ruins.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqszX3iW5UWVYSsUKM3H49T5DpWVUITvWzCq9S0xAK4r5f8nkDBmsjTes10JLSic9_6MBVLek3s5A4n1XVKDI6F13UGHZFGMYsLPp0Wn7LO04wKnGE5tNsg-g-VKJlCJUiJ8jPLX36efo/s1600/052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478236442482206082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqszX3iW5UWVYSsUKM3H49T5DpWVUITvWzCq9S0xAK4r5f8nkDBmsjTes10JLSic9_6MBVLek3s5A4n1XVKDI6F13UGHZFGMYsLPp0Wn7LO04wKnGE5tNsg-g-VKJlCJUiJ8jPLX36efo/s320/052.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pretty flowers that I saw on the way in.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIi5446HjHMO1Yx_ZPkzZM5PEQO8U4HUzaaL44PEHZQ4u624G4yhtDGqEZFmSK6lPAHPKNjxjIEkT98sown7WntxVTDTmfE9fRTFbOz_tgRrWd3cKXldlVcbLpBlWE577VBGozFgE0I78/s1600/053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478237200391373890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIi5446HjHMO1Yx_ZPkzZM5PEQO8U4HUzaaL44PEHZQ4u624G4yhtDGqEZFmSK6lPAHPKNjxjIEkT98sown7WntxVTDTmfE9fRTFbOz_tgRrWd3cKXldlVcbLpBlWE577VBGozFgE0I78/s320/053.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Beginning of the Arch lecture.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76XQWQiSzgGFs6-XxgJIaktNHq7x-t0hATrdcDR_SP_-zWECwJvEvQocgBGBd8vo9KIrChlkZuXmiHGkJksP98wwS6XzYMSdIry0q3FngGwz2FpeawTuweky1xF3n-SV80gBg6zWQPv0/s1600/054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478237716416763170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76XQWQiSzgGFs6-XxgJIaktNHq7x-t0hATrdcDR_SP_-zWECwJvEvQocgBGBd8vo9KIrChlkZuXmiHGkJksP98wwS6XzYMSdIry0q3FngGwz2FpeawTuweky1xF3n-SV80gBg6zWQPv0/s320/054.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This random American couple asked Professor Martemucci if they could follow along on our tour (because they heard us speaking American). The wife was funny and the husband seemed bored. haha.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatCYKqBP2Y4l8ax2PZDM6gcX-2iM9M0gpB4WacaZ7mQ6ZvvLqA-OQKFvbTgNN415oq6vGk5kx7BFwjhg-RuM6SypKhPHgYtVzf5wQ6yhh9atInBO1RDEA17A2eIrJ5iRw3v9arjLEwbQ/s1600/056.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478238075778819698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatCYKqBP2Y4l8ax2PZDM6gcX-2iM9M0gpB4WacaZ7mQ6ZvvLqA-OQKFvbTgNN415oq6vGk5kx7BFwjhg-RuM6SypKhPHgYtVzf5wQ6yhh9atInBO1RDEA17A2eIrJ5iRw3v9arjLEwbQ/s320/056.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pumice walls in the ruins of Pompeii.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrZDJrR90CQfZc96RAc1pH_2H9i98HviwZOeUw244h_0HSuOQFnjh-EmVKs154Dt1jNFHv2jWPvcEsD0zGXdNc9iNThX4b7jGrLEOhPv1INnZyEQGCJXQJtPGwCkC-ZwH1G29jdEwr0I/s1600/058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478238723757723106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrZDJrR90CQfZc96RAc1pH_2H9i98HviwZOeUw244h_0HSuOQFnjh-EmVKs154Dt1jNFHv2jWPvcEsD0zGXdNc9iNThX4b7jGrLEOhPv1INnZyEQGCJXQJtPGwCkC-ZwH1G29jdEwr0I/s320/058.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikq0uzgxh39pfjzPEitGXeuj4tuSDXelgSvAWlFcEfhz_3Ars8mb23OpQQnMqopzUZKXm0cbO_Pu0Re4iGp9ZlJ2Vt87xmqZ-G_RD0xhe1bT0z8GyalatgLjOU9J4NOjqG-MdxrhovRPE/s1600/059.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478239562053539074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikq0uzgxh39pfjzPEitGXeuj4tuSDXelgSvAWlFcEfhz_3Ars8mb23OpQQnMqopzUZKXm0cbO_Pu0Re4iGp9ZlJ2Vt87xmqZ-G_RD0xhe1bT0z8GyalatgLjOU9J4NOjqG-MdxrhovRPE/s320/059.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The city center. The forum.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM2Eh4cde5STV941xOibIemHG9LsUfeSVpnLf5XMHopM5ULwGhborFckeFW3MPCtMS1VVxgwMmkHbJr82W8IYnkicy08uIoeNaaYIK3FFhYB4mM37DoHTHejDznGS-kA9YAo256BsUxg/s1600/062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478240866733953058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM2Eh4cde5STV941xOibIemHG9LsUfeSVpnLf5XMHopM5ULwGhborFckeFW3MPCtMS1VVxgwMmkHbJr82W8IYnkicy08uIoeNaaYIK3FFhYB4mM37DoHTHejDznGS-kA9YAo256BsUxg/s320/062.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Mount Vesuvius in the background. I was so enthralled. I couldn't stop staring at it!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCK9qAZgbUj_zwFc6ghP-2A0nlYWtncHvnosDB2oWarZVSk1EwucViE8Ro2vWP6JdZYKQpD_nhwbad1Y-LW9csU3yE9L_R9XtbqSxuGyP0GPZzikQhSpH36lxmTuWvDq-Y32xxU_aGyc/s1600/065.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478241218934934274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCK9qAZgbUj_zwFc6ghP-2A0nlYWtncHvnosDB2oWarZVSk1EwucViE8Ro2vWP6JdZYKQpD_nhwbad1Y-LW9csU3yE9L_R9XtbqSxuGyP0GPZzikQhSpH36lxmTuWvDq-Y32xxU_aGyc/s320/065.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Professor Martemucci showing us the tracks of cart wheels cut into the road surface.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbCYYXDIJxDSAGgDEZ7ZICUuKT9NsO57AETPXGm_zgSADKbTq4e0pRFO0tKBgdUwMsR7n1pyG78x5xpBukO0oiO1-Loq7f0mWKfvm0fjZLrRBUVePCx7eF9ljvU7qYoMu6vTRYOxDq0c/s1600/068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478241719435376018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbCYYXDIJxDSAGgDEZ7ZICUuKT9NsO57AETPXGm_zgSADKbTq4e0pRFO0tKBgdUwMsR7n1pyG78x5xpBukO0oiO1-Loq7f0mWKfvm0fjZLrRBUVePCx7eF9ljvU7qYoMu6vTRYOxDq0c/s320/068.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>As we walk through Pompeii, covered with dust and decay as it is, the city seems to come alive. Perhaps it is the familiar signs of life observed along the ancient streets: bakeries with large ovens just like those for making pizzas, graffiti etched onto the plastered surfaces of street walls. Coming upon a thermopolium (snack bar), we imagine natives calling out, "let's move on to the am-phitheater." But a glance up at Mount Vesuvius, still brooding over the scene like an enormous headstone, reminds us that these folks, whether imagined in our heads or actually wearing the lava dust-have not taken a breath for centuries. </p><p align="center">The town was laid out in a grid pattern, with two main intersecting streets. The wealthiest took a whole block for themselves and those less fortunate built a house and rented out the front rooms, facing the street, as shops.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFa7HDfubyspGjQB8AoU9RXKaPTFpcwYAtHATqA1BFeooK5qlszUXonsLwsWqq2CquuRP7PAsPfO7CQIPWzXjBPz9z3KAYkOosotc0DrdYzApxd14f-JNgGzIxkyZqTkmTUpZfuw-7Fc/s1600/077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478242511043286658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFa7HDfubyspGjQB8AoU9RXKaPTFpcwYAtHATqA1BFeooK5qlszUXonsLwsWqq2CquuRP7PAsPfO7CQIPWzXjBPz9z3KAYkOosotc0DrdYzApxd14f-JNgGzIxkyZqTkmTUpZfuw-7Fc/s320/077.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkaLEYJBVDcyfYJZobxFLwoBG9hWz6cjwd58_uVel5dBzLqTIvA7O03dpv_WnlhY4pNbzCNDseKDriNtj3wiphbOngvFxRHZd2_qqNqsxyv8MVdNg0FazwFGLI8Y3AS9eceQiLkN1Hwk/s1600/076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478242889881109858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkaLEYJBVDcyfYJZobxFLwoBG9hWz6cjwd58_uVel5dBzLqTIvA7O03dpv_WnlhY4pNbzCNDseKDriNtj3wiphbOngvFxRHZd2_qqNqsxyv8MVdNg0FazwFGLI8Y3AS9eceQiLkN1Hwk/s320/076.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>They had walkways! This was convenient when they didn't want to walk in the animal poo.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZKFXE_cgs72jnc64lDo33nDI61t0JUwSKcvNRai8PSKN7HhpX5jzwxgWAbzWJG0Jsmf27a0GqJIetO-hCn1b_YUhggaf2kwaezIecyxdzNGYoNUeenJ5K-d91o96-2QeVluHnbv10EY/s1600/078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478243290220355378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZKFXE_cgs72jnc64lDo33nDI61t0JUwSKcvNRai8PSKN7HhpX5jzwxgWAbzWJG0Jsmf27a0GqJIetO-hCn1b_YUhggaf2kwaezIecyxdzNGYoNUeenJ5K-d91o96-2QeVluHnbv10EY/s320/078.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>eek! The inside of a brothel. There was some pretty provacative engraved images in this little area. I did take pictures, but I am not blogging about them!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmvqli9OcvgZxJUh4FRgswf5ukiUsB7LtSPTUMnFErReHbW4fjS12UtrtOIs3FNf9md1XSUc6GLazFjlfLzANYfWpF13Zpts9K6oafb6yDEeMNMbNyRzIpyS_896jlIud331kdlWdOqw/s1600/085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478243815151920242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmvqli9OcvgZxJUh4FRgswf5ukiUsB7LtSPTUMnFErReHbW4fjS12UtrtOIs3FNf9md1XSUc6GLazFjlfLzANYfWpF13Zpts9K6oafb6yDEeMNMbNyRzIpyS_896jlIud331kdlWdOqw/s320/085.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The excavated ruins are a unique and spooky glimpse into everyday life- and sudden death- in Roman times.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHJp1QguByON-T3O78jqormjaybxzeIwpUx-p7J88_-cE-TKaPp5xlLtv5R62yv2chzfVT97_uxJ13gZUc9mp74jr3iBflRMd3yYE5ax0z2LJbkqJyLyVe7JAooq8DZWUOoYzo32AfnU/s1600/086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478244943071458738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGD-_FWpe3J45tBESp9JyD7W-Ig6oYNPFD9kHh-juzgsSf24Z9K6r-bI8VncE628-_qOJSjB-wOTlC9zjKsTXnD7LkTaw_X4UgGYMCZdo6iXz-iQk2A8YwJchnpLHLfPTYYY016g7djs/s320/088.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpGUcl99sBW7aUuQxkH-3eVs4lohQ9AZ2a-Nd7R0_2d_KFJLHIuVm_YvfjDrSJRyadjG4lMv6BpOFhCqcw2fUJA_o_orhc2SvCO-_DNPri-aqHg3XqhjoYEOBW0FCWFrSsfVvKdbbZ0Y/s1600/090.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478245298951820962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpGUcl99sBW7aUuQxkH-3eVs4lohQ9AZ2a-Nd7R0_2d_KFJLHIuVm_YvfjDrSJRyadjG4lMv6BpOFhCqcw2fUJA_o_orhc2SvCO-_DNPri-aqHg3XqhjoYEOBW0FCWFrSsfVvKdbbZ0Y/s320/090.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>We found a smiley face in the road. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQF52-Yy1Ux6X7yNURrT3XxCxb9bD7C1YqQrAh2X7i60zSMdxE_MclYRFemqyO_u84le5fN3-KYnX9zJdhpyAY1JQrM6EVu4i___5lZ-f1GsuHsPexFbtaQeN01TYLapL4GvU5d0yULo/s1600/095.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478246519810810130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQF52-Yy1Ux6X7yNURrT3XxCxb9bD7C1YqQrAh2X7i60zSMdxE_MclYRFemqyO_u84le5fN3-KYnX9zJdhpyAY1JQrM6EVu4i___5lZ-f1GsuHsPexFbtaQeN01TYLapL4GvU5d0yULo/s320/095.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9uYKigKtfZdoyxYr1Q1kPqvtxKIlBZQWh_avQGKW5VlYx44pJEHIsWwR9ONclYX8trilio3qyoWb7sslZA26Rrk97-K987NckyeEKLugmRR6pWGRti-q0fTS_SeOVBZYaEI3wZo7yWg/s1600/094.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478245980571954466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9uYKigKtfZdoyxYr1Q1kPqvtxKIlBZQWh_avQGKW5VlYx44pJEHIsWwR9ONclYX8trilio3qyoWb7sslZA26Rrk97-K987NckyeEKLugmRR6pWGRti-q0fTS_SeOVBZYaEI3wZo7yWg/s320/094.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>me, crossing the bridge. a sweaty mess. </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">After a day spent in the ruins of Pompeii, we headed for Paestum.<br /><br />Here is Hotel Calypso:<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJnkNjjBpAOt1chZK96CxRGuF82wrLv3JeAr12jei1ONBYYPNnermxve4TpbaD7kpBONgZWC1g9RHqT-qFvaK2e6CJbq8GeK1CSbZJuilVj_Sl7m9iX4a21y7V2DE8PUsmwJU0j_AN-E/s1600/105.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478248269371073954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJnkNjjBpAOt1chZK96CxRGuF82wrLv3JeAr12jei1ONBYYPNnermxve4TpbaD7kpBONgZWC1g9RHqT-qFvaK2e6CJbq8GeK1CSbZJuilVj_Sl7m9iX4a21y7V2DE8PUsmwJU0j_AN-E/s320/105.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jfqgo_HyfjF70TSMtvEdivSgwk07ZLw89-RYaePdeydsfqJWP73pyZGafsg0lX_vxNAPAlh0R74RDMA6ivDBMeyUb-hZXqfu2MZU1Y4yY-uj8q0kju0meUn5ePZlzLimPogbG7O-dU8/s1600/107.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478248829691453682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jfqgo_HyfjF70TSMtvEdivSgwk07ZLw89-RYaePdeydsfqJWP73pyZGafsg0lX_vxNAPAlh0R74RDMA6ivDBMeyUb-hZXqfu2MZU1Y4yY-uj8q0kju0meUn5ePZlzLimPogbG7O-dU8/s320/107.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The beach right behind our hotel. It looked beautiful from a distance, but it was dirty and full of litter once you got onto the sand.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBis9Xnw-tM3hXANy4oMJM_VsEnMpYRiwSY7lfIQsWqscV7geKcWaM64-20zuuSGIEpZP4oA63oJxdRsH7KkwrgIpjbaeG1HXwsx6eUAPMk-AJ5qGdU1yJguxr_hWODqE-yEanwfp8q8/s1600/109.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478249114443066754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBis9Xnw-tM3hXANy4oMJM_VsEnMpYRiwSY7lfIQsWqscV7geKcWaM64-20zuuSGIEpZP4oA63oJxdRsH7KkwrgIpjbaeG1HXwsx6eUAPMk-AJ5qGdU1yJguxr_hWODqE-yEanwfp8q8/s320/109.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>After we checked into the hotel, we had dinner at Hotel Calypso's restaurant.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbcScBVOqrr8ZB8VofoRVp1FBki5K3eaCY2yxidTXTnO3lMatgryy7NWygfLUAdr_F_SgL6YgXq90KVn621e2Dcm1aRAJUu1y8xaWnL5UTjmGdBstAXyQIFw_dK3xdEX5w2SBDyb0H60/s1600/108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478249384320895938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbcScBVOqrr8ZB8VofoRVp1FBki5K3eaCY2yxidTXTnO3lMatgryy7NWygfLUAdr_F_SgL6YgXq90KVn621e2Dcm1aRAJUu1y8xaWnL5UTjmGdBstAXyQIFw_dK3xdEX5w2SBDyb0H60/s320/108.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHel6gEe6xrtT3NwZFCTnelMdmLO565_fPTG483MFTYq-g-5npxnKGj5akSmVJS7cSty7kAqRzf-fYoAmm2P-qUEI5as-rvm3P5HgxZ2V3Apj1Ypfbb10ovDv4Q0oDWDcUs_vZ3cjEUCc/s1600/112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478249790158941170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHel6gEe6xrtT3NwZFCTnelMdmLO565_fPTG483MFTYq-g-5npxnKGj5akSmVJS7cSty7kAqRzf-fYoAmm2P-qUEI5as-rvm3P5HgxZ2V3Apj1Ypfbb10ovDv4Q0oDWDcUs_vZ3cjEUCc/s320/112.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The dining area where we had breakfast and dinner for the next two days.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7L0PSWJuZzOqggCbgpjaG_watRR2b6c2ACRrhwIA3FrMhZj6JY-fU1FpjTLGYVh-N4KUG99MR7BRfsyrRyKJl_2FZwc0HwAU4-Yq-fu359bmRCsX_pEgUc0SW047GCawcGarrznLtWY/s1600/113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478250110398671714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7L0PSWJuZzOqggCbgpjaG_watRR2b6c2ACRrhwIA3FrMhZj6JY-fU1FpjTLGYVh-N4KUG99MR7BRfsyrRyKJl_2FZwc0HwAU4-Yq-fu359bmRCsX_pEgUc0SW047GCawcGarrznLtWY/s320/113.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The artistic floor. This hotel was family owned (Roberto was the father) and run but an au natural viewpoint. I loved it! All organic, homegrown meals. Everything made from scratch. He didn't even have wi-fi in his hotel because he doesn't want the electronic waves going through his home (the hotel).<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t2H9pyEUdjkOzwBYpOIVc6S60GL51Izh7XEO14mgrUVlW6UONAKJQnmDAJy1U3HjySxfVj7HMPfiPdtdpz7hhxm-pCyryGi6b7tA2DnYMFe-X77InbjRc40PRiIeqOEjdX0h3LguOX8/s1600/114.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478250419333602578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t2H9pyEUdjkOzwBYpOIVc6S60GL51Izh7XEO14mgrUVlW6UONAKJQnmDAJy1U3HjySxfVj7HMPfiPdtdpz7hhxm-pCyryGi6b7tA2DnYMFe-X77InbjRc40PRiIeqOEjdX0h3LguOX8/s320/114.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My place setting at dinnertime.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxm6oV2U81D8tqGwI2N9NVw1uY0azrZEmhsmwc98p4wJnp4taei-9ZEOlDnwA3dJms8zZuIMpoGBj3dF_HiQ8t-FKBxXAQA0vjsxLoiqE0AsN87vvphJtSecSf_V_qguEWiCN-g9aE8eU/s1600/115.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478250719059317474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxm6oV2U81D8tqGwI2N9NVw1uY0azrZEmhsmwc98p4wJnp4taei-9ZEOlDnwA3dJms8zZuIMpoGBj3dF_HiQ8t-FKBxXAQA0vjsxLoiqE0AsN87vvphJtSecSf_V_qguEWiCN-g9aE8eU/s320/115.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The house wine.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuq5Iy6Ztk1fbloHo69PPgkcqm4LRUXy8DO4YPKkpPfgDhgoEgQnl9Q1I4Ey5A1_nnhtLlZeiIyMiqIEKlb4YLBSyVS4xdrJeCSpF-GXAzKS2tvwDSxymnbvxH-j_htoSefIne86xhE3o/s1600/116.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478251015223269266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuq5Iy6Ztk1fbloHo69PPgkcqm4LRUXy8DO4YPKkpPfgDhgoEgQnl9Q1I4Ey5A1_nnhtLlZeiIyMiqIEKlb4YLBSyVS4xdrJeCSpF-GXAzKS2tvwDSxymnbvxH-j_htoSefIne86xhE3o/s320/116.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>First course. Fresh pasta made from wheat that was ground up by Roberto's wife. Mixed with cheese, a bit of tomato sauce, and potatoes. Tossed together and baked. Oh so good.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2rcqllU2bGCCmZrzu0FV_pZZk27HYCVFZX45SJZWxQYQResAbBDSn0uaogvKkV1FH4D7Ztx_X3VL76OcHX12yy2CtioYwdgz3Tet759f65ClwtdYHT8DGCVterF5hm-VqeTpddSplOw/s1600/117.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478255738093202978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2rcqllU2bGCCmZrzu0FV_pZZk27HYCVFZX45SJZWxQYQResAbBDSn0uaogvKkV1FH4D7Ztx_X3VL76OcHX12yy2CtioYwdgz3Tet759f65ClwtdYHT8DGCVterF5hm-VqeTpddSplOw/s320/117.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Second course. I never know what kind of meat I am eating here, but obviously it was antibiotic/hormone free, so I ate. Maybe turkey? And wonderful potatoes cooked with olive oil and salt. </p><p align="center">And do you see that little piece of bread on my plate? It was whole wheat! The first time I have had whole wheat bread here in Italy! Although, I feel better eating white flour here too, rather than at home. But the whole wheat was amazing! That too, was homemade.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDvhSC1KOxP1YA-1uG-2RZ7GCw3x-kORowXfuFosC2eU4MFZDR5kwgPfdu7z58qitU4WUIjbmjaF_2TL5RozGJPxOpLuzP8Ly-4iY-ctuzW9daAorX7YinFWNdNz3ewG0KqAqJ1PO_rk/s1600/118.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478256142720867490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDvhSC1KOxP1YA-1uG-2RZ7GCw3x-kORowXfuFosC2eU4MFZDR5kwgPfdu7z58qitU4WUIjbmjaF_2TL5RozGJPxOpLuzP8Ly-4iY-ctuzW9daAorX7YinFWNdNz3ewG0KqAqJ1PO_rk/s320/118.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>dolce. One thing we have all been craving...fruit! It was a mixture of grapefruit, apples, cantelope...in a fresh juice of a blood orange.<br /></p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">The next day, we went to the Mozzarella di bufala factory!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9sz9rD2a03k3_G_Tr_1Hmu-LkuFj4SA1V0n12xDnJgFmFjknWz3Ex9W4zjFJgQFAmx-Onoz58jb_NQ7Yx3SSUaitgPykGH3TvS_0oH-Qsd5zOhH2WK9pPxJvNlDwT9sfo9i7QmSrBjM/s1600/138.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478256444931222578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9sz9rD2a03k3_G_Tr_1Hmu-LkuFj4SA1V0n12xDnJgFmFjknWz3Ex9W4zjFJgQFAmx-Onoz58jb_NQ7Yx3SSUaitgPykGH3TvS_0oH-Qsd5zOhH2WK9pPxJvNlDwT9sfo9i7QmSrBjM/s320/138.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Mozz in the making:<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5f_zne9AsDjaTgObUIuM6M4Nu3LE__JTPSZa5S-4_HlXblHsG1JxttQX6ElAIrbi0hcvwEYcgHsCFnEaDJP45yMyFOXGaFLseYA4660cvM9U0TpUERrrX6HzKQBYixpT9nWuYNFrN5KU/s1600/122.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478256821341588098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5f_zne9AsDjaTgObUIuM6M4Nu3LE__JTPSZa5S-4_HlXblHsG1JxttQX6ElAIrbi0hcvwEYcgHsCFnEaDJP45yMyFOXGaFLseYA4660cvM9U0TpUERrrX6HzKQBYixpT9nWuYNFrN5KU/s320/122.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1rEZyKKHRko52O8kM_z9TOi95jgC8kMZggOnCsrlwtyMms3v4CMhYK_9o9Co7z04cV82PzF1ai8wtoAPzIYQUZkel1cBTKo2h9eV32JFouxDqv186mPDXP6zC3gEiyP50dEZ6Xn_B-M/s1600/123.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478257184969621490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1rEZyKKHRko52O8kM_z9TOi95jgC8kMZggOnCsrlwtyMms3v4CMhYK_9o9Co7z04cV82PzF1ai8wtoAPzIYQUZkel1cBTKo2h9eV32JFouxDqv186mPDXP6zC3gEiyP50dEZ6Xn_B-M/s320/123.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWvt55zlvwVVCdRCWXnqutCWcK1nFlFN9oJmOwVBq0RlXSnimeiuwXi3r0ocpiphy1WeAtNmypW_6nMyYetyG4C7-SBb6Fw4OYmniw_2YR7Ddr6ppEFOmsZpWl1XnsGZXNkvFC0Dy0lA/s1600/124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478257599277117394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWvt55zlvwVVCdRCWXnqutCWcK1nFlFN9oJmOwVBq0RlXSnimeiuwXi3r0ocpiphy1WeAtNmypW_6nMyYetyG4C7-SBb6Fw4OYmniw_2YR7Ddr6ppEFOmsZpWl1XnsGZXNkvFC0Dy0lA/s320/124.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This is the classic porcelain white, SUPER-fresh cheese which is essential for the best pizze and a pure joy to eat fresh.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSF_rQuCwNVBsMOLnIfS2nVK697-yvg3ubH4x69TUA2EcF6D1XmUO1C9K5b0eZaPmoQYV5dwLX0b9UFTI-gUBoFAUyQw31grXFPtrIi-8xCcmViiQ0dzjF4t-ImO4YKFWFnILxLXSsna4/s1600/126.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478257983347853426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSF_rQuCwNVBsMOLnIfS2nVK697-yvg3ubH4x69TUA2EcF6D1XmUO1C9K5b0eZaPmoQYV5dwLX0b9UFTI-gUBoFAUyQw31grXFPtrIi-8xCcmViiQ0dzjF4t-ImO4YKFWFnILxLXSsna4/s320/126.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Making fresh mozzarella balls from the buffalo milk.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSo9muslUkGOmu_tACny78Mb7sCkEzUzTQkuLKY4qnMnbQ_cHD8MKi7kdx-swo3aOUY4UCLA3On5p928c9jsx78OPDd_oqsG8NKwVM7anlIk7_Xw0Tjkzo5J2_lTBb7mlCJN9_UP4WNE/s1600/127.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478258321363288914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSo9muslUkGOmu_tACny78Mb7sCkEzUzTQkuLKY4qnMnbQ_cHD8MKi7kdx-swo3aOUY4UCLA3On5p928c9jsx78OPDd_oqsG8NKwVM7anlIk7_Xw0Tjkzo5J2_lTBb7mlCJN9_UP4WNE/s320/127.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Dr. Probart said that the last time she was at this factory they were making these mozz balls by hand, and now it is a machine-done process. Oh, technology.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanrSG8x2HNGAkAPqn0WQV7P966JbE1ubJuYiGrq9GqNmz9xi4WrM9Y9FfERvGAuFW0EjBZfoAu0xp4O0QiaTptgJAtk5G6M4IFEqMNGxppr5PdkUpOGt3gWVaWEYmBmRp1GQGdvz3h1Y/s1600/130.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478258688403051698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanrSG8x2HNGAkAPqn0WQV7P966JbE1ubJuYiGrq9GqNmz9xi4WrM9Y9FfERvGAuFW0EjBZfoAu0xp4O0QiaTptgJAtk5G6M4IFEqMNGxppr5PdkUpOGt3gWVaWEYmBmRp1GQGdvz3h1Y/s320/130.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>So cool. :)<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyjdYWwEDLMOweBB9wfYgYqgKsjheTQU2TES70U7JgLTvPO0Uli3bRy09pQOZ8XXsqP9kH0JEmySG5DevaTCzVJyg2KDki1tP5BtaxzpzNfNd9c-g63-ga1EqPGHNU4fBg9zdfEkaUqg/s1600/131.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478259650053654338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyjdYWwEDLMOweBB9wfYgYqgKsjheTQU2TES70U7JgLTvPO0Uli3bRy09pQOZ8XXsqP9kH0JEmySG5DevaTCzVJyg2KDki1tP5BtaxzpzNfNd9c-g63-ga1EqPGHNU4fBg9zdfEkaUqg/s320/131.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Skiming the whey.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJ2PeXxUJSp-g6f8peE55jLfaOZB6jqjtJUuxS3EcxRj8kFVVkRIpGxV_VlM6rXMamSNzoIMXFMwYAwy1fsV2Dx3uiJJnFMWPwX_xZtMeM9XIwsMfH91t7g7mmjrXhU1Iy87CJhfbS28/s1600/129.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478259980511275826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJ2PeXxUJSp-g6f8peE55jLfaOZB6jqjtJUuxS3EcxRj8kFVVkRIpGxV_VlM6rXMamSNzoIMXFMwYAwy1fsV2Dx3uiJJnFMWPwX_xZtMeM9XIwsMfH91t7g7mmjrXhU1Iy87CJhfbS28/s320/129.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The mozzarella di bufala workers.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshG5zupeHHsZ6nQ8-r-S1aDAhkLkvsDLxaCE21ygE7sZZ-ME6HV3Ho3h53M1WN7ULkK_hOayYvW_8LjUMmiDMiRHrY9q0CxIBDxIr1nGLRGm9v9G1wj_RsYoVAXYthsbmIqbEXLWHKkw/s1600/132.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478260341571868082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshG5zupeHHsZ6nQ8-r-S1aDAhkLkvsDLxaCE21ygE7sZZ-ME6HV3Ho3h53M1WN7ULkK_hOayYvW_8LjUMmiDMiRHrY9q0CxIBDxIr1nGLRGm9v9G1wj_RsYoVAXYthsbmIqbEXLWHKkw/s320/132.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Hard at work, packaging the fresh cheese.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0fEt0BGgo51XplxLTzI4_G00AopspIurVLf15txhpswyzAcdkHhvLrlhFolCXuAh_09zzUo9HGBJQpbNoJQXb1uViMN7xhsVQp3iI7q-vYi9k7uPtdX96shBqkGsKnmlLPerNEMVuBI/s1600/135.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478260761789395746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0fEt0BGgo51XplxLTzI4_G00AopspIurVLf15txhpswyzAcdkHhvLrlhFolCXuAh_09zzUo9HGBJQpbNoJQXb1uViMN7xhsVQp3iI7q-vYi9k7uPtdX96shBqkGsKnmlLPerNEMVuBI/s320/135.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2qITwUJh3gq2KO_SF4iSVep_6F8DWkqC16cwlbpMPaQIhA-HhcNmYMq85VS-nV00ixw4Ty9rYaWcsLy4DGK9flclXvdoasq6VUTEQx3iAHaUVIDYwIllOT6pxGWXbC9tVyXN_1Kxvsg/s1600/140.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478261051487245346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2qITwUJh3gq2KO_SF4iSVep_6F8DWkqC16cwlbpMPaQIhA-HhcNmYMq85VS-nV00ixw4Ty9rYaWcsLy4DGK9flclXvdoasq6VUTEQx3iAHaUVIDYwIllOT6pxGWXbC9tVyXN_1Kxvsg/s320/140.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>We got to taste the goodness!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn0-zR7GZSmh2Lk1mJscwRZH7_-YXRO00SGoLWvT0hrKV3FNaIUbs5D-6ta-iL8vDRvKFHXTexzaN836qiBDZWVVfleh7O0Nu5IDDz8mN97QT0TP4w3e4hMmnJLQ4hQwV2sArBmWh1fA/s1600/141.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478262321640915298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn0-zR7GZSmh2Lk1mJscwRZH7_-YXRO00SGoLWvT0hrKV3FNaIUbs5D-6ta-iL8vDRvKFHXTexzaN836qiBDZWVVfleh7O0Nu5IDDz8mN97QT0TP4w3e4hMmnJLQ4hQwV2sArBmWh1fA/s320/141.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>We ate SO much mozzarella that day. It was very watery and kind of squeaky on the teeth, but it was very tasty! You could taste the freshness! Claudster kept saying, eat up! You will never ever have this chance again to eat such fresh mozzarella! The mozz that we tasted was literally just taken from the brand new batch.<br /></p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Still in Paestum.</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478265632510612274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QhPhGq7pgo7soeykVHba66CtjdYkJtcRaagXTpqcdPWI9nr4j8jt7t4iVw5tKbhW4SgEAQIwOU1237WJFnC9FNOub4tqs5krmOVFlHXU4uMeQ93Tryv81xDwlsQ9XVCXXFb__k0G_F8/s320/167.JPG" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5NP3V0CJzaqdCzEsNhwHqJIS3Dofuiot0nkC7C1xNlFKG7upwVk_fioLMgmn8knWQRmvEPzxGf2FYp2OH4m81-ZatiRMdqhGeVkuNREgoGgClQ5fq5ae4u-jllLaCp3mlwi0vUtgIiI/s1600/142.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478263108809727218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5NP3V0CJzaqdCzEsNhwHqJIS3Dofuiot0nkC7C1xNlFKG7upwVk_fioLMgmn8knWQRmvEPzxGf2FYp2OH4m81-ZatiRMdqhGeVkuNREgoGgClQ5fq5ae4u-jllLaCp3mlwi0vUtgIiI/s320/142.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4j5p_laMu5OGGX-XeUJDdE83bV_zY5mvLEq4mgpJQQuZsw-OBoeeSElap67jUpA4lcgqD-EVVgris1RwyLmc6QcWE6BX-yw92fBXwrPS0be8w2VL8r3S0ctmaMSI0OXBtHUWyGmE8AA/s1600/145.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478263426984454402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4j5p_laMu5OGGX-XeUJDdE83bV_zY5mvLEq4mgpJQQuZsw-OBoeeSElap67jUpA4lcgqD-EVVgris1RwyLmc6QcWE6BX-yw92fBXwrPS0be8w2VL8r3S0ctmaMSI0OXBtHUWyGmE8AA/s320/145.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The next day, we headed to the remarkably well-preserved Greek temples of Paestum. </p><p align="center">We had an Arch lecture here with Martemucci.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5PDY1LuxfOaEO9i4qERCX4HUq8k3_RbdifiEmL6qokxJAktm13QALBlfrqQn8weUJ_WLBo7fBqogzUoNm7lyZnJ0kQ_f07oKS_H6AtJdI0in5E26Ol5IHNaX0qGLzz1Hl5JO8aW25Hg/s1600/146.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478264124947610258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5PDY1LuxfOaEO9i4qERCX4HUq8k3_RbdifiEmL6qokxJAktm13QALBlfrqQn8weUJ_WLBo7fBqogzUoNm7lyZnJ0kQ_f07oKS_H6AtJdI0in5E26Ol5IHNaX0qGLzz1Hl5JO8aW25Hg/s320/146.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The first temple that we saw. It is amazing that they are all still standing after all of these years. </p><p align="center">This is the site of an ancient city of Poseidonia (what it used to be called, but now latinized to Paestum), founded by Greek colonists in the 6th centuryBC.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUulfewIwvZx-bwc5KzgL7Dj-J5PJyts4IX6MBEhbEHWhq0vJFdTJUa1uKCRByk3wk-gft-CdibGbnhafhVWurwLvMdVc_G8O4iv0dXC5hyphenhyphenfsMDP5ka3O907jqUjNwwrHRyTWlXY-TKU8/s1600/150.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478265275451757138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUulfewIwvZx-bwc5KzgL7Dj-J5PJyts4IX6MBEhbEHWhq0vJFdTJUa1uKCRByk3wk-gft-CdibGbnhafhVWurwLvMdVc_G8O4iv0dXC5hyphenhyphenfsMDP5ka3O907jqUjNwwrHRyTWlXY-TKU8/s320/150.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu-aePkF19qMwKJ5XdeNZAfC2DIGNByKS9ZLMvbtNvRD6ZKfXvuDdJxllt1VkeHwWqqrjq-9-S4Gh5cjTwyENdGpuFZHI-VqwUAVgam-7MVUFJEXsUSPnuAhCVFRHX2KuRtwKs3TzMLo/s1600/157.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478264534389860370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu-aePkF19qMwKJ5XdeNZAfC2DIGNByKS9ZLMvbtNvRD6ZKfXvuDdJxllt1VkeHwWqqrjq-9-S4Gh5cjTwyENdGpuFZHI-VqwUAVgam-7MVUFJEXsUSPnuAhCVFRHX2KuRtwKs3TzMLo/s320/157.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My favorite temple out of all that we had seen.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gtb9x9uXPuWcve3RCrFjv4egCEMooAFoWVKo7uqWp5Q9NODgtNJPwdEcz8Qbr0aWeTQDfYoLQb_ibK3Mv7mL02B_w_Q5FMXA-R9qFznBNZ_exRo26r2sKFLGBBHuPBHPu76veIFoMKQ/s1600/158.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478264934679034386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gtb9x9uXPuWcve3RCrFjv4egCEMooAFoWVKo7uqWp5Q9NODgtNJPwdEcz8Qbr0aWeTQDfYoLQb_ibK3Mv7mL02B_w_Q5FMXA-R9qFznBNZ_exRo26r2sKFLGBBHuPBHPu76veIFoMKQ/s320/158.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y6inSmjgrh7tjmQ5YLgKtLXrUTnrlNvQqsWRnigEAIdY2kR5Xs5URw8NmyByp34D1Li3hlWWbSVO7wcvIU0Sc_gg6fzmLi9wtHCNQZSppvgKW7UjGgcVk0uojqcApyJ6Pl5JGd44biQ/s1600/Sahira+in+the+pool!.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478266523037728514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y6inSmjgrh7tjmQ5YLgKtLXrUTnrlNvQqsWRnigEAIdY2kR5Xs5URw8NmyByp34D1Li3hlWWbSVO7wcvIU0Sc_gg6fzmLi9wtHCNQZSppvgKW7UjGgcVk0uojqcApyJ6Pl5JGd44biQ/s320/Sahira+in+the+pool!.jpg" /> <p align="center"></a>This was a labyrinth inside of the *pool*. It was so much fun. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYbBOziHeXLADvECADpVZWaVR18NA6cPlFVlmQs-2oDuSyVjPQu5NCVXuIV99QsBTJ-ArtN-JqxC68EB33iMuVHwk4RLPftDvNrb_eFifBDQ3z-tEz9Je89Zc4CuUEtASDHlb26Mbhns/s1600/155.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478266941826969778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYbBOziHeXLADvECADpVZWaVR18NA6cPlFVlmQs-2oDuSyVjPQu5NCVXuIV99QsBTJ-ArtN-JqxC68EB33iMuVHwk4RLPftDvNrb_eFifBDQ3z-tEz9Je89Zc4CuUEtASDHlb26Mbhns/s320/155.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyO8MrJqFKo4vpqJxOPvnwkPvubINylGqckYqLM7dmSh2OV9ZUx1R7ez7gSOCOeuJ7s-nq5fdmv5DhOMZbt4cQb8FUTNvKy4f_5zYG1K07Uq34Xz0IvVC4WOuqM9CYTg2kXy7FdwAo4J4/s1600/160.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478267455436317090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyO8MrJqFKo4vpqJxOPvnwkPvubINylGqckYqLM7dmSh2OV9ZUx1R7ez7gSOCOeuJ7s-nq5fdmv5DhOMZbt4cQb8FUTNvKy4f_5zYG1K07Uq34Xz0IvVC4WOuqM9CYTg2kXy7FdwAo4J4/s320/160.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The doggy that followed us EVERYWHERE! Here in Italy, animals are pretty much let run wild (and loved by all). They just roam the streets like it is no big deal. There were a few dogs that lived in the Paestum streets and the sign said that they are well taken care of but would be more taken care of if they were adopted by a loving family. The one girl in my class fell in love with this dog, she walked all the way back to the bus with us and gave the sadest face as we were leaving. She (the dog) watched the bus go. The girl in my class cried. :( I think they named her Athena.</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">After hanging out with the Greek temples, we headed up the mountain to a wonderful winery for lunch and wine tasting. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1zN3CxzU7RydtdhK168Iwa2hES1ujPVz2Ot_NKHQE7NL5WFnGnXXixNMFhyphenhyphen2mzmATxC4aRCnyQp-voOXxpcOcJNcM3WoAmVO6fmhdy1p_knK6c1kPuu6IZRiHx-Ed4ufE5txz156h04/s1600/169.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478267970318657842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1zN3CxzU7RydtdhK168Iwa2hES1ujPVz2Ot_NKHQE7NL5WFnGnXXixNMFhyphenhyphen2mzmATxC4aRCnyQp-voOXxpcOcJNcM3WoAmVO6fmhdy1p_knK6c1kPuu6IZRiHx-Ed4ufE5txz156h04/s320/169.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSiStUlJgn2kFtlBPVw8quz3znp1YLm8ByiT2Ai1WH3yCurJjCKF9Ahu4fOGGsmCrMIecVJQK5GkyjWB1UXU4AeSg60cctTAHb7RMtxF10u4GP6OvkRF2iK-U4Bscqa7fgbCo9jjMu8A/s1600/170.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478268309704677874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSiStUlJgn2kFtlBPVw8quz3znp1YLm8ByiT2Ai1WH3yCurJjCKF9Ahu4fOGGsmCrMIecVJQK5GkyjWB1UXU4AeSg60cctTAHb7RMtxF10u4GP6OvkRF2iK-U4Bscqa7fgbCo9jjMu8A/s320/170.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This was like a quiche made with pasta and ham.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATXG97QgvAaLGp4Nt2V2NHvGOwjKNxw272zErSoUUWwADThIMp00WxZcKxBlSXN_CHD1uPYR5ig0eHH2bILrB0JJdQOAjovBWLXJftpCH6x11oH_3vDz_K1NhZXepVQOKtIoN7kn4Qfs/s1600/171.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478269322985943602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATXG97QgvAaLGp4Nt2V2NHvGOwjKNxw272zErSoUUWwADThIMp00WxZcKxBlSXN_CHD1uPYR5ig0eHH2bILrB0JJdQOAjovBWLXJftpCH6x11oH_3vDz_K1NhZXepVQOKtIoN7kn4Qfs/s320/171.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Grilled mozzarella! Best thing ever! (maybe second to a PB&J) ;)<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLr3a1PEZfzwUDdW-dKWVFNxdtzVeFhq5GDlDGz7DYwYH0OeAnxnsd4EV82QLqQHFwIUD2CPRDvPwlRoFt0rjudtodeYaZ6oGZQLXpkrQGpbs9WubbgAPf1O000D46NeB-tB3Nvv77Zs/s1600/172.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478270326062027458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLr3a1PEZfzwUDdW-dKWVFNxdtzVeFhq5GDlDGz7DYwYH0OeAnxnsd4EV82QLqQHFwIUD2CPRDvPwlRoFt0rjudtodeYaZ6oGZQLXpkrQGpbs9WubbgAPf1O000D46NeB-tB3Nvv77Zs/s320/172.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My wine. The best tasting wine I have ever had. This is the kind that I am bringing home. </p><p align="center">After lunch, we headed back to the hotel-got changed and later had dinner.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpiUoUAv6ch_Z6MFKOA-Ku_B0Lhc7Mn1G0pzxaEO-E1hjZ_sxcMuimKbPBsJ6HFn3txQwI9sOc4Ab8IYxMMtdZNZS3aEeFLz49-Imso2pRiATJY1yCbvWGHpXerte75vgKwNpbpL8Xmc/s1600/173.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478273202623717218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpiUoUAv6ch_Z6MFKOA-Ku_B0Lhc7Mn1G0pzxaEO-E1hjZ_sxcMuimKbPBsJ6HFn3txQwI9sOc4Ab8IYxMMtdZNZS3aEeFLz49-Imso2pRiATJY1yCbvWGHpXerte75vgKwNpbpL8Xmc/s320/173.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9AzJFXF1DFTDpHhM3S4OBvG-e_lyhW9YWFGWgWhikHpSMxbY64fzROkqQn1xkJvkxazukqN7JrYpnXipqOrpdNVxS-0I1O-8VC4kVL2i2I-Sgu5NZ4tSUUR4XkLrlvjvbIXblUG8T8k/s1600/175.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478273555193053490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9AzJFXF1DFTDpHhM3S4OBvG-e_lyhW9YWFGWgWhikHpSMxbY64fzROkqQn1xkJvkxazukqN7JrYpnXipqOrpdNVxS-0I1O-8VC4kVL2i2I-Sgu5NZ4tSUUR4XkLrlvjvbIXblUG8T8k/s320/175.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This is Roberto in the background (the owner of hotel Calypso). He was so nice and very hospitable. He had a lovely family. His son was so cute. He was ~5 or 6 years old. Curly hair and all. He helped serve our dishes, but he was impossible to photograph, he refused and he moved too fast!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxrVjdgqSI9GEjS-IcbX6segR2RLaUCBQKO5st8N67VFxW1Sef01gHQUHGnQ19Xf0OVE7anub9kg2p-OXf_4wWqiQvySYW-YSxmxNA1NaScdhO1p1iwBA0GBbtdN04zRtLLyI3Lzk5g4/s1600/176.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478274101353446674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxrVjdgqSI9GEjS-IcbX6segR2RLaUCBQKO5st8N67VFxW1Sef01gHQUHGnQ19Xf0OVE7anub9kg2p-OXf_4wWqiQvySYW-YSxmxNA1NaScdhO1p1iwBA0GBbtdN04zRtLLyI3Lzk5g4/s320/176.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our first course. Gnocchi with tomato sauce. So good!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTrut3KSBiQNMyoSDy1Y1iTCio-G2tz3A-LoMeocKk-F7G8r5LPznFZW7GD180YK7zehBnV-gzcERHmcX5J_uditXEBq6sQ_ypEMwtVJl4WE7onzXHLskfhjOfHJrdO-X18HDxSRCSps/s1600/178.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478274514274608866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTrut3KSBiQNMyoSDy1Y1iTCio-G2tz3A-LoMeocKk-F7G8r5LPznFZW7GD180YK7zehBnV-gzcERHmcX5J_uditXEBq6sQ_ypEMwtVJl4WE7onzXHLskfhjOfHJrdO-X18HDxSRCSps/s320/178.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Second course, a *meatloaf* with egg, and sauteed vegetables.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R3jLK3nDsuRxqZhLNCsbOuuD2eWRKQsdebrzgaWtqEtzQ6WhJApqjmCeM-YNglsm_3yvUnZxemYeqr0M7jcFSPHCQHze8JHtF9VDQ61ZyJh_IgCGnQHPhZUJCHMCD3YOj-kktYB2ncA/s1600/179.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478274926064948546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R3jLK3nDsuRxqZhLNCsbOuuD2eWRKQsdebrzgaWtqEtzQ6WhJApqjmCeM-YNglsm_3yvUnZxemYeqr0M7jcFSPHCQHze8JHtF9VDQ61ZyJh_IgCGnQHPhZUJCHMCD3YOj-kktYB2ncA/s320/179.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>ANDDD...we FINALLY got <span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>CAKE</strong></span>! This was the second thing we have all been craving besides fresh fruit (which we got the first night) It was like a tiramisu cake. Oh.my.goodness.yum.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHtJOZbozQPoRxoLSdJdcoXBVgBPMUIlS-TMAb0EaAk68j3pZ34lZo9HnA9Ipih3jTVjAMDX05IgZBw1dqau9gcJrzL9wX1KCfgqN5qn_-9HhjDCXgUZu_1g2oScnOEHZMZ_UInzR-B4/s1600/182.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478275339512539250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHtJOZbozQPoRxoLSdJdcoXBVgBPMUIlS-TMAb0EaAk68j3pZ34lZo9HnA9Ipih3jTVjAMDX05IgZBw1dqau9gcJrzL9wX1KCfgqN5qn_-9HhjDCXgUZu_1g2oScnOEHZMZ_UInzR-B4/s320/182.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pimple mania! ew. :)</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">The next day, before we left to head back to Roma, Roberto's wife gave us a pasta lesson. She taught us how she makes her homemade pasta.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPpXg44D7nlG2m3fDFLjh_joxPPvAkxW6HGP8QYFd4v0Bj6gf2alASCbh35OXj0zDHt8JRaPat-6iVuYFMMkfQ3b_fuWC6gBc0VvUPZvkLSzdd1ZO6EsXnK6as49dYELWywrdpzb4fDo/s1600/184.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478276708738901010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPpXg44D7nlG2m3fDFLjh_joxPPvAkxW6HGP8QYFd4v0Bj6gf2alASCbh35OXj0zDHt8JRaPat-6iVuYFMMkfQ3b_fuWC6gBc0VvUPZvkLSzdd1ZO6EsXnK6as49dYELWywrdpzb4fDo/s320/184.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Her earthy set-up.</p><p align="center">In the little jars with the colored lids, were whole grains. Like barley, millet, etc.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQzo2r_jof5mYZ3NeYv8WnwmBf-bRvnvYTCkcDDoVjnibsA-1EeYSTTm_mzoOSKkZTx6rOEzzsXxRlf8yqQgoK7cl7b0MeBT2YFtsxW7JhAVv6F_uMa3w7bX-iUHqXWeioEtQlvTH_G0/s1600/186.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478277149425143106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQzo2r_jof5mYZ3NeYv8WnwmBf-bRvnvYTCkcDDoVjnibsA-1EeYSTTm_mzoOSKkZTx6rOEzzsXxRlf8yqQgoK7cl7b0MeBT2YFtsxW7JhAVv6F_uMa3w7bX-iUHqXWeioEtQlvTH_G0/s320/186.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Different types of pasta.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1G46ctTsKPk1iJgm4g2dCSmTMQsYzbnwbjULu9uD1RYMsOnmlCs9UJzP85vRVtsfguN69DMabslqllx0gHCbsPgGKMIIhYRDsrneh5n_0QMYPgrmpAE_qTv94FBh1wfKZSAM-96sB6I/s1600/187.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478277479842330754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1G46ctTsKPk1iJgm4g2dCSmTMQsYzbnwbjULu9uD1RYMsOnmlCs9UJzP85vRVtsfguN69DMabslqllx0gHCbsPgGKMIIhYRDsrneh5n_0QMYPgrmpAE_qTv94FBh1wfKZSAM-96sB6I/s320/187.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Her Grano machine that she uses to grind up her whole seeds, the grains. I want one of these so bad! </p><p align="center">She also showed us the cleaning process of the grains, where she gets them, and what she uses the different grains for.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJfs8F2ytRPvdk4MFIql3VecqDYuZ63GxfcpXLzz1lYw0FQwL7-6-WBtqgbGfy4IoNBL7MgYiyfmx9RPSawntTgXiJ2DWhifsIvEZLoI_yYllKXkXGQmFHSXnZUnqyype5VnE6atNj3k/s1600/190.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478277790674067298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJfs8F2ytRPvdk4MFIql3VecqDYuZ63GxfcpXLzz1lYw0FQwL7-6-WBtqgbGfy4IoNBL7MgYiyfmx9RPSawntTgXiJ2DWhifsIvEZLoI_yYllKXkXGQmFHSXnZUnqyype5VnE6atNj3k/s320/190.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>There she is! Roberto's wife.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtvMuo7y-9n56grubGLqpH_NYC4v1wbsqhd8-GAyX-r2DuLT1Pz7SRSnCPetju3xGFPKz1Xn4DH0mYGQNPmjSSUk5QWfEk0FTdAKR3j8pDaHd4rsd6sajSUo_kx43x_3SxVShugu2Oa4/s1600/191.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478278109293223842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtvMuo7y-9n56grubGLqpH_NYC4v1wbsqhd8-GAyX-r2DuLT1Pz7SRSnCPetju3xGFPKz1Xn4DH0mYGQNPmjSSUk5QWfEk0FTdAKR3j8pDaHd4rsd6sajSUo_kx43x_3SxVShugu2Oa4/s320/191.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The Grano, hard at work!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pv_KupGN3zWiDqDQgUyboaK1Q9tvsnP8yOfYZtIZqd6qWr3iH9yrBWzgCi6-I0JdPH9iXgOBol8K043gUIbL8rvfkVV78ZQ8o-9a8AmzVe5U8hUPc6H8dX9ckmOWSF2m9y42CKEjnis/s1600/192.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478278482733995458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pv_KupGN3zWiDqDQgUyboaK1Q9tvsnP8yOfYZtIZqd6qWr3iH9yrBWzgCi6-I0JdPH9iXgOBol8K043gUIbL8rvfkVV78ZQ8o-9a8AmzVe5U8hUPc6H8dX9ckmOWSF2m9y42CKEjnis/s320/192.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Showing us how to make a Gnocchi dough.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr6IDsLRD2d2hSbLZpS0n_SnxsPUd0JG3f3p7Wibkjl6rsD7qV7AkH4bF8L_vODwG_VcjT5sEEUo-ml31Uy8dChUZ02HOr1wbQnLchaldm8aXN5eVrSxk6bbtsud7QIAGccv03-rbknI/s1600/193.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478278798913814034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr6IDsLRD2d2hSbLZpS0n_SnxsPUd0JG3f3p7Wibkjl6rsD7qV7AkH4bF8L_vODwG_VcjT5sEEUo-ml31Uy8dChUZ02HOr1wbQnLchaldm8aXN5eVrSxk6bbtsud7QIAGccv03-rbknI/s320/193.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Showing us how to form a Gnocchi. We all got a chance to try. She said I did very well. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBlzAYS5b0dSe2yubJXYRmS4hjiQHdb01FKvAsx_OKo-MKUWDUQEPgwM8lUTwrdOXDX9xaUC7LW_3EjIanF-JmjKySnU5B2bPYwFm13H5eWF-hTzO3KohqnK7RdD0MejA2Ofm25tizHU/s1600/194.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478279096718554658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBlzAYS5b0dSe2yubJXYRmS4hjiQHdb01FKvAsx_OKo-MKUWDUQEPgwM8lUTwrdOXDX9xaUC7LW_3EjIanF-JmjKySnU5B2bPYwFm13H5eWF-hTzO3KohqnK7RdD0MejA2Ofm25tizHU/s320/194.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our little Gnocchi pastas.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNSnZBCVxI3HEdD4KGKg_NTTCli3-QnlAFywCBKgrsqmmC82aqC2o_kwxKJS9fmmqXJ5tadkUfOFdxgNn5l0PPWnz6ieGEfGyfbxRzfahM2cG9y3-cFGjZNQxZW7IUwZQc0ZNPzJ44x0/s1600/197.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478279929709264914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNSnZBCVxI3HEdD4KGKg_NTTCli3-QnlAFywCBKgrsqmmC82aqC2o_kwxKJS9fmmqXJ5tadkUfOFdxgNn5l0PPWnz6ieGEfGyfbxRzfahM2cG9y3-cFGjZNQxZW7IUwZQc0ZNPzJ44x0/s320/197.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_IhvjmRYDtBWaxs4_3ce6wej2SNQKmtRoehSvLYVoppqK6mnWqsMK7w0mOGYtK1gSRTNYNNfobLG3fNmbJ_zS8aWAypyy2MBh0gqXDA6lcqqPvpCXoPd_ZMekK3s9qxZxO-hkWLoRaA/s1600/198.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478280325993634738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_IhvjmRYDtBWaxs4_3ce6wej2SNQKmtRoehSvLYVoppqK6mnWqsMK7w0mOGYtK1gSRTNYNNfobLG3fNmbJ_zS8aWAypyy2MBh0gqXDA6lcqqPvpCXoPd_ZMekK3s9qxZxO-hkWLoRaA/s320/198.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Her pasta shaping tools.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1Q92xjj1fkgvFAVZT1kU853KXDKG9QyDbp4fFoDV_wgGMt-GIuyE27QlwffP3iZlOaNgBeP2Mr1yNnQd7kl6nXOz1T_mxVl9hAoevM7x_-wHrQe25EXvZIy5yl3Bp6O9afmBpMn0p_M/s1600/199.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478280727884890418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1Q92xjj1fkgvFAVZT1kU853KXDKG9QyDbp4fFoDV_wgGMt-GIuyE27QlwffP3iZlOaNgBeP2Mr1yNnQd7kl6nXOz1T_mxVl9hAoevM7x_-wHrQe25EXvZIy5yl3Bp6O9afmBpMn0p_M/s320/199.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>We got to taste. I think these are Gnocchi alla romana, which is totally unlike the other gnocchi. From Roma, these are round disks of cooked semolina pasta which are cut into flattish rounds and baked. She baked these with olive oil, salt, and fresh rosemary. </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Next, we headed to the trainstation to get back to home sweet Rome. (that's how we feel when we are away from it for too long).<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw9spCYTtFA93MgNDUHS1nwuCJhgNl9QRL9J6ur7R3GERdJ3vyst-4VLTbcyat8OSdV21f1MB35lp3tmxh4mRwXwukeYknKD40A3VHSzkmiUM19h7Z8k5pN8XDnSdEbTu1toNWGX_vM4/s1600/201.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478281087080880210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw9spCYTtFA93MgNDUHS1nwuCJhgNl9QRL9J6ur7R3GERdJ3vyst-4VLTbcyat8OSdV21f1MB35lp3tmxh4mRwXwukeYknKD40A3VHSzkmiUM19h7Z8k5pN8XDnSdEbTu1toNWGX_vM4/s320/201.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Waiting for our euro star. Oh, good ole' Trenitalia.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZ3Zxun_sq9uOXKiff8MDsA5fwDU1vFq1fgM2_8WeeW5r7Zi1VJImB7jvELVq8fO-rxXiRYm0vpZSm7VRFJ1Tp6ISf1CVmVNPqCOmclrmdqVKyTIY624P7rX9PNbnEQBlNo6WzDndSR8/s1600/200.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478282681024051282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZ3Zxun_sq9uOXKiff8MDsA5fwDU1vFq1fgM2_8WeeW5r7Zi1VJImB7jvELVq8fO-rxXiRYm0vpZSm7VRFJ1Tp6ISf1CVmVNPqCOmclrmdqVKyTIY624P7rX9PNbnEQBlNo6WzDndSR8/s320/200.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The end.</p><p align="center">It is after 1am here in Italy, and I am falling asleep as I write this. I shall soon go to bed. I have a full day of classes ahead of me tomorrow, starting at 9am.</p><p align="center">Talk to you soon!</p><p align="center">ciao! :)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-19881238683912861572010-05-30T07:12:00.000-07:002010-05-30T15:25:06.709-07:00The King of Cheese!<div align="center">Hello! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Today is Sunday and was another laid back kind of day. I slept until noon. Took a shower for 2 hours. Ate breakfast and found a live slug in my strawberries. (that's what I get for not washing them) :) Then I tried to download the movie 'When in Rome' on fast pass tv but it was moving slow I just turned it off. Then my friend Christine and I went to get some pizza and gelato for dinner. Last night as we were roaming in Rome trying to find a good gelateria, we stumbled upon a little place right near our apartment that had the most AMAZING gelato I have ever had! I have had gelato about 5 times since we have been here and every time I wasn't too impressed. I mean it is delicious, but it tasted just like ordinary ice cream. But last night, oh my, it was just so yum. :)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So I am going to continue the adventures from my Northern trip. In the previous post I talked about Pienza (Tuscany). After we left Tuscany, we headed to Florence. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Florence is a beautiful city with very exciting architecture. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">It is hard to think of a place that's more closely linked to one specific historical period than Florence. In the 15th century the city was at the center of an artistic revolution, later labeled the Renaissance, which changed the way people see the world. Five hundred years later, the Renaissance remains the reason people see Florence- the abundance of treasures is mind-boggling. Present day Florentines have a somewhat uneasy relationship with their city's past; the never ending stream of tourists is something they seem to tolerate more than embrace. Still, they pride themselves on living well, and that means one will find exceptional restaurants and first-rate shopping to go with all of the amazing art found in Florence. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">As soon as we arrived in Florence, we checked in at our hotel.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Hotel Castri:</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-VbUwdZW2WWEDgIgha1bYg1du33GUfbr1ZxM1S2UtZlwUbOQm9jNZZw8jAjfjHiFSEw7CyQyQFIld6s9_xBVGxBY95gtgjf5CGxDvAN_TXj1PpBJpVwvM9Dp7x61mLHtvIftI8yaAXE/s1600/114.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477069021682104818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-VbUwdZW2WWEDgIgha1bYg1du33GUfbr1ZxM1S2UtZlwUbOQm9jNZZw8jAjfjHiFSEw7CyQyQFIld6s9_xBVGxBY95gtgjf5CGxDvAN_TXj1PpBJpVwvM9Dp7x61mLHtvIftI8yaAXE/s320/114.JPG" /></a><br />After we were checked in, we had a quick Arch lecture and then went to eat dinner.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVE65LP6uTP7JKnXCx7Bu8fBW9wXw7uC5lV9FXy_P0qoj7_r-u2RgTM9dOxQw1TJcsURatr6NCHYICESjZKeHqQ1FIgIfpnSWZqvviFWv5CRe7yOv0fg6RkGTfYkOdv9Y_hOViTZoan30/s1600/115.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477069251905299586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVE65LP6uTP7JKnXCx7Bu8fBW9wXw7uC5lV9FXy_P0qoj7_r-u2RgTM9dOxQw1TJcsURatr6NCHYICESjZKeHqQ1FIgIfpnSWZqvviFWv5CRe7yOv0fg6RkGTfYkOdv9Y_hOViTZoan30/s320/115.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Suprisingly, even though Florence is known for fancy specialty things, the food at this restaurant was not too good. It was ok, but not as wonderful as the many other things that I have had. </p><p align="center">Before we even came to Florence, all Dr. Probart would talk about was this sacrificial beef that we NEEDED to taste. I think the students made it known to her that we weren't very fond of the idea and that she didn't need to fit this VERY expensive meat into our budget. But she insisted. She was so excited that we had the pleasure to come in contact with this kiania (not sure if that is spelled correctly) sacrificial beef. </p><p align="center">When the chef came rolling this beef out on the cart, I said "ew!" (in my head, of course). As he was cutting the meat, we were being told in the background by Dr. Probart, the history of this young cow that we were about to consume. It was sad. Anyway, I did not eat it because it was dripping with red blood. As I said before, Italians do not eat their red meat 'well done.' It is literally just sauteed on both sides just to give a little brown color. I couldn't eat this sacrificial cow.</p><p align="center">But here is the chef that served it to us:</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBggshCyo-6wJHUrNdKrQxFFPyMMybHPMOO0mwDSZ2CDBBjU-ecz5bkKRO3j7x_WqCI9TWH4khnYy3FOPUXqZikmgqt0uCYD8bdULlAC2DiWn2SzFZkwcyu0rg4BEHMr-_mIHfXi4JB0M/s1600/118.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477072099165577906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBggshCyo-6wJHUrNdKrQxFFPyMMybHPMOO0mwDSZ2CDBBjU-ecz5bkKRO3j7x_WqCI9TWH4khnYy3FOPUXqZikmgqt0uCYD8bdULlAC2DiWn2SzFZkwcyu0rg4BEHMr-_mIHfXi4JB0M/s320/118.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Here is the sacrificial cow:</p><p align="center">Is your mouth watering yet?<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EIJREyhZMjxjni_wR6yiWK58kE3EHbhT_LT6o9M6nnc1vA4oaiRRfqOKaT671aCgZs1NU743XcVCNm74icjjkcXTk-IfxsnlbomgIm6PUSGeZjCAvs0nq_MnMW7Mmz8WqiN8DXEaEmU/s1600/117.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477072373531153330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EIJREyhZMjxjni_wR6yiWK58kE3EHbhT_LT6o9M6nnc1vA4oaiRRfqOKaT671aCgZs1NU743XcVCNm74icjjkcXTk-IfxsnlbomgIm6PUSGeZjCAvs0nq_MnMW7Mmz8WqiN8DXEaEmU/s320/117.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>We had about 15 courses here but it was served so fast, Ididn't take pictures of everything. We had cannelini beans, panzanella salad (the bread salad), 2 different types of bread soups (tomato and spinach), and this for dolce:<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMsODMpClypOrfJDNIRQSuBEceNHGwC3Xv0VQfFc9wrF8tEQqDrp8IP7A6HJtLJK1dD7ex2lE3e8WftJM9133f5jzsz5KNlo27-OMfhRsfzpb7hiL_ziyzZI8BBvUI7QII_6bwgJFHPc/s1600/119.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477072652012590338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMsODMpClypOrfJDNIRQSuBEceNHGwC3Xv0VQfFc9wrF8tEQqDrp8IP7A6HJtLJK1dD7ex2lE3e8WftJM9133f5jzsz5KNlo27-OMfhRsfzpb7hiL_ziyzZI8BBvUI7QII_6bwgJFHPc/s320/119.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>After dinner, we walked around Florence with Dr. Probart and Romolo to learn about the architecture around the city. </p><p align="center">This beautiful building is called The Duomo, Florence's biggest masterpiece. It was huge. And such intricate elegantly designed carvings within and on the outside.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuDkFy5ItJ9I7N4J_wClaRkp-oXN0rPT4m5brIvGs3Vs_n9BJzxqRJEsncb33xfhyphenhyphenfTu5T8UhWA8t1uL-3_xc2oB41t0U73ClEWFtXpYG8V0F5KCrQl5OTTTdzF6GU-TaFFuZDkrIbEo/s1600/124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477073038984307954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuDkFy5ItJ9I7N4J_wClaRkp-oXN0rPT4m5brIvGs3Vs_n9BJzxqRJEsncb33xfhyphenhyphenfTu5T8UhWA8t1uL-3_xc2oB41t0U73ClEWFtXpYG8V0F5KCrQl5OTTTdzF6GU-TaFFuZDkrIbEo/s320/124.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>It is the centerpiece of Florence, it is really called the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, but it is better known as the Duomo.</p><p align="center">The Duomo's construction began in 1296, following the design of Arnolfo da Cambio, Florence's greatest architect of the time. By modern standards, construction was slow and haphazard- it continued through the 14th and into the 15th century, with some dozen architects having a hand in the project. </p><p align="center">In 1366, Neri di Fioravanti created a model for the hugely ambitious cupola, it was to be the largest dome in the world, surpassing Rome's Pantheon. But when the time finally came to build the dome in 1418, no one was sure how or even if it could be done. Florence was faced with a 143-ft hole in the roof of its cathedral, and one of the greatest challenges in the history of architecture.</p><p align="center">Fortunately, local genius Filippo Brunelleschi was just the man for the job. For the next 18 years, he oversaw its construction. The enormity of his achievements can hardly be overstated. Working on such a large scale (the dome weighs 37,000 tons and uses 4 million bricks) required him to invent hoists and cranes to get the job done. </p><p align="center">There is so much to say about this Duomo, but I won't bore you too much. :) It is just an amazing piece of architecture.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS3Wr_ZLxZp6-qFh-gk9trwyiZeoq0tPuYcJUQKf06h6LWAS4bGRlUeoO2LZ2L1ZryHALZjBCvO-TUBsLfAWXCVQ8Vtrqoaim7tAiQjAMs-Tsly8IfWAsEDIZfLkrW-IEk097TBNKoso/s1600/123.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477073325161474642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS3Wr_ZLxZp6-qFh-gk9trwyiZeoq0tPuYcJUQKf06h6LWAS4bGRlUeoO2LZ2L1ZryHALZjBCvO-TUBsLfAWXCVQ8Vtrqoaim7tAiQjAMs-Tsly8IfWAsEDIZfLkrW-IEk097TBNKoso/s320/123.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>After our lecture at the Duomo, we were free to walk around on our own.</p><p align="center">Here are some pretty shots of Florence:</p><p align="center">These used to be old houses along here? I am not going to say that is a definite, but it is now filled with jewelry stores.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lfsq-CVD5Hh0SzA2pOdXViCJYjUTbwQ2PKC3vYJME_sM4tSYqkpX9-XEXZSeHEyPzz91avDAU3J07ZQV76O1jShhSgtV5t2V3Ic6wr9sHxZ5flhrJkuSpneEzQOZ6LYskvEb3V10yIg/s1600/131.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477073705970048146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lfsq-CVD5Hh0SzA2pOdXViCJYjUTbwQ2PKC3vYJME_sM4tSYqkpX9-XEXZSeHEyPzz91avDAU3J07ZQV76O1jShhSgtV5t2V3Ic6wr9sHxZ5flhrJkuSpneEzQOZ6LYskvEb3V10yIg/s320/131.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFkIb4hvqmg2EOtLGacEU1oFkX84gSDapOq2FrSx7DG-x0wOC5OPWESJroaHkXjEk54BFwIFl4Kyagbu9l48wwGQh1FFitQBCQlAduBzIXf72kA3iey95OR85I0QZGoehepDecxoN_oc/s1600/141.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477075028406079346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFkIb4hvqmg2EOtLGacEU1oFkX84gSDapOq2FrSx7DG-x0wOC5OPWESJroaHkXjEk54BFwIFl4Kyagbu9l48wwGQh1FFitQBCQlAduBzIXf72kA3iey95OR85I0QZGoehepDecxoN_oc/s320/141.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlw_g57oL08MwMm13HquFPfLRG_QxFyqLnYIbwQZbtOWGnAUGJ3kAiNAsX8tmdY3myHtyY3PuijWOr4AbgZUrVQtR-kOJ4nBGTkiMVWzy897CSxwfwNsaNqRskixGPxfDEeJdUiIefCU/s1600/142.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477075300128905074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlw_g57oL08MwMm13HquFPfLRG_QxFyqLnYIbwQZbtOWGnAUGJ3kAiNAsX8tmdY3myHtyY3PuijWOr4AbgZUrVQtR-kOJ4nBGTkiMVWzy897CSxwfwNsaNqRskixGPxfDEeJdUiIefCU/s320/142.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>I see this in almost every city we travel to. They are locks of love. When couples travel to these cities, they leave a lock with their names written or engraved into the lock. Cute idea. </p><p align="center">Amore eternal love.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxpMkPp3iJa9X6KHsjqeYKUc_UzODvsn4BVveCqx5V0pFV64dk6j6dQK3XdhG02Vu3TgcRXX6u5PWJN2IWqBS-Wf7VfrQvJRzDX8uiyA7ebLaA7Iz4J309XZdgjebSJDVrqFUkvDRvBs/s1600/185.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477075957552167458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxpMkPp3iJa9X6KHsjqeYKUc_UzODvsn4BVveCqx5V0pFV64dk6j6dQK3XdhG02Vu3TgcRXX6u5PWJN2IWqBS-Wf7VfrQvJRzDX8uiyA7ebLaA7Iz4J309XZdgjebSJDVrqFUkvDRvBs/s320/185.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>During my Northern trip, we had some extra time to do more traveling after our last stop in Parma and a majority of the group was heading back to Florence, some were going back to Roma, and others were go bungie jumping. Since a majority of the group was heading back to Florence, that is what I did too because I am a chicken and will not bungie jump...maybe skydive, but not bungie jump. ;) Anyways, going back to Florence was no fun and I (and everyone else) was wanting to be back in Rome the entire time we were there. Although, seeing the David was really cool. We spent too much in travel costs and hostel. Maybe that was a hint that I should have gone to the Swiss Alps to bungie jump for 200 euros?! haha. just kidding.</p><p align="center">After Florence, we headed to Modena. The city of aceto balsamico. Aceto Balsamico Di Modena.</p><p align="center">Modena is home to Aceto Balsamico, a species of balsamic vinegar unparalleled anywhere else on Earth. The balsamic vinegar that you have probably tried- even the pricier versions sold at specialty stores, may be good on salads, but it bears only a fleeting resemblance to the REAL thing. </p><p align="center">The tradizionale vinegar that passes strict government standards is made with Trebbiano grape must, which is cooked over an open fire, reduced, and fermented from 12 to 25 or more years in a series of specially made wooden casks. As the vinegar becomes more concentrated, so much liquid evaporates that it takes more than 6 gallons of must to produce one quart of vinegar 12 years later. </p><p align="center">The result is an intense and syrupy concoction best enjoyed sparingly on grilled meats, strawberries, or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. </p><p align="center">We saw this aceto balsamico being made in this family's home. Below is the daughter and the mother. Families in Italy that plan on having children will start to cook and ferment their aceto balsamico when the child is born and usually by the time the child is ready to get married, that balsamic vinegar gets passed onto his/her family and the tradition continues.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FWZwlIrRu-CNJXurg9YcM5FJADUAdrw0lk8JilKVLpKiLgXGWGYuaMehhncMwPayf5rgntfnRk8doZWjPCMrFSCGHx-NOdHHPkL7Szf_R-w-PZCrgqX4NarLz5kzPuh4wK1C6tATQP8/s1600/144.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477076469808715954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FWZwlIrRu-CNJXurg9YcM5FJADUAdrw0lk8JilKVLpKiLgXGWGYuaMehhncMwPayf5rgntfnRk8doZWjPCMrFSCGHx-NOdHHPkL7Szf_R-w-PZCrgqX4NarLz5kzPuh4wK1C6tATQP8/s320/144.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The father, the mother, and the daughter. Look at Dr. Probart's face! haha.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnK5YfHa1nmu3uYNe-3zCMLrFS6EgZKxSJWix_cQEVO928lnpW4gCrtoGBNgNF28UED1_8PQyX86t7TB9KLWFpbRSThjO_OKETugNywUFzKEmDhE8FeDmky4LePY0EvdPQlALhlUx_vI/s1600/145.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477076762327710098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnK5YfHa1nmu3uYNe-3zCMLrFS6EgZKxSJWix_cQEVO928lnpW4gCrtoGBNgNF28UED1_8PQyX86t7TB9KLWFpbRSThjO_OKETugNywUFzKEmDhE8FeDmky4LePY0EvdPQlALhlUx_vI/s320/145.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7jGB5J9IOI52IUeb-5efvP4o4yDkRYpEa9Vl6UnrvprXBGTNzZaol6Xkv6KDp-MqNRdq4F1c9mVvZ-X_gWF8nJC_oufBSys-dCLG-0LW6rvESQn5BKnZYnvfX6T3pb7PO-J7YCwf2cA/s1600/146.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477090874947363986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7jGB5J9IOI52IUeb-5efvP4o4yDkRYpEa9Vl6UnrvprXBGTNzZaol6Xkv6KDp-MqNRdq4F1c9mVvZ-X_gWF8nJC_oufBSys-dCLG-0LW6rvESQn5BKnZYnvfX6T3pb7PO-J7YCwf2cA/s320/146.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The outside of their home. The inside was gorgeous. The floors were so unique and she had a huge and lovely kitchen. I would have taken pictures of the downstairs of their house, but I didn't want to be rude. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNYAj6w-KkiFW5ysFJlrsz7v7fVzddvdz3bG2x5j4qN-1-Ccpfp1nnybYlmy9kYcyaX7s1spw7HJ3bugyAzptL8aqAaw6mwKSxcugAxe-f5eKYSqZ73gKTrOrKE48sieRIgHdR9mAq4I/s1600/147.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477091164635237074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNYAj6w-KkiFW5ysFJlrsz7v7fVzddvdz3bG2x5j4qN-1-Ccpfp1nnybYlmy9kYcyaX7s1spw7HJ3bugyAzptL8aqAaw6mwKSxcugAxe-f5eKYSqZ73gKTrOrKE48sieRIgHdR9mAq4I/s320/147.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Aceto balsamico is aged always in the attic. This is the attic of their home where they create this wonderful concoction. See all of the wooden casks that the cooked grapes are fermented into?<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fRnccDfRog85s3Kam3_TQT78WaSA_vjTIndu1fXNl_zz33W65PpKLvUKC3UF8ifehTmGG6hrLMehq6BxaTuMANwZRuKo5FdjsMW76MvMCnbU-ymsR6ccMy5kAYyPsyRG-SoTuhfcDRc/s1600/148.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477091430919301698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fRnccDfRog85s3Kam3_TQT78WaSA_vjTIndu1fXNl_zz33W65PpKLvUKC3UF8ifehTmGG6hrLMehq6BxaTuMANwZRuKo5FdjsMW76MvMCnbU-ymsR6ccMy5kAYyPsyRG-SoTuhfcDRc/s320/148.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>These were the bottles that we sampled from. We tasted the young balsamic which was aged for 12 years, the older balsamic which was aged for 25 years, and a cherry balsamic which she suggested goes wonderful with vanilla ice cream. It was all so good! It is also all natural, just grapes. No added ingredients (besides natural fruits like the cherries for the cherry balsamico), no pesticides, no added sugar, water, etc. It is a DOP product here in Italy which means it is the real thing.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezpe-ZbB903_OvY6ZHQn5Q8Spd5BDIMMn4xNkH2JTbtSKzShmeCY5GAd1xpCKcaVu38RlSOERzaGlszzySb4MD0NL1moic6QZTGw6_D40zWfOKCH1CvGRDiQTuTobcVi_XcCipq8DnnI/s1600/149.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477091727509797554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezpe-ZbB903_OvY6ZHQn5Q8Spd5BDIMMn4xNkH2JTbtSKzShmeCY5GAd1xpCKcaVu38RlSOERzaGlszzySb4MD0NL1moic6QZTGw6_D40zWfOKCH1CvGRDiQTuTobcVi_XcCipq8DnnI/s320/149.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>More pictures of the wooden casks:</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyF3UiPSDibwpM98pPpgqhbtkyWeuTADzEzHhpMFSoAhnaLgRHdTiijozZ0288u3ptqpppCfRD4WMwBXTvRLKhRDPSlGymZWBWUWecWUwusQm9RuQc3IsHlqq__nX9H_WQfy8Wwhynuc/s1600/150.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477092064352008802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyF3UiPSDibwpM98pPpgqhbtkyWeuTADzEzHhpMFSoAhnaLgRHdTiijozZ0288u3ptqpppCfRD4WMwBXTvRLKhRDPSlGymZWBWUWecWUwusQm9RuQc3IsHlqq__nX9H_WQfy8Wwhynuc/s320/150.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJarUQnxmohnFnQ9YZs7K7b4mG8uo28YrmQGh4ukKHixugzpo1VUUYaOvzWSA5Csmz361gu3rJG8wPRRZbFvtzxBiVsuqQ9wqgq4RHNL9QPzKfvZh7MEIEIDwXiF3Gq8YDefwgVSD61Tk/s1600/151.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477092326208110658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJarUQnxmohnFnQ9YZs7K7b4mG8uo28YrmQGh4ukKHixugzpo1VUUYaOvzWSA5Csmz361gu3rJG8wPRRZbFvtzxBiVsuqQ9wqgq4RHNL9QPzKfvZh7MEIEIDwXiF3Gq8YDefwgVSD61Tk/s320/151.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfe33NCJHrvDd49S-q5D2FIveJzkDDcwDsD3n36s3-uW2ZiiiL3DXgzDaSOaxytC33Z9argWDRKan1nMd8br_-_5xd41NEw_8LP0YBAowHLGf4paGktFnVqQ-xNi3hyphenhyphenlxYV0DwtYRtV4A/s1600/152.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477092610885788306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfe33NCJHrvDd49S-q5D2FIveJzkDDcwDsD3n36s3-uW2ZiiiL3DXgzDaSOaxytC33Z9argWDRKan1nMd8br_-_5xd41NEw_8LP0YBAowHLGf4paGktFnVqQ-xNi3hyphenhyphenlxYV0DwtYRtV4A/s320/152.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>I bought some of this aceto balsamico for everyone to try at home, it was really expensive and I can't believe how much I spent on balsamic vinegar, but it was worth it. Just wait and you'll taste for yourself. :)<br /></p><p align="center">After the balsamico tasting we headed to the hotel for our night stay in Modena.</p><p align="center">But before we got to the hotel...we got pulled over by the polizia!</p><p align="center">Our poor bus driver got a ticket for running a red light. Who knew! The drivers in Roma do it all the time! I guess not in Modena, they are more strict about their policies.</p><p align="center">Our bus driver getting his ticket :(</p><p align="center">(yes, I had to walk all the way to the back of the bus so that I could capture this moment)<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59XpaRWmfQc8HcPL0DrYXhBLWIC12Glm2D77F7b8lMjy_182hfeVdxIsU-s6vx-fvaLN0qtgtS29-oVHuMjTbiByQCipScv1nOG_K25GgSIWhmg7t-yCm9-aEuqLvEZjjMz6ewkQIzSY/s1600/155.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477094951982096642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59XpaRWmfQc8HcPL0DrYXhBLWIC12Glm2D77F7b8lMjy_182hfeVdxIsU-s6vx-fvaLN0qtgtS29-oVHuMjTbiByQCipScv1nOG_K25GgSIWhmg7t-yCm9-aEuqLvEZjjMz6ewkQIzSY/s320/155.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our hotel in Modena:<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgYmrlYGDrm2DjFl0ptOLtFJgyO2zXz1yRvVGf2mEFr69by-VEYfPUFGUEApDAkBRpR7o8yktcrvCqLSFmu4j48iVkLnb-FNlxocgaEBGDmIx3feT2YqKqtgW4J5FhXAz0AEUFVd6X-E/s1600/157.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477095305431811298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgYmrlYGDrm2DjFl0ptOLtFJgyO2zXz1yRvVGf2mEFr69by-VEYfPUFGUEApDAkBRpR7o8yktcrvCqLSFmu4j48iVkLnb-FNlxocgaEBGDmIx3feT2YqKqtgW4J5FhXAz0AEUFVd6X-E/s320/157.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Once we reached our hotel, we ate the leftover aged cheese from the day before and bread for lunch. Then we went for a stroll around the tiny town of Modena.</p><p align="center">An olive stand that I found. I love olives!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_8iLEMtcgLwMGAZnwoCwBMPntt1KRCQ7x8_Wpg_zaNoq_hyJeBJ5fvN2Suj0tkdr8bbPYw6KhX83HnbfbkFMUgNnx-tV1MjUtQhN0qH4l6FYosUZfJVzoE-EVlUFD3uXukHRqr369bs/s1600/163.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477095665828354482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_8iLEMtcgLwMGAZnwoCwBMPntt1KRCQ7x8_Wpg_zaNoq_hyJeBJ5fvN2Suj0tkdr8bbPYw6KhX83HnbfbkFMUgNnx-tV1MjUtQhN0qH4l6FYosUZfJVzoE-EVlUFD3uXukHRqr369bs/s320/163.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7G2JknCC_wpxyUXesafMJthmOGeoUOCl7591CSM2oPydWhgN9PgA2LMxs7tvdPaJHjHMJ9uljJvz5QXbQSHoog0azBN4L-O3cOc1H6TDufP69yKkU4pnONnvPV1xndwxNy5SCOjMFTI/s1600/165.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477096152478371618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7G2JknCC_wpxyUXesafMJthmOGeoUOCl7591CSM2oPydWhgN9PgA2LMxs7tvdPaJHjHMJ9uljJvz5QXbQSHoog0azBN4L-O3cOc1H6TDufP69yKkU4pnONnvPV1xndwxNy5SCOjMFTI/s320/165.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Who does this remind you of? Penelope! Oh, how I miss her.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR4sDjlipITOC_j5po9ZTCKy9-Ys_LW5GkqSka4xFJcwP-noYx_IsKP9nlTSjv-A6WvTgyYEuresYoliQQHRZdZy9GtyG9PxWi60tVaTXEvzyt6jlxkp57Pw9erV5bHhZe3V6VaTLQ1s/s1600/169.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477102716322903090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR4sDjlipITOC_j5po9ZTCKy9-Ys_LW5GkqSka4xFJcwP-noYx_IsKP9nlTSjv-A6WvTgyYEuresYoliQQHRZdZy9GtyG9PxWi60tVaTXEvzyt6jlxkp57Pw9erV5bHhZe3V6VaTLQ1s/s320/169.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>More locks of love.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ynqLNpSw43AH2ksz8qd2YBt-j0QPQJODcVPRjb7AZlgjHIW98KLThzrcJY6o_S1oxXhei4xhVJilvIR8e7gqgaAFePw4_oTmsuiMf26mOJ1x72dP_DFldV2eQbz3wjPkd3KP0a7U3so/s1600/170.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477103156864713426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ynqLNpSw43AH2ksz8qd2YBt-j0QPQJODcVPRjb7AZlgjHIW98KLThzrcJY6o_S1oxXhei4xhVJilvIR8e7gqgaAFePw4_oTmsuiMf26mOJ1x72dP_DFldV2eQbz3wjPkd3KP0a7U3so/s320/170.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our first course from dinner in Modena. It was soo good.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsP4OQZOj0YuIxK2ECK_ze3BdjANskAATCGwGHqhJ-bDOtnXbDm1vYdmZPuKFtLFWthWhEsl4zZhYOK1iGf-9AqiOg8Qykdjx7yI_IizABAxx0n6IKthZIJ1Jl6nT6LTtf7yxLeQbaEmI/s1600/171.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477103538051465234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsP4OQZOj0YuIxK2ECK_ze3BdjANskAATCGwGHqhJ-bDOtnXbDm1vYdmZPuKFtLFWthWhEsl4zZhYOK1iGf-9AqiOg8Qykdjx7yI_IizABAxx0n6IKthZIJ1Jl6nT6LTtf7yxLeQbaEmI/s320/171.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The fly in my wine. Can you see it?<br /></p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">After Modena, we traveled to Parma! Home of the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese! Also known as the King of Cheese here in Italy. </p><p align="center">Parmigiano Reggiano is a granular cheese produced around parts of the Po River in northern Italy. It is a hard, cooked cheese, made with both the morning and evening milk. One can get mesmerised by the whirling curds and sniffing the scent of fresh milk. </p><p align="center">La Traversetolese.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxChOxxjPLMZuMJ6ubRzE0MN4FIEUsM_t77Bh7U2AeJCC7Kd4s3qsmEXSibavICH0eI2CnzRQUS4lh1AUI8YoIHnTTP0KHEMCqHaIRt_hrkgDjMk1JwMagB1rZY-4_h7Ecrn-0o1Eb-8I/s1600/175.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477134183089100258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxChOxxjPLMZuMJ6ubRzE0MN4FIEUsM_t77Bh7U2AeJCC7Kd4s3qsmEXSibavICH0eI2CnzRQUS4lh1AUI8YoIHnTTP0KHEMCqHaIRt_hrkgDjMk1JwMagB1rZY-4_h7Ecrn-0o1Eb-8I/s320/175.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOCBsQHrK4RFmbkDrgz4mvKhU0N2yTScQR9AD6RIziF1HVX9sJf_4YlByPD2pFafEvKKxu5hdpFvJ_cxsS3fjWw7zSn-dMQ0Zr89N-ApNEI71r-998UwAHP0-pv46iFRQwbeCOkoorJo/s1600/176.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477138581765964674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOCBsQHrK4RFmbkDrgz4mvKhU0N2yTScQR9AD6RIziF1HVX9sJf_4YlByPD2pFafEvKKxu5hdpFvJ_cxsS3fjWw7zSn-dMQ0Zr89N-ApNEI71r-998UwAHP0-pv46iFRQwbeCOkoorJo/s320/176.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The factory that the parmigiano reggiano is produced in. We all had to suit up in white outfits, bonnets, and blue booties before we headed in. Sorry, no pic, my camera died before I even thought to take a shot of me in my cutesy factory outfit.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9HKU5JVmuktJgTmKrHooooXGDfsmHNZ3oV2HZJP0iUAihTd48dAZLZZbh1TT2ahYuPg5BCEhltW8vCDB30MVqkjWWTHrQk3rY41-rgAiMatT_DgnkWt4CJ5ogIgaWmHcQ9ZkedsIS4w/s1600/177.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477140872907497138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9HKU5JVmuktJgTmKrHooooXGDfsmHNZ3oV2HZJP0iUAihTd48dAZLZZbh1TT2ahYuPg5BCEhltW8vCDB30MVqkjWWTHrQk3rY41-rgAiMatT_DgnkWt4CJ5ogIgaWmHcQ9ZkedsIS4w/s320/177.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The huge and very deep copper bowls that the milk curd is heated in.</p><p align="center">While the curd is heated, it isn't pasteurized, which means that the character of the milk is left intact.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmw66DoQ07qAzufATqRU3MQr-RSs5JJ7HNl72o_PDNB5p5GzhePLJg9Sa1E-_wq2ZKQzFCq9TCLYPWQiMsE3lBuTR8xEwmu1W-s1MpvwyC9gip2CCAY-FGjtj8aoVe9b0t8HOvY6UIuw/s1600/178.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477141487957107698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmw66DoQ07qAzufATqRU3MQr-RSs5JJ7HNl72o_PDNB5p5GzhePLJg9Sa1E-_wq2ZKQzFCq9TCLYPWQiMsE3lBuTR8xEwmu1W-s1MpvwyC9gip2CCAY-FGjtj8aoVe9b0t8HOvY6UIuw/s320/178.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Skimmed milk is placed into these copper-lined basins and then cultured, heated, and then whizzled with a machine that looks like a small motor. The cheesemakers dip their hands into the basins and feel for the granular texture of the curd to make sure it's just right.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOaXho-3ySmXbZhGCXO19UVNspCcZYy_Qo-R_-uvTvSuO8eE-TAIDkEf81XQ4v79qc6tlaE0PnsteRIKyYVRPGowISZmQQZZlwFOAjcRVlaxT0qvm5gzMR6Xfb1sl0naoVEHGS0k7xU8/s1600/179.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477142634284746690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOaXho-3ySmXbZhGCXO19UVNspCcZYy_Qo-R_-uvTvSuO8eE-TAIDkEf81XQ4v79qc6tlaE0PnsteRIKyYVRPGowISZmQQZZlwFOAjcRVlaxT0qvm5gzMR6Xfb1sl0naoVEHGS0k7xU8/s320/179.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>They then lift the curd into the cheesecloth. Each vat's curd is gathered with care into a single cloth, cut in half, drained over the whey in two cheesecloths and placed into moulds.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS027k5umhYpim-ZUyp6YYhPzAXOfWyW3gXQi2S2X2Oxct32WCmXouZspGz05ldPZ3hyyAB-9LTrCxDN2dcPUil03ltrl7IwsbWd8SECTDcVm-w6Vw1vDA0H3oBgJ35-PggLz_yLM3qBk/s1600/180.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477143081446153426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS027k5umhYpim-ZUyp6YYhPzAXOfWyW3gXQi2S2X2Oxct32WCmXouZspGz05ldPZ3hyyAB-9LTrCxDN2dcPUil03ltrl7IwsbWd8SECTDcVm-w6Vw1vDA0H3oBgJ35-PggLz_yLM3qBk/s320/180.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The cheesemakers putting the parm cheese into its famous shaped moulds.<br /></p><p align="center">Dr. Probart said that the women here in Italy look for the cheesemakers for their husbands because they are strong and have soft silky hands from being in the cheese curd/whey all day long.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaq803UanS9OtwqzgD4KpEXjZxzJYZEJAK-B3j7fev3qfwLH5ixf1fBoguM0lb3v0kn44hDeQGXytJf4tX3MIwIZFn-zcEIE4wOYQppMQEggkRbaWpOGbIpWBrHMd9Csm_sHegjAGCW8/s1600/181.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477143815869797714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaq803UanS9OtwqzgD4KpEXjZxzJYZEJAK-B3j7fev3qfwLH5ixf1fBoguM0lb3v0kn44hDeQGXytJf4tX3MIwIZFn-zcEIE4wOYQppMQEggkRbaWpOGbIpWBrHMd9Csm_sHegjAGCW8/s320/181.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The huge wheels are then placed in a salty brine for the better part of the month.<br /></p><p align="center">They are then stored in this storeroom and are stacked on shelves that tower over the cheesemaker. The parmigiano is aged for at least a year, usually 2. </p><p align="center">Every 2 weeks they are turned and wiped clean. While this was once done by hand, a machine now works its way up and down each row automatically. </p><p align="center">At some time towards the end of each parmigiano's maturation, professional testers take each cheese and hit them all over with a small hammer. An expert ear can pick up faint hollow sounds, a sign of cracks or faults in the cheese, and if it doesn't meet a certain standard, it is rejected. It is not thrown out, but rather taken home for the families of the cheesemakers. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuCnuQUjYZeDs-BtaHfoaHDbWzCo_uFmGyUUbmkFAYF1nz91U_m4SsZ31p9ZFzQdian3YnzoFboQ4y0tp9M2v4GuMAmjFQWpW1hrDA9LGElhJZ7BfuPUNZ_LQ-LhpOnhnkHD4yNRDuPI/s1600/183.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477144372807536114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuCnuQUjYZeDs-BtaHfoaHDbWzCo_uFmGyUUbmkFAYF1nz91U_m4SsZ31p9ZFzQdian3YnzoFboQ4y0tp9M2v4GuMAmjFQWpW1hrDA9LGElhJZ7BfuPUNZ_LQ-LhpOnhnkHD4yNRDuPI/s320/183.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The Parmigiano reggiano are marked on the rind with their name, the producer and the consortium that oversees their production as well as the date. The consortium checks every cheese before it is sold. </p><p align="center">Every wheel is worth a pile of money so there is a lot of fraud to counter. To be sure you're getting the real thing, never buy pre-grated cheese, and always buy a wedge where you can see the distinctive marks on the rind.<br /></p><p align="center">At the end of our tour, we got to taste some fresh parmigiano reggiano. It was extremely salty but very delicious. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B34FhSWlVdrERdUc8hep-M1tBCd94SfLKwfzyEnOPzJddIIrMpa8KvRsORd-MzyAaeIfzH6wBY3-DL9-lGNKIDv1kHIBmNxu9y_ZNJ82DPCiLnnzL3K-TCkQWpukVgPDaycta8i-6KM/s1600/184.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477147981576055106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B34FhSWlVdrERdUc8hep-M1tBCd94SfLKwfzyEnOPzJddIIrMpa8KvRsORd-MzyAaeIfzH6wBY3-DL9-lGNKIDv1kHIBmNxu9y_ZNJ82DPCiLnnzL3K-TCkQWpukVgPDaycta8i-6KM/s320/184.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The hard cheese is used all over Italy for grating onto pasta and in other savoury dishes or even as a table cheese. </p><p align="center">One of the greatest of all of the world's cheeses! That is why it is called the King of Cheese!</p><p align="center">Coming up: Visit to Volpetti's, Pompeii and Paestum (southern trip)!</p><p align="center">Tomorrow is back to the routine of classes, my new nutrition class starts tomorrow! I am not all caught up on here with my adventures like I wanted to be, but I will be tomorrow!</p><p align="center">Love and kisses.</p><p align="center">Ciao!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a></p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-37453925139619146592010-05-29T05:21:00.001-07:002010-05-29T09:49:04.587-07:00When In Rome...You Eat American food?<div align="center">Hello Strangers! It has been too long since I have blogged and I have too much to catch up on!<br /></div><div align="center">It is Saturday here in Roma and it has been a pleasant day of doing nothing (no school work, no papers!) We just got back from our Southern trip yesterday and it was the last day of our Nutrition 399 class taught my Dr. Probart (bittersweet). Good thing: No more 50 course meals! Bad thing: We need to cook and buy our own food and no more field trips: real legit classes in a classroom at the Pantheon Institute. But that is really not a bad thing though, it will be fun! We will finally have time to cook in our kitchen and go food shopping at the fun markets! (We are actually making our own homemade pasta tonight! fun! fun!)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Hopefully we will all recover from our food comas and as some say...'our food babies'</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">No kidding, I have never eaten so much in one day! But it was pretty cool to have a class that incorporated eating Italian foods as a part of our grade. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Anyways, onto my adventures:</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Going back to TWO weeks ago before we left for the NORTHERN trip, some of my roommates discovered a Hard Rock cafe here in Rome that was located pretty close to our apartment. Obviously they went crazy and they wanted to go! I wasn't going to go at first (not everyone was going) because I told myself I wasn't going to eat any Americanized food while here in Italy (McDonalds and such). But I caved in and went. It was a different experience and it felt like we were in America while sitting inside. And it was funny because the place was filled with Americans! Probably ~3 or 4 Italians in the entire restaurant? Everyone was craving cheeseburgers and with all the talk, I was craving one too! I feel a tad bit better about eating the meat here in Italy rather than back home in America because obviously it is not factory farmed and filled with antibiotic growth hormones. But when I saw how it was cooked (rare) I couldn't stomach it and I didn't feel like explaining 'well done' to the waitress, they seem to not eat red meat 'well done' But that was ok, I ordered a salad! A chicken ceasar salad to be exact. Everything was delicious and tasted just like America...but...everyone was sick the next day. Not sick, but gross feeling and sluggish. See! This shows how different the food is here compared to at home. It is fresh. It is whole. It is natural. When I come home, my body is going to say... 'what is this?' </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Even though we are eating massive amounts of food, it is whole and fresh food. Most of what we eat everyday has been just freshly picked. It is amazing! I love it! I can already see the difference in the change of my hair quality and skin. It is the pure goodness of the food here (and I give a lot of credit to the tons of olive oil that we eat here to my healthy hair). </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here are some pictures of the inside:</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Hard Rock, Roma style! </div><div align="center"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoQXxFUvo42FmZo6dq2SiKBQLrxfhqF1atv78reO7IIEh_8Rz51jOH0Lsp5mgSe_NtONm33C6xte76crnNE9pbX3aZwKM12hCADwWIz36xwFPVKwP1leawfloG4CXX6krxpUuS_dy1fs/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476668190721207330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoQXxFUvo42FmZo6dq2SiKBQLrxfhqF1atv78reO7IIEh_8Rz51jOH0Lsp5mgSe_NtONm33C6xte76crnNE9pbX3aZwKM12hCADwWIz36xwFPVKwP1leawfloG4CXX6krxpUuS_dy1fs/s320/024.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWL2oHawfhoFCB40w_kGMJCL3PRSSDN-Jd32QnyX9HkekazsHWhScgiOfOWMBh6QJ5M90GE3I3LMxilliEB5-0GSeDtXGhD2XEFg20BGa3JcFGRti7GDVlXoNpBKc_sQ4Sa5UdjytOGw/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476670154111055602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWL2oHawfhoFCB40w_kGMJCL3PRSSDN-Jd32QnyX9HkekazsHWhScgiOfOWMBh6QJ5M90GE3I3LMxilliEB5-0GSeDtXGhD2XEFg20BGa3JcFGRti7GDVlXoNpBKc_sQ4Sa5UdjytOGw/s320/025.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>***</p><p align="center">After our adventures at the Hard Rock cafe, we needed to wake up bright and early the next day to go on a market walk with Dr. Probart.</p><p align="center"><br />I love the market walks! I learn and see so much!</p><p align="center">Sahira's tidbit: {To shop in Italy is to be thrust, head reeling, heart pumping and mouth watering, into the heart of Italian life. A market is a heady experience that drips with vitality, and butcher's shops can be gruesome yet inspiring. The <strong><span style="color:#ffcc33;">caseificio</span></strong> where you buy cheese can be the place where the cheese was made only hours before, and the person selling it to you may even be the cheese-maker}.</p><p align="center">Our first stop, the cheese shop. (the Caseificio, as I mentioned above)</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYcVq9dcrDg1jIMrHLYcOJRigd3A29JygNa7S3C0Ld-tVtJeSQIhmVceOjmPcNDFjnF0A-XqWVlR2QRIqa8pA0F6cNVFRakrmPtTq5dUBaI7NG4TOmN5QRcXv3IlGoDQXWOP7foh5P1U/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476670432807197906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYcVq9dcrDg1jIMrHLYcOJRigd3A29JygNa7S3C0Ld-tVtJeSQIhmVceOjmPcNDFjnF0A-XqWVlR2QRIqa8pA0F6cNVFRakrmPtTq5dUBaI7NG4TOmN5QRcXv3IlGoDQXWOP7foh5P1U/s320/008.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pecorino Romano! Salty goodness.<br /><br />Italy has a number of over 450 different cheeses! Italians love their formaggio (cheese). Cheese is used in every course of the meal. No vegans here! :) </p><p align="center">A pecorino (as seen above and below), made from ewe's milk, most are part-cooked and have a semi-firm texture and nutty/salty taste. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sUQSa7DZFjZKGSAVM0gauDUoi7oC8Ds8zDpgXZGYgpDsCV9_1UdL1eCgrWNbmGUi_VFSCvDSoG82KMsT0Kukx5sH-shESM21ops2bsgP0M6Hu7ARIiHdgTw4bKKyYj9lQDBq9t8Ayco/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476670753218366130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sUQSa7DZFjZKGSAVM0gauDUoi7oC8Ds8zDpgXZGYgpDsCV9_1UdL1eCgrWNbmGUi_VFSCvDSoG82KMsT0Kukx5sH-shESM21ops2bsgP0M6Hu7ARIiHdgTw4bKKyYj9lQDBq9t8Ayco/s320/007.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A mountain of the salty goodness!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kA-CnCi-swy7NN87EHp4sSBxbID5ez2SEeFpQk80LAEdv7uYrb6SfcxsDuTjj9NimUbco2QX0zRcJFqv6LtL5cZe7GX2gCIbp18GgBCFm4s3r3R2NUm8nGuNp_KbU9jx74LtbaQAqzM/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476671026697984610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kA-CnCi-swy7NN87EHp4sSBxbID5ez2SEeFpQk80LAEdv7uYrb6SfcxsDuTjj9NimUbco2QX0zRcJFqv6LtL5cZe7GX2gCIbp18GgBCFm4s3r3R2NUm8nGuNp_KbU9jx74LtbaQAqzM/s320/009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3t56RKw0LMeTNRGMByky8IK5v4VwHnvQow04DwSwvjhc2hKrt7cXMA_lbuUfWW0-q3vdQh_sBoRjvD9Xx9qwVoDbZCNdYafs0RZ8prHoEoF5PIxWcMqWPblwtvqnpirT0kLJnogbk3EQ/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476671284293234930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3t56RKw0LMeTNRGMByky8IK5v4VwHnvQow04DwSwvjhc2hKrt7cXMA_lbuUfWW0-q3vdQh_sBoRjvD9Xx9qwVoDbZCNdYafs0RZ8prHoEoF5PIxWcMqWPblwtvqnpirT0kLJnogbk3EQ/s320/010.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A huge array of meats, cheeses, olives, yum.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmGIYyNxy07GdeTi50hadhaNzDRxn6a8_ilYwm3hkHXGXLnNoifyd1pH_2FqGBDNvctVYY6nZXVzT6nAqs4gLzWpZWHgOqm-GwR-2QomQ8pbIOw74fVqczM2ZdYmFXQtaeQ6nXCewEv0/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476671672300976290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmGIYyNxy07GdeTi50hadhaNzDRxn6a8_ilYwm3hkHXGXLnNoifyd1pH_2FqGBDNvctVYY6nZXVzT6nAqs4gLzWpZWHgOqm-GwR-2QomQ8pbIOw74fVqczM2ZdYmFXQtaeQ6nXCewEv0/s320/011.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg348kpA-aWhu57nrbdiEJ_wd9KxTCy3IF98ltVldFWKmVjKD-bCHmvWrfMnEMXmWQVeSmXVEdphvEbd58Qo1h8ShWP_N9Q17zcfKx7Z8PMovWx3dkQ_fP2QA2CVwqPU8EGZg57lEf5lCs/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476672006584148066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg348kpA-aWhu57nrbdiEJ_wd9KxTCy3IF98ltVldFWKmVjKD-bCHmvWrfMnEMXmWQVeSmXVEdphvEbd58Qo1h8ShWP_N9Q17zcfKx7Z8PMovWx3dkQ_fP2QA2CVwqPU8EGZg57lEf5lCs/s320/012.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>They also had some <strong><span style="color:#663366;">sweets</span></strong>.<br /><br />We bought some mozzarella from this cheese shop above.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8r-8TMXD2VFSHj5K1vEXThQzbMdCDdIKQQdacV1fVOSVJt_rhTQm5PShuwgqM3GcSMVIZJfT_bLNBmkqCpuSFpfIMOBFIBJN0qg06Llzv4MjpTItop3fkMnR8VW6_8Ska1agijOCZIc/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476672409421068386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8r-8TMXD2VFSHj5K1vEXThQzbMdCDdIKQQdacV1fVOSVJt_rhTQm5PShuwgqM3GcSMVIZJfT_bLNBmkqCpuSFpfIMOBFIBJN0qg06Llzv4MjpTItop3fkMnR8VW6_8Ska1agijOCZIc/s320/013.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> Next we walked to the outside market to find some tomatoes and basil. Do you see the artichokes? They are a beautiful mix of a plum purple and forest green color.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfbYyNt_5s9OACli9bBg2ctgwWPMicbzOFXleOyV8jIZkTfkhmP9tdiGJcGZzHmeUM3GutphPAjDjKTEzLxC6lYRQPxhZEmqc1Mqw3oaiUM1AB91HBYdiGyy6BP4_qtmi_29IKAtPdIg/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476672863158878450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfbYyNt_5s9OACli9bBg2ctgwWPMicbzOFXleOyV8jIZkTfkhmP9tdiGJcGZzHmeUM3GutphPAjDjKTEzLxC6lYRQPxhZEmqc1Mqw3oaiUM1AB91HBYdiGyy6BP4_qtmi_29IKAtPdIg/s320/014.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Dr. Probart trying to find some good tomatoes.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsK6ZYCyPeZvr3G3feqDOh7ujl0cNvuUz1WOWbnYxJuaC6KSuF0rp65rsCrk-uJmIPyT0hkl5LBXxxfx-KyoxbHlKdwQF4W7CctCaNj66eyPf0-jexwPYUMvBYpNi7zqpqsAfqAMDK_DU/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476673282795548930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsK6ZYCyPeZvr3G3feqDOh7ujl0cNvuUz1WOWbnYxJuaC6KSuF0rp65rsCrk-uJmIPyT0hkl5LBXxxfx-KyoxbHlKdwQF4W7CctCaNj66eyPf0-jexwPYUMvBYpNi7zqpqsAfqAMDK_DU/s320/015.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>It is interesting to see how the Italians sell their fresh fish at these markets. The fish sits out all day on ice. It's fresh, alright! They were stinky fish. ew.<br /></p><p align="center">We stopped one more place (no picture), the bread bakery to get some fresh pane.</p><p align="center">After the market walk was complete, we all went back to our apartment, including Dr. Probart, and she gave us a mini lesson on how to make insalata caprese. We used a variety of three different mozzarella cheeses that were bought from the market walk, and two different kinds of tomatoes (pomodoro) to see if we could taste the difference. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-LYE9Gn8Ekhr83J-NmnSvPA1jagWbkvUF8JN1otkaeCFsXJoGm6fpP7g52MZxveL6xwA4GigHbp5MAXjH2TEOyvlb5VDK-z5k7MZ5NMI0pensqlO4U-oOERb7FPZTUTVmoBUzq7r0Vw/s1600/016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476673608248908258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-LYE9Gn8Ekhr83J-NmnSvPA1jagWbkvUF8JN1otkaeCFsXJoGm6fpP7g52MZxveL6xwA4GigHbp5MAXjH2TEOyvlb5VDK-z5k7MZ5NMI0pensqlO4U-oOERb7FPZTUTVmoBUzq7r0Vw/s320/016.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Here is Dr. Probart showing us how to properly wash the basil leaves.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwiHFzGlnFlkYfN31hg1lo8jEO4Ul2gANIioQSJGgVY-zw2MI7Gizibv1ONkVpp1zMweyh79Bstd2vDswzjB9soe4W7Vx59W76y9md0FwA4mP_gLDW_qrJbr73fP446mkcQsHY2V78Bw/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476674001436656130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwiHFzGlnFlkYfN31hg1lo8jEO4Ul2gANIioQSJGgVY-zw2MI7Gizibv1ONkVpp1zMweyh79Bstd2vDswzjB9soe4W7Vx59W76y9md0FwA4mP_gLDW_qrJbr73fP446mkcQsHY2V78Bw/s320/017.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our three different types of mozzarella. </p><p align="center">One was a packaged grocery store brand, one was a low-fat, and the last was the mozzarella di bufala (the full fat, yum mozzarella cheese) More on this cheese later, we went to the factory to learn the making of this during our south trip.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZaI8Y-LQdd-SWIAChYfH0MfZReYMenBAxSthoKjeQFJO3-xNZJSeclShEW76GaJiesVXdOfjx_1kRMt8Z7SW_WB0cHhgAG6BjD3AJauI9BQxw269CWXvUPhwxY0lXbTwvebewCwM1qko/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476674306440622482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZaI8Y-LQdd-SWIAChYfH0MfZReYMenBAxSthoKjeQFJO3-xNZJSeclShEW76GaJiesVXdOfjx_1kRMt8Z7SW_WB0cHhgAG6BjD3AJauI9BQxw269CWXvUPhwxY0lXbTwvebewCwM1qko/s320/018.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLZ_IGXo6PRF0DK2eDTYaBSIaA7_gppDjy0hLF2m4PSs9NxCH5rJiFsPHskFvDpjB-PhlEpEpLVVZckNhNPoysXe7Aykl_vWMr7dR3dPMaSVdcHtOd5JzRIFZzt8i5VxyXKz3Uxb0tUo/s1600/019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476674605911765874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLZ_IGXo6PRF0DK2eDTYaBSIaA7_gppDjy0hLF2m4PSs9NxCH5rJiFsPHskFvDpjB-PhlEpEpLVVZckNhNPoysXe7Aykl_vWMr7dR3dPMaSVdcHtOd5JzRIFZzt8i5VxyXKz3Uxb0tUo/s320/019.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>We got <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">blood</span></strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">oranges</span></strong> for dolce.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4Bq85MrtTLYjGkIdAy936bq4BQVQXAT-WXbPJmoEsxNYmlzMfGLd-dihozMX9Ka7ac5n89UCQXo0aRQkBGsaYSuK01ZE9BAYyFGjUl-b-MqwDH7Z4up-RkvbmcvSxnd58a3LRp2rPvE/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476674919303429458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4Bq85MrtTLYjGkIdAy936bq4BQVQXAT-WXbPJmoEsxNYmlzMfGLd-dihozMX9Ka7ac5n89UCQXo0aRQkBGsaYSuK01ZE9BAYyFGjUl-b-MqwDH7Z4up-RkvbmcvSxnd58a3LRp2rPvE/s320/021.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Mixing the olive oil and basil with the tomatoes.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdzF13dl8D-MWgPvulkuPSeXXShEXWF3X-zdKdSApIl8Ul5DUlcvHuEW-bg1zw1rV2vyamfJetVt2xu4fU2opLfsDNK71y4SQEAxSU37r_3ZQVUE-d-ytxTI9HFPC3DR1jVRJr052YlI/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476675244326647810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdzF13dl8D-MWgPvulkuPSeXXShEXWF3X-zdKdSApIl8Ul5DUlcvHuEW-bg1zw1rV2vyamfJetVt2xu4fU2opLfsDNK71y4SQEAxSU37r_3ZQVUE-d-ytxTI9HFPC3DR1jVRJr052YlI/s320/022.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our assembly line of caprese creations. That is our pomodoro pane next to the oranges.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LEvpzNkNE9ZrTbCF1sDsyMAXp_4LPHZZdmcdml566rdKQq3CFJGVRmvVCXioR6dIKsl63uRzASKAf1Ae1a4NuxR9K87rKMwSqiKQjNjBLKDcMOYmNmBADujuRopJXMtyaSO32aKvIZs/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476675570434028018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LEvpzNkNE9ZrTbCF1sDsyMAXp_4LPHZZdmcdml566rdKQq3CFJGVRmvVCXioR6dIKsl63uRzASKAf1Ae1a4NuxR9K87rKMwSqiKQjNjBLKDcMOYmNmBADujuRopJXMtyaSO32aKvIZs/s320/023.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My plate.</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Now, let's talk about my northern Italy trip (two weeks ago). The northern trip consisted of traveling to Orvieto, Pienza (Tuscany), Florence, Modena, and Parma.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULKZiX5-4UQ0oWicy_2Yse7eKlL8zV5UCU5UISXLlDMer9HD9dbufM2k6PySsBZQo03JLs_tnc_y7Pinv9C0xsW6No44Hg7Ki1n803qai9uiXPdwabVsvYsTffWCNnUBZMqaARN2We-U/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476676165446414898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULKZiX5-4UQ0oWicy_2Yse7eKlL8zV5UCU5UISXLlDMer9HD9dbufM2k6PySsBZQo03JLs_tnc_y7Pinv9C0xsW6No44Hg7Ki1n803qai9uiXPdwabVsvYsTffWCNnUBZMqaARN2We-U/s320/030.JPG" /></a> Here is the first picture that I took in Orvieto. It was very pretty there, very little town. We didn't spend much time here, ~2 hours. We had a quick architecture lecture then we were off to Tuscany.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDtQzIhumG3ixEaf_Oyo3z25vG0V21G3bpOjkJOAIy_S-kJADcGtkqdjUkba_8Bj_kJfNBP8mTACwUopXpxw3hlhclLj593usUzvhXbofzRyOXG_L3qFsXndQImpAXX8u2aYYh2K_4yo/s1600/031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476676502210898178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDtQzIhumG3ixEaf_Oyo3z25vG0V21G3bpOjkJOAIy_S-kJADcGtkqdjUkba_8Bj_kJfNBP8mTACwUopXpxw3hlhclLj593usUzvhXbofzRyOXG_L3qFsXndQImpAXX8u2aYYh2K_4yo/s320/031.JPG" /></a> More beautiful scenic views.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILgyDfaGInouQTEN6A1ztBSrJ0IsscJBGzLY9gycL4x_tW8cLSIsF7Yp2KRuk6_RH-Wvz9MkfCvHitWokSnUFAD0JSpqiORdt9RZbe9zBdVau2lBaIZhKFeFUYk7W7ehkSGkxCiLgr6Q/s1600/033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476676856120693442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILgyDfaGInouQTEN6A1ztBSrJ0IsscJBGzLY9gycL4x_tW8cLSIsF7Yp2KRuk6_RH-Wvz9MkfCvHitWokSnUFAD0JSpqiORdt9RZbe9zBdVau2lBaIZhKFeFUYk7W7ehkSGkxCiLgr6Q/s320/033.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kCTDTPqduPdqeyaAdhdAksOLjdgmVYjJjdQ3aSMKT9s3WDBo68Z8W0oNcUfQe_4swo2czbV3AFill7btgjzcpOyFMGN-LCPRPscAtCcX29vJ1N5j2hOZmxXmZKmUOOw4H9u_wfLask0/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476677435221696626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kCTDTPqduPdqeyaAdhdAksOLjdgmVYjJjdQ3aSMKT9s3WDBo68Z8W0oNcUfQe_4swo2czbV3AFill7btgjzcpOyFMGN-LCPRPscAtCcX29vJ1N5j2hOZmxXmZKmUOOw4H9u_wfLask0/s320/037.JPG" /></a>***</p><p align="center">Pienza (aka: Tuscany)</p><p align="center">In Tuscany, we stayed at the S. Anna in Camprena<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKEQgbRk43d468CJUla1QfBOFjUT_T0_HYjDBqUXEDwb3lejBnw6vF9ZO0Swy2aCAZmsVu3yj0UDfewclxARndFmXjMa_G9UG9C9FvuDt151HjEUgkt5R1bFy2YxwlvaSc9L-9stkkRs/s1600/097.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476678472872171362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKEQgbRk43d468CJUla1QfBOFjUT_T0_HYjDBqUXEDwb3lejBnw6vF9ZO0Swy2aCAZmsVu3yj0UDfewclxARndFmXjMa_G9UG9C9FvuDt151HjEUgkt5R1bFy2YxwlvaSc9L-9stkkRs/s320/097.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEYgkd8V_05epKpHHUdeiNFnpTeK_AWQJ4k1lwen4cNJKVn2YjsEnaoH6_Rspoa8lBwbf2Dw0jUL-I9KCSUaquGIDw6q3x4zW1p7xrYOT4JBOEFdCAssP5oNLy2PFDTsnrhyphenhyphenCusHKHPI/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476678743810119426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEYgkd8V_05epKpHHUdeiNFnpTeK_AWQJ4k1lwen4cNJKVn2YjsEnaoH6_Rspoa8lBwbf2Dw0jUL-I9KCSUaquGIDw6q3x4zW1p7xrYOT4JBOEFdCAssP5oNLy2PFDTsnrhyphenhyphenCusHKHPI/s320/038.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Here is my bed. It was very comfortable compared to my bed here in Rome. :)<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMx5jpfcmhwbvhHaiyhVCsAk8eNonNcLbr57HTYMxuYMxZfbAS15CxAzREKS_idiFVxna6BDAXZYzP-Vx5LJMRTVuWxVtfgVpWKxBFj5mwjogc0gBGjjuFI_OxUEYOpYkcbbVtBgoMsU/s1600/040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476679180568024978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMx5jpfcmhwbvhHaiyhVCsAk8eNonNcLbr57HTYMxuYMxZfbAS15CxAzREKS_idiFVxna6BDAXZYzP-Vx5LJMRTVuWxVtfgVpWKxBFj5mwjogc0gBGjjuFI_OxUEYOpYkcbbVtBgoMsU/s320/040.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5s2f9Zcz_fjwpZKsa51QfqdVojlKQnKxov-h8lsUfz8JD7iGhVtCyUdM1BklICXiX4z195x2AFMS6hoY1WTzR7FmXk6RK1OrTkcWrU3KLoG0RWagfueQKIjgN1EGwy3KRYa6B5AiGCc/s1600/042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476679519886681922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5s2f9Zcz_fjwpZKsa51QfqdVojlKQnKxov-h8lsUfz8JD7iGhVtCyUdM1BklICXiX4z195x2AFMS6hoY1WTzR7FmXk6RK1OrTkcWrU3KLoG0RWagfueQKIjgN1EGwy3KRYa6B5AiGCc/s320/042.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The hallway.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGHzp_ne2qy4KZ1cgyaQkaDWKvUEpCg426OHoThVy_QfaMU2QQyXcOPm621AaDN9sWPlT4aWVF9Sef1zp0Q5HC1BNVkjs27m80jMYqj1gsU68RDr_a1edlh2JV-zB6epQq-5AeBzAD2o/s1600/044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476679971822591874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGHzp_ne2qy4KZ1cgyaQkaDWKvUEpCg426OHoThVy_QfaMU2QQyXcOPm621AaDN9sWPlT4aWVF9Sef1zp0Q5HC1BNVkjs27m80jMYqj1gsU68RDr_a1edlh2JV-zB6epQq-5AeBzAD2o/s320/044.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The walkway lined with lemon trees into the S. Anna in Camprena.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLHNYbrtY-Z9kuJ4ABe2HsvyPynG1PWisy44RrJ9BL0_ECWr7YGTR92JpXWC-VEjxUVIOZHR4J9r-oyFN6ItMbTjiL2899FxclXFINWmyEcKK906ITBFRtPqyQ2HmYcALJ2M5Qn-okPw/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476680383832495426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLHNYbrtY-Z9kuJ4ABe2HsvyPynG1PWisy44RrJ9BL0_ECWr7YGTR92JpXWC-VEjxUVIOZHR4J9r-oyFN6ItMbTjiL2899FxclXFINWmyEcKK906ITBFRtPqyQ2HmYcALJ2M5Qn-okPw/s320/047.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Where we had our lecture.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HFbG1m5x4C1QTPEY3ETp58SmYRUnADK-LZjD_RS6WpGmqDX-g7OiKYQj7XfLiPIA75qTho4ywPl_75lcVNpbNE87oqMDMtjbuxVJc1NacA8ORkbSJlaZfoUBF_umXD0Q2a9A1TAWu5U/s1600/050.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476680694685857122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HFbG1m5x4C1QTPEY3ETp58SmYRUnADK-LZjD_RS6WpGmqDX-g7OiKYQj7XfLiPIA75qTho4ywPl_75lcVNpbNE87oqMDMtjbuxVJc1NacA8ORkbSJlaZfoUBF_umXD0Q2a9A1TAWu5U/s320/050.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> The wonderful smelling flowers that were on the table.<br /></p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">After lecture, we went upstairs to what used to be the old kitchen in this monestary. We had a cheese tasting!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgho7gepMBhxqI6xiMM5aNg8iqO2ehTEFdG_kMP50CDFSpM3y2Rrz4maI17wWWcaWyuJLsfnYec5urKMXZS_CjLZjY6Um8VnbQtcUiu7fEwzwbbIe-O1_T_7BQNRJToGQpIu4VLaAdv4jw/s1600/052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476681026103770546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgho7gepMBhxqI6xiMM5aNg8iqO2ehTEFdG_kMP50CDFSpM3y2Rrz4maI17wWWcaWyuJLsfnYec5urKMXZS_CjLZjY6Um8VnbQtcUiu7fEwzwbbIe-O1_T_7BQNRJToGQpIu4VLaAdv4jw/s320/052.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The different types of cheeses that we tasted before dinner. They were vecchio cheeses (old/aged).<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOe9Qkv-6r4GFSmyjQFoHBul4_9TcSMjOesjVC_JCOe3_VFE2DDqoE-l-xBKWSDXOO5uHrfkPBks-yB4lXcdGibBFyhxxUAWeNGNBy1zjSFQfm5KfYz19z81rqBMRzVUebNy672_nDWg/s1600/053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476681299879307890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOe9Qkv-6r4GFSmyjQFoHBul4_9TcSMjOesjVC_JCOe3_VFE2DDqoE-l-xBKWSDXOO5uHrfkPBks-yB4lXcdGibBFyhxxUAWeNGNBy1zjSFQfm5KfYz19z81rqBMRzVUebNy672_nDWg/s320/053.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><br />This was the area where they cooked their pigs.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrir_YHsssETsb_HwclMTXZqYIO0yq8S6XmYlDPgp5ZcOn2Lqtw3h1RqqdMxeAYHyYu9PVktQmQFWCOJmv1AAmlZlKUWW4duMbUllmfrgnyX-iRsez848akzYFqXBPJo6NUPLDxDHt0I/s1600/054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476681618972656306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrir_YHsssETsb_HwclMTXZqYIO0yq8S6XmYlDPgp5ZcOn2Lqtw3h1RqqdMxeAYHyYu9PVktQmQFWCOJmv1AAmlZlKUWW4duMbUllmfrgnyX-iRsez848akzYFqXBPJo6NUPLDxDHt0I/s320/054.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> This was how they made grain for bread and pasta. The whole seed grains would go into the hole and was turned while holding onto the stick sticking out above, the grinding process.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTsiZ0MZPAlUrkrOzejCCbiSjZYJg_xnXmQZluXxCuibdP4UtgiXpOIoMDrjx1AHynw2F2jN5WFzhTQwqEHDs3gxmiZl3IShGbFGqM84QgGYv7txxYpf3MWFvYd5LNWE3bF3L3W0gXok/s1600/055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476681880430865762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTsiZ0MZPAlUrkrOzejCCbiSjZYJg_xnXmQZluXxCuibdP4UtgiXpOIoMDrjx1AHynw2F2jN5WFzhTQwqEHDs3gxmiZl3IShGbFGqM84QgGYv7txxYpf3MWFvYd5LNWE3bF3L3W0gXok/s320/055.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Some close up shots of the 'precious cheese'</p><p align="center">This was the most aged out of the three that were tasted, and it was of a very hard consistency.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICYDcGAZqIZxh-tfYFmlQ_YVtn2DU8F1am13DLuRMK3XhFuGfUbsyM2A0vyqIg5QIpThXNna5ZavX5D0puLxydV8Nh5iJElfxT7COQ2IGctCBiVENI4qbQcdQE5RRaa4GHgVJzb4LEDg/s1600/058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476682231983870418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICYDcGAZqIZxh-tfYFmlQ_YVtn2DU8F1am13DLuRMK3XhFuGfUbsyM2A0vyqIg5QIpThXNna5ZavX5D0puLxydV8Nh5iJElfxT7COQ2IGctCBiVENI4qbQcdQE5RRaa4GHgVJzb4LEDg/s320/058.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> This was the youngest of the aged cheese and was my favorite. It reminded me of a muenster cheese texture but not flavor.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkx_C-z4xzAJYVMk5zuKvug60DH2G8_8vHj-afD-3DzuKgU19grrisoVDm1dZWmW98QcrCFJW5UD5GH58PIx22GoDpb7zy1549i079l1QvCc9DNKxhvytsdhCDCGXTBE6KB0aGw5dzkcI/s1600/059.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476682631217487778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkx_C-z4xzAJYVMk5zuKvug60DH2G8_8vHj-afD-3DzuKgU19grrisoVDm1dZWmW98QcrCFJW5UD5GH58PIx22GoDpb7zy1549i079l1QvCc9DNKxhvytsdhCDCGXTBE6KB0aGw5dzkcI/s320/059.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Hard to cut!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRarkLr_5MEobB48-X0rwvVFqw0c9Nfq40B042yO4eM9OclOU-I-t79sGfP3KFTTm41iHGEK78sLTJPjHC8OEW_2TFHyMj8uphTvAgc1b4nDFrgYkpC8gq23lKrrpYjrYcLT47-k6rJ3g/s1600/060.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476682901253259538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRarkLr_5MEobB48-X0rwvVFqw0c9Nfq40B042yO4eM9OclOU-I-t79sGfP3KFTTm41iHGEK78sLTJPjHC8OEW_2TFHyMj8uphTvAgc1b4nDFrgYkpC8gq23lKrrpYjrYcLT47-k6rJ3g/s320/060.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSUgbKdPDMpZmwQYR4f5VgK3hPKrH9AUAw4wcyxV-eXeQEEcB0y2nwxV2OTHskWoHAbV1sWhqV6j0-EhfokfZWt3KZ_V-0N83mL_tTZjlxKspz03NN49H_3lNRSMv4iftNxCEfxhI2PE/s1600/061.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476683185931709330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSUgbKdPDMpZmwQYR4f5VgK3hPKrH9AUAw4wcyxV-eXeQEEcB0y2nwxV2OTHskWoHAbV1sWhqV6j0-EhfokfZWt3KZ_V-0N83mL_tTZjlxKspz03NN49H_3lNRSMv4iftNxCEfxhI2PE/s320/061.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This one I thought was pure beauty! It was aged in grapes, as you can see from the color. It tasted like the younger aged cheese with a mixture of wine. It was different yet delightful.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYRszZvgf33d8qWDmestcxQHoRgOd29sAVWU42SIsWWSHLabs0_QjWPjTsww1S50vN68I6lH3hEJguGYtKBImwo88ibG1AdSgDomXUhATlNb0bCmnQZD24FW3Icogzl6gzL7oFA7-TRo/s1600/063.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476683431995962194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYRszZvgf33d8qWDmestcxQHoRgOd29sAVWU42SIsWWSHLabs0_QjWPjTsww1S50vN68I6lH3hEJguGYtKBImwo88ibG1AdSgDomXUhATlNb0bCmnQZD24FW3Icogzl6gzL7oFA7-TRo/s320/063.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>That is the grape stem that is sticking up. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCuP_QO7OF8SksPNbhFFD4JPLrsHzg0AWUWfP90M4tVri-oVji3IiouNQJjjyRDQcgeQpU-l0CdGJM5QaedV6N7n2GOjudYNIl2f5mWEIOBTiCmwp4AuayF5XSHivNph5iBT_dsaB3vw/s1600/066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476683793717158178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCuP_QO7OF8SksPNbhFFD4JPLrsHzg0AWUWfP90M4tVri-oVji3IiouNQJjjyRDQcgeQpU-l0CdGJM5QaedV6N7n2GOjudYNIl2f5mWEIOBTiCmwp4AuayF5XSHivNph5iBT_dsaB3vw/s320/066.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgEGB8Ws3mzYbueMF3rh5yAT2ycK3UpT-Va4orhuWyQpwntnY96bLE0rz3e9Y5xYyRxZyOLJUCCXIig8CNTpfrS1urBLNhld4hX8b5lHSw5YolfFVsvBfzgGmqk1GwZsogLJKOTMb_Zc/s1600/062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476684145917747602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgEGB8Ws3mzYbueMF3rh5yAT2ycK3UpT-Va4orhuWyQpwntnY96bLE0rz3e9Y5xYyRxZyOLJUCCXIig8CNTpfrS1urBLNhld4hX8b5lHSw5YolfFVsvBfzgGmqk1GwZsogLJKOTMb_Zc/s320/062.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My slice of the younger aged cheese, my favorite one out of the three.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H_2FB5wZYIhE_rfuVAJDp-ZOADr0j9FemniGkZSGratSlW4IIvfDyzupQH-fbivXQQz-5tsDfj9i2R6r3kZIlYCMt3-Tms0bqK464p9G_5rLbRXA6tSy-labgAN-0AscbKe460ruxcs/s1600/064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476684432385817762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5H_2FB5wZYIhE_rfuVAJDp-ZOADr0j9FemniGkZSGratSlW4IIvfDyzupQH-fbivXQQz-5tsDfj9i2R6r3kZIlYCMt3-Tms0bqK464p9G_5rLbRXA6tSy-labgAN-0AscbKe460ruxcs/s320/064.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The grape infused was my second favorite. I didn't care too much for the old aged harder one. It had a woodsy moldy taste to it. </p><p align="center">After cheese tasting, we changed for dinner. But before dinner, we went outside and captured some beauty of the regions of Tuscany.<br /> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs20rxH2My2rMprzQw1JoAzfg3tNPbIy6kNsQPUVKGlmg3I9viPlnrUvdfBJcxPrZ42iVZ06Q8Sq8WoDpGh7APK5e0LKZGWl1iMJRmvyzlDpxb8UUwbLueKzcThM8gKx9Nwr-cig7nn4/s1600/070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476685078557738898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs20rxH2My2rMprzQw1JoAzfg3tNPbIy6kNsQPUVKGlmg3I9viPlnrUvdfBJcxPrZ42iVZ06Q8Sq8WoDpGh7APK5e0LKZGWl1iMJRmvyzlDpxb8UUwbLueKzcThM8gKx9Nwr-cig7nn4/s320/070.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Getting artsy. :)<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOLETRih5BMKIcZIe8AgQdOVH_yWn0hVw39OlclP7moiYkwKdi8mOf7KUVvw_z2BBDNU73vcWQlgjkHSzZWJzi0RcOpoTVrYYzoUwZiL2szZ-e66IcFHR6VZgUwECUfUNrH0smPGL35E/s1600/071.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476685357370270930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOLETRih5BMKIcZIe8AgQdOVH_yWn0hVw39OlclP7moiYkwKdi8mOf7KUVvw_z2BBDNU73vcWQlgjkHSzZWJzi0RcOpoTVrYYzoUwZiL2szZ-e66IcFHR6VZgUwECUfUNrH0smPGL35E/s320/071.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The hills of Tuscany were GORGEOUS! I have never seen anything like it!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSyuwdMyB6kVhnQuTH_JHyt73plRmZzOzICNPRBXURUVe112FY3hfWyjSMFu6YRNzXbN-1uA3ry9EiLgNJAPoF8aG8tfivXyDakqCXfw-IOcYk69GE8OceXBwMsknyh-aBLi39Pl3plU/s1600/073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476685645417115474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSyuwdMyB6kVhnQuTH_JHyt73plRmZzOzICNPRBXURUVe112FY3hfWyjSMFu6YRNzXbN-1uA3ry9EiLgNJAPoF8aG8tfivXyDakqCXfw-IOcYk69GE8OceXBwMsknyh-aBLi39Pl3plU/s320/073.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOuEob6GobO3r0qghFoEQEM3uQMv1ygyuXVA0CmqGRjSc1cCqNVMpkbaop8p_ALZUXE-tc_x5CxnqtmKXxS7Z5p8zW5YpnH30l7G13qBdlccgGHpherOqHVK1Rdjs6AJ9E7cgOMPCp3Q/s1600/075.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476685923460179954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOuEob6GobO3r0qghFoEQEM3uQMv1ygyuXVA0CmqGRjSc1cCqNVMpkbaop8p_ALZUXE-tc_x5CxnqtmKXxS7Z5p8zW5YpnH30l7G13qBdlccgGHpherOqHVK1Rdjs6AJ9E7cgOMPCp3Q/s320/075.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>It was as though someone had carved out the ground and made these smooth flowing hills.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjtO2AlklUpNZXzDch5HW3n6CJcQ0tJEVdjw_tRA591lApmsNn8l1xSlEIqNYN9uYW_gRlMIPS9niQf2_EdWNw5reSfo-TqpBcp5zKyV2BDyDMOydTX5rNt8TqaaFVg0UIv8RQr4mcx4/s1600/076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476686236722732834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjtO2AlklUpNZXzDch5HW3n6CJcQ0tJEVdjw_tRA591lApmsNn8l1xSlEIqNYN9uYW_gRlMIPS9niQf2_EdWNw5reSfo-TqpBcp5zKyV2BDyDMOydTX5rNt8TqaaFVg0UIv8RQr4mcx4/s320/076.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>love.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv7fGTDQh926FqeCl3e4be4RdFapdQVPssIWf02Iu-QJvo9YYhpXQLra1AKnYeUR9BS2OCHudUKK2BtZe2lBu4RUJ7fjA5hrdAFiSt-kC0DNI7lSwW4K8goVchZaaSeGCdWR6o12qApc/s1600/078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476686586136411506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv7fGTDQh926FqeCl3e4be4RdFapdQVPssIWf02Iu-QJvo9YYhpXQLra1AKnYeUR9BS2OCHudUKK2BtZe2lBu4RUJ7fjA5hrdAFiSt-kC0DNI7lSwW4K8goVchZaaSeGCdWR6o12qApc/s320/078.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9s7Q0aloW6XBFkKHet8-nAFJKwvEjtOkW1SSo3W6JK6R_0dK993fqnfOBlvzPmnkUY3PQAVtFkzuzu2sUSLUJNHCgcU3EtwRE6KsupnyjL1CzjLdvyRMXNUSUtYKksKFrNf2o5XRV5w/s1600/080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476686876299079106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9s7Q0aloW6XBFkKHet8-nAFJKwvEjtOkW1SSo3W6JK6R_0dK993fqnfOBlvzPmnkUY3PQAVtFkzuzu2sUSLUJNHCgcU3EtwRE6KsupnyjL1CzjLdvyRMXNUSUtYKksKFrNf2o5XRV5w/s320/080.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> More olive trees. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VCeLAz4MVdXZ2Nc4psDFQR0soPozRMdwhzLR4EkHWFZhQ5FLJ45l8HEsRWM90oib231XGeZp5XEHSCRfIJP2Oz0VIWMhHiSTfmBN6vBy-x7aAWAKoVyTs4RB-rr2jrOHVWFeFTixYEg/s1600/082.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476687185361701298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VCeLAz4MVdXZ2Nc4psDFQR0soPozRMdwhzLR4EkHWFZhQ5FLJ45l8HEsRWM90oib231XGeZp5XEHSCRfIJP2Oz0VIWMhHiSTfmBN6vBy-x7aAWAKoVyTs4RB-rr2jrOHVWFeFTixYEg/s320/082.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>It was so peaceful and quiet. We were in the middle of no where. My camera couldn't capture (at least, I think.)the wonderfulness that I was seeing (the whole picturesque view) but I tried my best to get good pictures so you could see.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HXHJYi_hko3jhW-kRykZr4FbqQg61ytevqx56MP7n-jS3Wl85LINpXABWkRv8OwcFPjJ26u9Z0SI_-qg5Qp4IbnimPbPqx7XuFE3Ne48P3t1i6t0CKnVidp6V2j89dnA7a3CRZY4DU8/s1600/084.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476687506112150690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HXHJYi_hko3jhW-kRykZr4FbqQg61ytevqx56MP7n-jS3Wl85LINpXABWkRv8OwcFPjJ26u9Z0SI_-qg5Qp4IbnimPbPqx7XuFE3Ne48P3t1i6t0CKnVidp6V2j89dnA7a3CRZY4DU8/s320/084.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQSM_qSN67T_vGTZ0YGEuX3_TG0vig2V2XSLW-qP-Q2HJx3_DN9IJAUA__bwPqRBoeN1Yvg9qH-bUfNFql7Va6P1cKSzvx5FVSuuAlpr3vPttH5seuM2VsH6Yfk7ZScJJoNaMCw5q7wk/s1600/088.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476687847845337298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQSM_qSN67T_vGTZ0YGEuX3_TG0vig2V2XSLW-qP-Q2HJx3_DN9IJAUA__bwPqRBoeN1Yvg9qH-bUfNFql7Va6P1cKSzvx5FVSuuAlpr3vPttH5seuM2VsH6Yfk7ZScJJoNaMCw5q7wk/s320/088.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A very old, fancy looking olive tree.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZ0X3oUsPQCtpqwV7Hi77eX2EsH52xfEl119obOonYy0dJ906Rrj9TYkV0HiLUPWyxDjxRVZzO-B-zTPUUR7DfBaQ1C6K2G2RKNkW-siMgz-pGBMA4aTKn_lWx8N5K1DTcj9q3wYpY9Q/s1600/086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476688163784005234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZ0X3oUsPQCtpqwV7Hi77eX2EsH52xfEl119obOonYy0dJ906Rrj9TYkV0HiLUPWyxDjxRVZzO-B-zTPUUR7DfBaQ1C6K2G2RKNkW-siMgz-pGBMA4aTKn_lWx8N5K1DTcj9q3wYpY9Q/s320/086.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQib6qBFHtLbTyA1A8r1PBF2ifs5oJ1TewUtHWN27KVaIxSU03cmDt54VvyVNQHA3VloRVCqLLf-MCtu998nVU-1n-N_TB0k1DIxb9o1BCwgqFaH5pUI_u4y-W9n4ft3E5mJWlf2OrLJ4/s1600/090.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476688585810778338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQib6qBFHtLbTyA1A8r1PBF2ifs5oJ1TewUtHWN27KVaIxSU03cmDt54VvyVNQHA3VloRVCqLLf-MCtu998nVU-1n-N_TB0k1DIxb9o1BCwgqFaH5pUI_u4y-W9n4ft3E5mJWlf2OrLJ4/s320/090.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Dr. Probart and her sister.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlFYfqty40Hnoe2ya4xHyITl0uh5W46bHCXkT8ymXgfWUqBW3GlRGyFBgkAcjJBA9qOjTkHUloe_G9POjt4pDOkBoIDn7rrIASObkleL_yjhGIomrw7A2B7Vbi1iTA6syJMbr16YM2Ig/s1600/092.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476688851998734082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlFYfqty40Hnoe2ya4xHyITl0uh5W46bHCXkT8ymXgfWUqBW3GlRGyFBgkAcjJBA9qOjTkHUloe_G9POjt4pDOkBoIDn7rrIASObkleL_yjhGIomrw7A2B7Vbi1iTA6syJMbr16YM2Ig/s320/092.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The outside view of the S. Anna in Camprena.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoprMJ05gbLhdhc7jtIOiGV2hLhIVvHbgcAoVY6ax7Z1diEVeWAH1QgogApsnguV8fVNPCeLZDkV3LoYY4eDT1riq2Ilghu1uaADSJdXpqZ5RjBt-6qh2p60MFh5jpSrd4TUK2BdY0U8/s1600/096.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476689201616777586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoprMJ05gbLhdhc7jtIOiGV2hLhIVvHbgcAoVY6ax7Z1diEVeWAH1QgogApsnguV8fVNPCeLZDkV3LoYY4eDT1riq2Ilghu1uaADSJdXpqZ5RjBt-6qh2p60MFh5jpSrd4TUK2BdY0U8/s320/096.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGqfIyFvWr6rYfZh97JaYos1CMRqyMhnhdMiUunXGXVcbB91v3SlVgdzDO-0yHJ7sFCj03ROmPdh_ML6QbaWnKyjrdIkh1f3Ui0yXTCyKyXw3eTdsA1q1Au5lbq0wBgPZDqgXjVD6Xrc/s1600/098.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476689564695362850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGqfIyFvWr6rYfZh97JaYos1CMRqyMhnhdMiUunXGXVcbB91v3SlVgdzDO-0yHJ7sFCj03ROmPdh_ML6QbaWnKyjrdIkh1f3Ui0yXTCyKyXw3eTdsA1q1Au5lbq0wBgPZDqgXjVD6Xrc/s320/098.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> Then it was time for dinner!<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4aDtAJFpioQzzytrGSl_3Dus8Hce3MblrCQrXDh1hRGfZXJK1tSItdpgXFbyiu-XEjMqGW85RCOiWG8tofMobR38taqt1Ysg3H67FnUr-qcYdsBcNrco168of_E9EsGDMlpvdn0l9Ao/s1600/100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476689891142369186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4aDtAJFpioQzzytrGSl_3Dus8Hce3MblrCQrXDh1hRGfZXJK1tSItdpgXFbyiu-XEjMqGW85RCOiWG8tofMobR38taqt1Ysg3H67FnUr-qcYdsBcNrco168of_E9EsGDMlpvdn0l9Ao/s320/100.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our table.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqERz7PMzkxwxAOnKNSgjKpblrN74QX5VgLiRLL4i0lkKSo_R10vXOZZcJeCey1CtpmZM3nZURLNbUVWn10CXrDO2eSRJ0pjHePWSww3O0XVPNbsXaK2ePhGXUtGL_GVLZL7hn2ajCEaU/s1600/101.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476690170405932242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqERz7PMzkxwxAOnKNSgjKpblrN74QX5VgLiRLL4i0lkKSo_R10vXOZZcJeCey1CtpmZM3nZURLNbUVWn10CXrDO2eSRJ0pjHePWSww3O0XVPNbsXaK2ePhGXUtGL_GVLZL7hn2ajCEaU/s320/101.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My place setting.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsLU5QpQxWeIQ2sG9YNxSeI401Hqz9huvnBxdDigpGaaGUebi5pB4J9dxu1N5zL3fvKWXTA2sbItHzd1lY2RO-elsYIQ36X26w44bR6o7rRzLGPPRRVJHWZQe35Y2bUnRegtX6FVGeDE/s1600/102.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476690534437692962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsLU5QpQxWeIQ2sG9YNxSeI401Hqz9huvnBxdDigpGaaGUebi5pB4J9dxu1N5zL3fvKWXTA2sbItHzd1lY2RO-elsYIQ36X26w44bR6o7rRzLGPPRRVJHWZQe35Y2bUnRegtX6FVGeDE/s320/102.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our first course, panzanella salad. I didn't think I would like this as much as I did because I am not a huge fan of soggy bread, but I am in Italy and the Italians know how to do it right!<br />This is a starter meal that is eaten in the Tuscan regions made from *usually* stale Tuscan bread, which has no salt, and is mixed with tomato, onion, lettuce, anchovies, basil, olive oil, vinegar, and salt. It was delicious, light, and refreshing.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUGxhgAk1rBosQgSKbKOQJIteSo2HQamuna5NepOF88ut8TcSc7aRb25NqRdmixTs2-RLCDSWOkpHHzpbu_9Lfx-AII69rp3PJBxovTL2nM7xYO9ZtjtOOZ_HVXA1K87rMkJmevn7r1M/s1600/104.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476690828352816034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUGxhgAk1rBosQgSKbKOQJIteSo2HQamuna5NepOF88ut8TcSc7aRb25NqRdmixTs2-RLCDSWOkpHHzpbu_9Lfx-AII69rp3PJBxovTL2nM7xYO9ZtjtOOZ_HVXA1K87rMkJmevn7r1M/s320/104.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Salami.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxKLJO1IUVXAVcsj_hzk-6t4jXUf6etrKVy64A4XNr4iCcWEBpNJWdGiNHJjCGrYxjbvQz2lwzmbYvcUb2Pjvh6_-ZneG_NfksZ5ymwN05Jqt_yy5EawfhXTPy0HFryF4Q8z7vKp0j-M/s1600/105.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476691132871550226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxKLJO1IUVXAVcsj_hzk-6t4jXUf6etrKVy64A4XNr4iCcWEBpNJWdGiNHJjCGrYxjbvQz2lwzmbYvcUb2Pjvh6_-ZneG_NfksZ5ymwN05Jqt_yy5EawfhXTPy0HFryF4Q8z7vKp0j-M/s320/105.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAaCcpdlpKWvJr4utoS0MvJ2AAuygOTKzHk86LK8T7jc724xMhMXBWbwDwY8oEfwa7nemVbbJYGZwBYwrbt5hFvarj9OB8N47gCOzxOj9H5if36hld8uXrFrZuYyDLOWpK1Ph-NMAUYg/s1600/106.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476691479066093554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAaCcpdlpKWvJr4utoS0MvJ2AAuygOTKzHk86LK8T7jc724xMhMXBWbwDwY8oEfwa7nemVbbJYGZwBYwrbt5hFvarj9OB8N47gCOzxOj9H5if36hld8uXrFrZuYyDLOWpK1Ph-NMAUYg/s320/106.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Let's just say, this was the best soup that I have ever had! It also had the non-salted Tuscan bread incorporated into it. It was like a butternut squash base and it had chick peas and pasta within. We were told that the fresh rosemary as well as many of the other ingredients in our meal, were freshly picked right outside before the preparation of dinner. My olfactory senses were going crazy! :)<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPsocc4k5M3jcFtbWPB-4t1bOJyRSliNGbnW6hvUP6c8yWwg7h84m8uIpTR6XX_U6ow4kOKhFA-1JYBKgYnIe8tooO5tzpld8FVCoUmbIOA-nA_DqoQ_iF3_Eowt5SQh1ub8gjKHIYwI/s1600/107.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476691772477649186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPsocc4k5M3jcFtbWPB-4t1bOJyRSliNGbnW6hvUP6c8yWwg7h84m8uIpTR6XX_U6ow4kOKhFA-1JYBKgYnIe8tooO5tzpld8FVCoUmbIOA-nA_DqoQ_iF3_Eowt5SQh1ub8gjKHIYwI/s320/107.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Grilled vegetables and meat.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQRc-hgqDM5BCKzMZOKETxMD7tgy0QCer7Bh8H28g2JL0P-B8Jk1jfEmorRf0fRMRPjJlU-lYNHKVZEoufKg2Cd_kPQTRkexNPVcIRj8R-Y9Eq7DowK1Sk2R0zhtJRJRqNUTXH0-e-XE/s1600/108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476692115447815362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQRc-hgqDM5BCKzMZOKETxMD7tgy0QCer7Bh8H28g2JL0P-B8Jk1jfEmorRf0fRMRPjJlU-lYNHKVZEoufKg2Cd_kPQTRkexNPVcIRj8R-Y9Eq7DowK1Sk2R0zhtJRJRqNUTXH0-e-XE/s320/108.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>dolce.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8G_EdNr4eYBqgnyCtq8Ck2zrM-_Q6_df-KhIRHIr6S0AwbFGrwPNATp09A3HbNgnkvrhUFu50lM2BKiYynTy77zLTS7mvpaS0h7kf9VtBtVi37Wu4qZ_ctZ-aaMIKWrXqi7_f2zD5n5M/s1600/111.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476693129282612370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8G_EdNr4eYBqgnyCtq8Ck2zrM-_Q6_df-KhIRHIr6S0AwbFGrwPNATp09A3HbNgnkvrhUFu50lM2BKiYynTy77zLTS7mvpaS0h7kf9VtBtVi37Wu4qZ_ctZ-aaMIKWrXqi7_f2zD5n5M/s320/111.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> The group at the end of our Tuscan journey. Next, we were off to Florence!</p><p align="center">Coming up: All about Florence, Modena, and Parma. Tomorrow...I PROMISE. Then I can catch up on talking about my southern Italy trip. And I will be all caught up before my second nutrition class starts on Monday! </p><p align="center">Talk to you soon!</p><p align="center">Love and Kisses.</p><p align="center">Ciao!</p><p align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-75811156925782038322010-05-24T12:35:00.001-07:002010-05-24T14:01:15.691-07:00What a Coincidence!<div align="center">Hello! Sorry I have been MIA lately, but we are crazy busy right now with traveling, school work, etc. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This past week we did a Northern trip up to Pienza (Tuscany), Florence, Modena, and Parma. It was wonderful but very stressful and exhausting at the same time. While I had some down time in Tuscany, I thought I would catch up on reading my Awake magazines (literature distributed by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Jehovah's Witnesses) that I brought with me. It amazes me that everytime I read the Awake, the information is always relevant to something going on in my life or current events occuring around the world. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">And what a coincidence that while I am studying in Italy, I would find an awesome article about PIZZA in the AWAKE! I was so shocked, surprised, happy! So, since I was so excited about the information that I read, I wanted to share it with you! :)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here is a picture of the article:<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUoMKAIzhOnTisJAudXtdiG7wRTkFGUg6BkHcAcWnXI-RfPh67_kYOJSvdEqYMrLmAZ_2qj65axM2z5mXsnLDM5i08IE1-SdrV7FeIY3AZMEa89ifKl0wXN-WJXU6f60VFKRD2kcCzkw/s1600/109.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474922807639249682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUoMKAIzhOnTisJAudXtdiG7wRTkFGUg6BkHcAcWnXI-RfPh67_kYOJSvdEqYMrLmAZ_2qj65axM2z5mXsnLDM5i08IE1-SdrV7FeIY3AZMEa89ifKl0wXN-WJXU6f60VFKRD2kcCzkw/s320/109.JPG" /></a> The story was titled 'A Penchant For Pizza'</p><p align="center">What I learned from the article:</p><p align="center">King Ferdinand I is said to have disguised himself as a commoner who visited a poor neighborhood in Naples. One story has it that he wanted to sink his teeth into a food that the queen had banned from the royal court...pizza.</p><p align="center">If Ferdinand were alive today, he would have no trouble indulging his appetite. Currently, there are some 30,000 pizzerias in Italy, and each year they produce enough pizzas to serve 45 to each inhabitant!</p><p align="center">Pizza may have originated in Naples (which is a really bad city by the way) about 1720. Back then, pizza was primarily for the poor, a "fast food" that was sold and consumed outdoors. Vendors would traverse the streets loudly calling out to advertise their tasty delicacies. The pizzas were kept warm in a <em>scudo</em>, a copper receptacle that was carried on the vendor's head. </p><p align="center">King Ferdinand I eventually made his penchant for pizza known to the royal court. Before long, this street delicacy won such favor that even members of the wealthy elite and the royal class began flocking to pizzerias. Ferdinand's grandson, King Ferdinand II, went so far as to have a wood-burning oven built in the gardens of Capodimonte Palace in 1832. Thus, he was able to keep his aristocratic guests happy. </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Fun Facts about pizza from the article:</p><p align="center">- Pizza is best cooked in a wood-burning oven. The smoke that is released during cooking gives the pizza a delicate aroma, while the thin layer of ash on the bottom of the pizza gives it a delicious taste. Now I know why Faccia Luna pizza (in State College) is the best pizza around! :)</p><p align="center">- The world's largest circular pizza was made in 1990. Its diameter measured more than 122 feet and it weighed more than 12 tons!</p><p align="center">-The age-old custom of throwing pizza dough into the air and rotating it is not just for show. The centrifugal force that is created flattens the dough into a disk with a slightly raised border- a perfect base for a pizza! </p><p align="center">Pretty interesting, huh? Now you know all you need to know about Pizza! :)</p><p align="center">So, some facts that I know about pizza:</p><p align="center">Pizza is favorite food of many many people and is often considered as an "unhealthy food." But can Pizza be nutritious? Yes! To be considered nutritious, pizza should be made from healthful ingredients that are balanced in carbs, proteins, and fats and that are rich in vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. <strong>Olive Oil </strong>is a recommended ingredient in pizza. It promotes the formation of <strong>HDL, </strong>which is the "good" cholesterol. It rarely causes digestive problems because the carbohydrates in the flour receive lots of hydration during the kneading and leavening process. The presence of complex carbohydrates contributes to a full feeling, which usually helps keeps even the most enthusiastic pizza lover from overindulging. </p><p align="center">The next time you indulge your penchant for pizza, recall its humble origins and be glad that King Ferdinand did not keep his love for pizza a secret. :)</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Tomorrow I will update on my past adventures that have happened: Caprese salad creations, Pienza (Tuscany), Florence, Modena and Parma. Lots to say. We are in Rome tonight and tomorrow, then we are off for more traveling to Southern Italy and that will mean that I am half way until I come home! </p><p align="center">I hope everyone is doing well! Talk to you soon! xoxo.</p><p align="center">Ciao!</p><p align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-71056761551039648952010-05-17T10:42:00.000-07:002010-05-25T08:17:03.946-07:00Ummm...no.<div align="center">Ok, I don't know what just happened but blogger is being very silly right now. As you may see the previous post is just pictures, so here are the explanations to all of those pictures. I was trying to upload a funny video for you all to see from our roaming in Rome day, but I think that is what messed up my post. Oh well.<br /><br />So, I wanted to start off with showing pictures and telling you about our Italian cooking class that we had this pass Saturday. The cooking class was held in one of Dr. Probart's friend's home, her name was Valeria. She was the nicest woman to all of us and extremely hospitable. When we arrived, we all introduced ourselves, she introduced herself and her helpers, and we washed our hands. She then proceeded to give us all a lovely apron to wear and keep! She also created a laminated menu for us to take home which was composed of all of the dishes that we created.<br /><br />First, we started with the Tiramisu because it needed to be in the fridge for an alloted amount of time. We then began to chop various veggies and prepare a homemade sauce and began cooking the meats. What we created was a Pasta all' Amatriciana and Pasta con Zucchine e Pomodorini which were the two first course pasta meals. For the second course we made Pollo alla Cacciatora which was chicken on the bone marinated with olive oil (lots of olive oil), rosemary, vinegar,salt and pepper. This had to have been the most tender chicken that I have EVER had. Next was the Pomodori Gratinati which is the halved and seeded tomatoes that are stuffed with fresh parsley, bread crumbs, olive oil, parm cheese and baked in the oven. YUM! We also had insalata with this. Next was the dolce (dessert) which was the Tiramisu. She also added some wonderful bing cherries to the end of the dish. She said that most Italians will eat their sweet dolce right after the meal and then consume some fresh fruit so that the extremely sweet dolce is off of their palate so that they do not crave more. The fruit was called, Frutta di stagione.<br /><br />We transformed her living room into a restaurant and it was so much fun. Before the meal started, her son came home from school and her daughter's boyfriend came knocking on the door and enjoyed pranzo with us. It was a lovely experience.<br /><br />Sahira's tidbit: {Cooking, eating and sharing are the foundations of family life in Italy. So much more than mere sustenance, eating is a passion they are happy to spend time and energy enjoying. The features that attract us to Italian cucina are innovations of the home. You only need to visit the kitchen of a mother or grandmother to find the most rewarding culinary experiences.}<br /><br />Valeria said she LOVES to cook and cook for her family and friends. She finds it more rewarding and pleasurable to eat her OWN food that she has prepared with her two hands. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">***</div><div align="center">On Sunday, lots of homework was accomplished (still way more to do though), a little group of us roamed around Rome, and I skyped with mom. :) </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I wanted to play a little 'I spy' game with you with one of the pictures that I posted, but obviously that didn't work out. I think it is the first picture after Valeria's cooking class (in the previous post), I wanted to see if you could spy the colosseum. :)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I also posted some other cool snapshots that I found. We found where the Presidenza lives...pretty cool, huh? </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">***</div><div align="center">Today (Monday), we had class at 2, then did some more roaming. After class, it was raining yet again, so we ran for cover into a b-e-a-u-tiful chocolate shop. We did some sampling there then ran for cover again into a panino shop. It was called Signor Panino. The man who owns this place was extremely nice and made us fantastic paninos. I got a tomato, basil, mozzarella. He talked to us about America and he spoke very good english. He also gave us a free shot of espresso. It was very nice. After we left the panino, we went to a bookstore. And drum roll please...I found a Jamie Oliver Italy book! It is fabulous! I was sooo excited and I had to get it. If anyone knows me well, I LOVEEEE Jamie Oliver. It is the coolest book ever and HE is the coolest (and cutest)ever! :) It made my day. I think I posted pictures of this? Probably. This post would be way cool if blogger wasn't acting up! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Also, the picture of the man in the white outfit dancing around...hilarious! We captured a secrete video of him acting like a nut and I tried to post it so you could enjoy a laugh, but I have a feeling that it didn't work. :( </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">***</div><div align="center">It is almost 9pm here and I need to do some more homeworkkkk. Tomorrow is a market walk with the Claudster and then we are off to the north. I need to start packing! (and planning, we are booking hostels and train tickets as I speak).</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Hopefully my next post will be more successful!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">love you!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">ciao! :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a></div>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-1985196526584444292010-05-17T09:27:00.000-07:002010-05-17T10:38:52.777-07:00Italian cooking class, Roaming in Rome, and silly stuff<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSxZL4CDLYJl0QPDimO821zU006ciWUdg5OIgd9afNnc18LEtFjwqNgex1Nlgqqay80hbdLOKTP0MZ3sDTCQH9MwVW-h72_iXOdh-kKbBvov64UoX-XB19Yr8_pINEG4Fx56Cfo-NPIY/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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<br /><object id="BLOG_video-UPLOADING" class="BLOG_video_class" width="320" height="266" contentid="UPLOADING"></object></div>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-70500662493943725552010-05-15T10:48:00.000-07:002010-05-15T17:08:28.374-07:00Day trip to Cori, olive oil frantoio, local food, and Villa AdrianaHello!<br /><br />Today was another yucky and rainy day. Rain, Rain, go away! It has rained every single day that we have been here so far, I mean not all day long, but enough to make things yucky. They say, in May, it rains...and rains...and rains. And it is cold! I thought I was in sunny Italia? Oh well, soon enough. Come June, I will probably want this weather because we will be HOT!<br /><br /><div align="center">Anyways, here are some more pictures of flowers for you to enjoy...</div><div align="center"><br /><br /> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgGBZHpACQvHiQnGlGkvegh71Iu4UYqGXfDJuWZwP4A_M2kDRXHTv-XKpH0rRQf8MzAEXZysh9KGMFsIZyaDQzYaFC8p4RsdAxc_1EjDv6F9UUkj6U2pJxPAgAFaM4C_RkxLgsdifygI/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471555657507772946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgGBZHpACQvHiQnGlGkvegh71Iu4UYqGXfDJuWZwP4A_M2kDRXHTv-XKpH0rRQf8MzAEXZysh9KGMFsIZyaDQzYaFC8p4RsdAxc_1EjDv6F9UUkj6U2pJxPAgAFaM4C_RkxLgsdifygI/s320/018.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Sahira's tidbit:</p><p align="center">{Eating in Italy is a revelation. To sit at a dinner with an Italian is to understand where their heart is at, what is important to them. To savour hand-made pork sausages under the Pugliese sun is to see, finally, how important eating is for a happy life. And to watch the fluid movements and charming manner of the Neapolitan pizza maker is to see that food isn't just part of Italian culture, it is a creative and fulfilling essence of their life.}</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> On Thursday, we traveled out of Rome to a town called Cori which was ~one hour outside of the city. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2bbQpytJcNOEx6ODlQAhChNTdKAMqUgbOhI3vLm6CJQfkt7auv71Ux9rIBA2triWoQS_7NbEvQc-1jY5VR5g1G3Yh7Tmh_hLGJXPUu5LRpe5jizWsLEYj2Tvq3XjnqnUSgKhhi2Kg9Q/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471556058258014226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2bbQpytJcNOEx6ODlQAhChNTdKAMqUgbOhI3vLm6CJQfkt7auv71Ux9rIBA2triWoQS_7NbEvQc-1jY5VR5g1G3Yh7Tmh_hLGJXPUu5LRpe5jizWsLEYj2Tvq3XjnqnUSgKhhi2Kg9Q/s320/004.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiLZxoZcX900CR0Rfu_lspv2xqDdzEJSxgDALakFroomSYgnpCzdhwO7k8b9xAbgOYrX2yTpRp-F4aiHpN6wTSIO6bqRwyGMA5wuYmbsMiqKEqFbt5tzz7JVAN4ndjNPwvrv4ixIKJO8/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471556377240806754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiLZxoZcX900CR0Rfu_lspv2xqDdzEJSxgDALakFroomSYgnpCzdhwO7k8b9xAbgOYrX2yTpRp-F4aiHpN6wTSIO6bqRwyGMA5wuYmbsMiqKEqFbt5tzz7JVAN4ndjNPwvrv4ixIKJO8/s320/005.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our first stop was the Pietra Pinta. It is a little restaurant/olive and wine making family owned business. We later ate our huge multi-course meal here after some touring of the town (I show pics later in the post). We needed to pick up the owner's daughter first, she helped Claudia with our tour of their family run business of making olive oil and wine. </p><p align="center">Here are just of few pics of the inside...gorgeous. (very modern compared to many other things we see in Rome).<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOoGL9HdeRX-fChu-SJzUDsC4xYlpxCxYjAyYE2akpQ5nHk3KOSIgeYPBZyJeoqlo-usezmgqoqGkFev9qpmgXy7GtD_1K-JjZj7bWfnsAyz-RKxN3JUcC6mVMZpKBM94nWTSt2TG9lk/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471556726845424754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOoGL9HdeRX-fChu-SJzUDsC4xYlpxCxYjAyYE2akpQ5nHk3KOSIgeYPBZyJeoqlo-usezmgqoqGkFev9qpmgXy7GtD_1K-JjZj7bWfnsAyz-RKxN3JUcC6mVMZpKBM94nWTSt2TG9lk/s320/007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDDv8eczzYomRQFU_69XxvSDpdu3NxaCCxpZOpNl4sgIFE4TORDzjMaaCmuUxcZ4ttw1yoTMZL8voj1NVai8fmOqp4MWhyphenhyphenzOt0fdp55GxgqXWa0uCDI4kzzKYyE6Whu_YiKyw7sAPw2g/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471557030032706290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDDv8eczzYomRQFU_69XxvSDpdu3NxaCCxpZOpNl4sgIFE4TORDzjMaaCmuUxcZ4ttw1yoTMZL8voj1NVai8fmOqp4MWhyphenhyphenzOt0fdp55GxgqXWa0uCDI4kzzKYyE6Whu_YiKyw7sAPw2g/s320/008.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hvt233FdHDzAm3cu_obUvwyxhZ0xoT9OLShF9WMtBdAlsP6YBu_r7s5Ou1WzTc6fYX-tpviUVvBTfqwHFeFtkjflyi49WcZiBLHfTwvtJvynNG35mCISNItDLI0mZHV1J9gwCNb7lSQ/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471557297613084834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hvt233FdHDzAm3cu_obUvwyxhZ0xoT9OLShF9WMtBdAlsP6YBu_r7s5Ou1WzTc6fYX-tpviUVvBTfqwHFeFtkjflyi49WcZiBLHfTwvtJvynNG35mCISNItDLI0mZHV1J9gwCNb7lSQ/s320/009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hCxm2pPo7oMZC3PWbadvbnfmTLIkOIDapzI-7PagQ0t5ETPnrEeryHOii9nZzQOpXX3ENM9KqRn0e1lm857_zIzM7TTf1HkGmcKc6_D5JfHp41iFT6NUmMO8Vooo9inCSQgFKga9LCE/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471557576661118722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hCxm2pPo7oMZC3PWbadvbnfmTLIkOIDapzI-7PagQ0t5ETPnrEeryHOii9nZzQOpXX3ENM9KqRn0e1lm857_zIzM7TTf1HkGmcKc6_D5JfHp41iFT6NUmMO8Vooo9inCSQgFKga9LCE/s320/010.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our bus driver, the Claudster, and the owner's daughter.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUy55vnXo6WNcb8-9J7pYyRt7CC-r7A1KA8NYMq9ayOmDk8Tp34yJfAFTgsrET5k2Nh6d8ojk-UmdWzUv93SPo5McjYAUtMJG-xKkHwFjcpC_UlJ0IfEvSA9NUK4ZUUjaT_3KlcWWcVAg/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471557947312542546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUy55vnXo6WNcb8-9J7pYyRt7CC-r7A1KA8NYMq9ayOmDk8Tp34yJfAFTgsrET5k2Nh6d8ojk-UmdWzUv93SPo5McjYAUtMJG-xKkHwFjcpC_UlJ0IfEvSA9NUK4ZUUjaT_3KlcWWcVAg/s320/011.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMe32RkL_gm0XuM5p2M_LVDXb-Z38u0KNj4d_QBOUE3EpxzS0nUkB0sGBZ-DRZH_AcqHubj0laMvEM_7Io0udTNSlxdVGT-YSEeTy1_5y0zVgn0gQcLHpxsQdeGcTBmConvbASV5gyQg/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471558232752547282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMe32RkL_gm0XuM5p2M_LVDXb-Z38u0KNj4d_QBOUE3EpxzS0nUkB0sGBZ-DRZH_AcqHubj0laMvEM_7Io0udTNSlxdVGT-YSEeTy1_5y0zVgn0gQcLHpxsQdeGcTBmConvbASV5gyQg/s320/013.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NY0AKoflZ1TeLQLjrnoUP-Qm7MgMVn1Rdo3UgyNB2Yg_uYPNIElCx_SeFTjTqASfmSjvTS6wwKCKdgfeWfHmZubeHJPeupLLm9EdLBbgOQoknSBqjZ1l5iR86PUuDnWbWt6qbAryjBM/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471558553491641250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NY0AKoflZ1TeLQLjrnoUP-Qm7MgMVn1Rdo3UgyNB2Yg_uYPNIElCx_SeFTjTqASfmSjvTS6wwKCKdgfeWfHmZubeHJPeupLLm9EdLBbgOQoknSBqjZ1l5iR86PUuDnWbWt6qbAryjBM/s320/014.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> Pietra Pinta.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9_M64qiw9wXSLGdduXpZWqz-7rwSXXCIbvmaEAG1c1GFzD20woXDM4DbltP9GyluOG8v1npEZ21RgerxRIXwyGz6SrSyANoaxgxv3GKViViDms1S7N-lwTtT5Gek976WxiDDJz0amng/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471558810792513970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9_M64qiw9wXSLGdduXpZWqz-7rwSXXCIbvmaEAG1c1GFzD20woXDM4DbltP9GyluOG8v1npEZ21RgerxRIXwyGz6SrSyANoaxgxv3GKViViDms1S7N-lwTtT5Gek976WxiDDJz0amng/s320/015.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>We traveled on the bus up an incredibly steep hill, with lovely views. We got out of the bus and began touring on foot...up some more very steep hills. I am going to have some strong leg muscles when I am done here. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrR7N0blwWrTY3pQvTZn8pFj-zGR70mHE0w5wCB1i8jolQ6XrjfrcP-PBeikRF4Mz9EPL4eLeci_oM_deIu_ymMB983wsxcFrmw-dcKv8wNakiaRPsFI9dOjhfm7Fk0a5nUJZGT68BKY/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471559216193722002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrR7N0blwWrTY3pQvTZn8pFj-zGR70mHE0w5wCB1i8jolQ6XrjfrcP-PBeikRF4Mz9EPL4eLeci_oM_deIu_ymMB983wsxcFrmw-dcKv8wNakiaRPsFI9dOjhfm7Fk0a5nUJZGT68BKY/s320/024.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A pretty lemon tree, I see them everywhere! But we unfortunately cannot pick them.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qWABMph42J50MgmAqV8p5PO8UqO6N7nJihX_G0KE6a1BHSD6PBfMi_05qyAaVDQGIj88J17rFo8xoEjJxfpRKTwNsTW49myWI0nLQdj7j9GyqONESptFcz26G_yTCE6DodJEJ9Gcrcc/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471559493753823058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qWABMph42J50MgmAqV8p5PO8UqO6N7nJihX_G0KE6a1BHSD6PBfMi_05qyAaVDQGIj88J17rFo8xoEjJxfpRKTwNsTW49myWI0nLQdj7j9GyqONESptFcz26G_yTCE6DodJEJ9Gcrcc/s320/025.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Claudia (Prof. Probart) telling us about the city, the olive trees, and historical facts.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hDhMjUpoKYWG3gh8Q1CD4RTgS50UdRrQq6bxPntJxHfSKnznWnkV2TX08StgN6cE4R1ZaDZOdaxpP4grZ-7IBvxNDRtU81Kx2B8r7-kpteEBtkbYdeV_i-B2icnheYCguGiXphzuThc/s1600/026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471559814508998018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hDhMjUpoKYWG3gh8Q1CD4RTgS50UdRrQq6bxPntJxHfSKnznWnkV2TX08StgN6cE4R1ZaDZOdaxpP4grZ-7IBvxNDRtU81Kx2B8r7-kpteEBtkbYdeV_i-B2icnheYCguGiXphzuThc/s320/026.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A lady hanging her laundry.</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Once we reached the top of the hill, we saw where Pietra Pinta makes their OWN olive oil and wine. It is not a mixture of different sources and leftovers like what we buy in the states. This is the real deal. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMG9CFUnfoWDSzePv4pOtUT-qvNrC05JYc_35iIH06MGnjOezxb32ER6o2KmaAHR1oacrJCFjFei8Uk_yieK6XqPHgOHOxQKA1DFzM2VM7s44oHt735HHropYqNY8t9eDdHGTzFyB878/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471560129003091682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMG9CFUnfoWDSzePv4pOtUT-qvNrC05JYc_35iIH06MGnjOezxb32ER6o2KmaAHR1oacrJCFjFei8Uk_yieK6XqPHgOHOxQKA1DFzM2VM7s44oHt735HHropYqNY8t9eDdHGTzFyB878/s320/027.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> Tanks that the wine is made in.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugYhqHCFCqMOiuff3l5Fk5rstKkuVeb19fsy1-kU4NUkC7iKb3knoM4oKDkOeXLhdPCQ3O-u9mMPG0AGVgoD7ekDdybyZTO_VdQPy6u9Bu8AjvbQdUnIiF0xAOYv0BuQputPKle5uyiI/s1600/028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471560459974673426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugYhqHCFCqMOiuff3l5Fk5rstKkuVeb19fsy1-kU4NUkC7iKb3knoM4oKDkOeXLhdPCQ3O-u9mMPG0AGVgoD7ekDdybyZTO_VdQPy6u9Bu8AjvbQdUnIiF0xAOYv0BuQputPKle5uyiI/s320/028.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> The beginning of the olive oil production. The olives are dropped off right outside and smooshed and squeezed through the special equipment shown here.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkm5qdme-Mill4l-qHg4kJaBANsBXl06P-3ZaI3bCr-xIkcg8y4Q_7W0r4rKA8F1Qaa2l2rzxUHf48Gr3OH74GIP3AHxuS_UcDPzxYueAvtSHjDc97BG6eru3H9-Yxn7wcWkoFDvZbQU/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471560775862034802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkm5qdme-Mill4l-qHg4kJaBANsBXl06P-3ZaI3bCr-xIkcg8y4Q_7W0r4rKA8F1Qaa2l2rzxUHf48Gr3OH74GIP3AHxuS_UcDPzxYueAvtSHjDc97BG6eru3H9-Yxn7wcWkoFDvZbQU/s320/029.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OkpT5tZmsAa15HH1nWJ7dXEWLkwYy8brulVsxy3O6M5UCZTQEhSR-yMfg0pTfC_cp61JSLGl8NZEr5bkBnYUawrcTAlcPB_E1K5JQZRoWmK3rVtPTJKjj5IwDox2cB5Pzk9E7hvMdnM/s1600/031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471561060566881378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OkpT5tZmsAa15HH1nWJ7dXEWLkwYy8brulVsxy3O6M5UCZTQEhSR-yMfg0pTfC_cp61JSLGl8NZEr5bkBnYUawrcTAlcPB_E1K5JQZRoWmK3rVtPTJKjj5IwDox2cB5Pzk9E7hvMdnM/s320/031.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBeyzbL1zgnStWkFJCokog8oZvZvRa2-wtFK0hmCD7Ol7bGYJGMERONnhyGmOiDWmz0YOok43CE1eJjQp3-ygbPyLDsVlCvA0nVBVndfcvX_y35DRfYu4Xs0r2VTq3oSdniOcwgweqBo/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471561388631061794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBeyzbL1zgnStWkFJCokog8oZvZvRa2-wtFK0hmCD7Ol7bGYJGMERONnhyGmOiDWmz0YOok43CE1eJjQp3-ygbPyLDsVlCvA0nVBVndfcvX_y35DRfYu4Xs0r2VTq3oSdniOcwgweqBo/s320/032.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Do you see the gnats on the rim of the funnel cup? Extra protein, I guess. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMVkT4_hqBBX8d4fMSFVCm2__pPARmc-BiG_R6NFYhHN-2HuDcUwJznoL4m5Af2OnkdWQdRi8lqX5_BMFX1RFC8cp4E5pd-Ex4jDLDpIs_3BjKu0ntknG8aNYu7x8ulADwK_7rhUZ_cA/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471561736189137170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMVkT4_hqBBX8d4fMSFVCm2__pPARmc-BiG_R6NFYhHN-2HuDcUwJznoL4m5Af2OnkdWQdRi8lqX5_BMFX1RFC8cp4E5pd-Ex4jDLDpIs_3BjKu0ntknG8aNYu7x8ulADwK_7rhUZ_cA/s320/035.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> These are the storage barrels for Pietra Pinta's wine.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEsLwvj5FMfJ_lsbRR2XxgtZ7rpR7jdXFyL3ISlagsx28EaEVcG-A-ZFZbsdnhYgtxrka5SDrXCpBdqP74oKfkWTatRVrBI9_jqDbTbQ1OkwoNWX99pflVBJj0lGShmCf1E9TeZVw60Y/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471562135072374402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEsLwvj5FMfJ_lsbRR2XxgtZ7rpR7jdXFyL3ISlagsx28EaEVcG-A-ZFZbsdnhYgtxrka5SDrXCpBdqP74oKfkWTatRVrBI9_jqDbTbQ1OkwoNWX99pflVBJj0lGShmCf1E9TeZVw60Y/s320/036.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLjC71I1AKIUMXR3ycIVHedNCoM2c3AH7H2K2umwf-ie0mvA1KFFT-url_2LxD4thlOKxWEnQV2BdhkfpqhEo4OcPWTMMoHIgFAbWaBKsN9_7J-d8x4KoBFGLrTbJ-0qnzw-dMWrnDY4/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471562515327868322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLjC71I1AKIUMXR3ycIVHedNCoM2c3AH7H2K2umwf-ie0mvA1KFFT-url_2LxD4thlOKxWEnQV2BdhkfpqhEo4OcPWTMMoHIgFAbWaBKsN9_7J-d8x4KoBFGLrTbJ-0qnzw-dMWrnDY4/s320/038.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> Their labels.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnQOAvPI5Sfvcf-QI7_PsBHYtOgqwvQFT1GOUBy7yfH-dy4BHxFUp8FI00r_J4LCAKNVM60GOlYFBdwl_f_CdlZxagSQu2LE8KG_nI78KOxajgjg40Y-ewfLD6R5IeiWOa_mqsEGD85o/s1600/039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471562906943110146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnQOAvPI5Sfvcf-QI7_PsBHYtOgqwvQFT1GOUBy7yfH-dy4BHxFUp8FI00r_J4LCAKNVM60GOlYFBdwl_f_CdlZxagSQu2LE8KG_nI78KOxajgjg40Y-ewfLD6R5IeiWOa_mqsEGD85o/s320/039.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> The nutrition crew.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcRlNL2KDRfIfR45G3Q8plWfVP2SFn6uH1WlFGsgPgxVTg0SHaP1AyOVsoAAgaDla2_C7GQ8-RVb8x5iFhfyXXx39vi0k9jqxcf3gAbC2QyhGyP3YY33GGYlmNY78s7SFeuU2evRZE5Q/s1600/034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471563312003799778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcRlNL2KDRfIfR45G3Q8plWfVP2SFn6uH1WlFGsgPgxVTg0SHaP1AyOVsoAAgaDla2_C7GQ8-RVb8x5iFhfyXXx39vi0k9jqxcf3gAbC2QyhGyP3YY33GGYlmNY78s7SFeuU2evRZE5Q/s320/034.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This is Maggie...or Joey?<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8TghRtK4rQu_ZUBNNm7IHWVLMoVdMbd7rhIWUBRzxUF3EXVrmCWR8o0TlQBb3O9tr2C8SXZ0C3ccuhHFVB9h45h4ninQ5ol6rV_cQoVSGIqgw1PSVBagMuZO8SLNVlf4JwsmA17VNH8/s1600/040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471564547870272098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8TghRtK4rQu_ZUBNNm7IHWVLMoVdMbd7rhIWUBRzxUF3EXVrmCWR8o0TlQBb3O9tr2C8SXZ0C3ccuhHFVB9h45h4ninQ5ol6rV_cQoVSGIqgw1PSVBagMuZO8SLNVlf4JwsmA17VNH8/s320/040.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This is Joey...or Maggie? Aren't they cute? They are the family's dogs. They are a little wet because it had just downpoured, but they were so friendly. There were two, and Maggie and Joey were their names, but I am not sure which is which because they look the same!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpT_14M-4Pk5pu8VgRhK6M14IhzNxV2cX7yargpSUd_vrQqN31bR4C5M46jYsyP2xFBNnk_kE31UX65v6d5lVEjQt7fcxXixjqbLVT0DfJnMbXd3Gkby13mrFCVV73ao46yH5dx5wGDM/s1600/043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471564896300972930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpT_14M-4Pk5pu8VgRhK6M14IhzNxV2cX7yargpSUd_vrQqN31bR4C5M46jYsyP2xFBNnk_kE31UX65v6d5lVEjQt7fcxXixjqbLVT0DfJnMbXd3Gkby13mrFCVV73ao46yH5dx5wGDM/s320/043.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>A fig tree.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7V2v1HxK_IU1Lk3eSwecau4NLUCIh2-IVF6TWZXyJqLDzoRM6XP_FpzCgLZ2o6986nY5G8nqkbKjMHr6BsGZpvcmDJuZUxtVOS6IQ-FZWee1nb6GEfr88VS3G9jCcfeJ3r6XR5tjqJ8/s1600/044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471565525996320898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7V2v1HxK_IU1Lk3eSwecau4NLUCIh2-IVF6TWZXyJqLDzoRM6XP_FpzCgLZ2o6986nY5G8nqkbKjMHr6BsGZpvcmDJuZUxtVOS6IQ-FZWee1nb6GEfr88VS3G9jCcfeJ3r6XR5tjqJ8/s320/044.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>This is a better picture. Oh how I love figs.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zy-hPhsc33aRG2A4vAKeSEqsskMnra1Qx32uxwAynudRJ9M-FyLL1AMj4HlyackLTm_A-7mYVsFIJQy5BkpNENF227Vrn5p0BSh7qUluvGLlLeiY6y2MvUgdCstLMsxPi4eY76oT4CI/s1600/045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471566023290429954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zy-hPhsc33aRG2A4vAKeSEqsskMnra1Qx32uxwAynudRJ9M-FyLL1AMj4HlyackLTm_A-7mYVsFIJQy5BkpNENF227Vrn5p0BSh7qUluvGLlLeiY6y2MvUgdCstLMsxPi4eY76oT4CI/s320/045.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>More lemon trees with a splash of color from the rose vine.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVizwbA2tMQcC9dnxkZ3pXxEFkwp2FUEzyb9iudyeY8MLlF4IKmr67eQ8v1cBqhYDKlll4VxbcId9m7DIo0uuDZuDMYNIlWx4EH37JnGj3DclqFAhslI2avlD8oCPIF18HDlTaSgbNQ8/s1600/046.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471566316255240610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVizwbA2tMQcC9dnxkZ3pXxEFkwp2FUEzyb9iudyeY8MLlF4IKmr67eQ8v1cBqhYDKlll4VxbcId9m7DIo0uuDZuDMYNIlWx4EH37JnGj3DclqFAhslI2avlD8oCPIF18HDlTaSgbNQ8/s320/046.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our pretty view. Really, pictures do not do justice.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0S3yXENnOhYOFgghfXuyH4Hh-zeU9Z4iMj7MTiZu-6vPgo2ClM2g7Fq5vF3BiYFaTSVlO4dGYpiXZlaHcBdelYz0HmrXnjZNEaYsPn1GCIgHkF8O2TS_CaShezAjrjTgf35XlGMVRVA/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471566668727874050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0S3yXENnOhYOFgghfXuyH4Hh-zeU9Z4iMj7MTiZu-6vPgo2ClM2g7Fq5vF3BiYFaTSVlO4dGYpiXZlaHcBdelYz0HmrXnjZNEaYsPn1GCIgHkF8O2TS_CaShezAjrjTgf35XlGMVRVA/s320/047.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMkM6Kk8O2ucMuaxX-eyXiCNSDlasbjXJOHg8QP6w5AmRmKdf_sxG4IuylXNL-kO0vZ_JUfV0v8T5KGrvMMv1CH-gSg9l-Us7PT7x8eS8jufIpb3BKO_oXRX73aR7bC08LU-sOnFSQLY/s1600/049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471567114247813138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMkM6Kk8O2ucMuaxX-eyXiCNSDlasbjXJOHg8QP6w5AmRmKdf_sxG4IuylXNL-kO0vZ_JUfV0v8T5KGrvMMv1CH-gSg9l-Us7PT7x8eS8jufIpb3BKO_oXRX73aR7bC08LU-sOnFSQLY/s320/049.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>The old men that kept staring at us. I think we wear too much color? Yep, that's it. We all need to wear more black and brown to fit in here. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJYmfxSkD3a8TfFknvX7XlDI4i8YLuAh_aWrxqrNyqSVlrQbr2F77PhOCtJcc8zf08BUVJj3iWnhic-migPk64xhxhItEuC_a2EfQTtaYLEGcww23Oa7zcPdB5vlTHzSsSiOw2qvLm0o/s1600/056.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471567466862411394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJYmfxSkD3a8TfFknvX7XlDI4i8YLuAh_aWrxqrNyqSVlrQbr2F77PhOCtJcc8zf08BUVJj3iWnhic-migPk64xhxhItEuC_a2EfQTtaYLEGcww23Oa7zcPdB5vlTHzSsSiOw2qvLm0o/s320/056.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>I swear, everytime Claudia sees me pointing the camera her way, she always either looks away or gives a goofy look. Love her though.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7sv5mUWHU8eJ_MmcoKvX2v8j1uhDCjIwZG5rYg0x7HbJWnk9r2icWF5UjmiT1OjDmb3nkpmXcaMuc3iTeTKdHQAiyHrC8iTNCWnByYg16IS_qkotiyfgZvis42lm8J_fIJfxYb85nQ0/s1600/061.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471567900626900850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7sv5mUWHU8eJ_MmcoKvX2v8j1uhDCjIwZG5rYg0x7HbJWnk9r2icWF5UjmiT1OjDmb3nkpmXcaMuc3iTeTKdHQAiyHrC8iTNCWnByYg16IS_qkotiyfgZvis42lm8J_fIJfxYb85nQ0/s320/061.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>More pretty views from the hill top.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkwBr4k3Q02n6zJ7QwCbRog6BU9fOz7rdMCSyOBl4ZQ_GBOSVFFZZw-1l1seqG6w9w0mS4Q9JL8xjUugA33d3qRjd138cy3xS5lxAnz0EOEMO-4euzMYJEMh3A35Cfr3jhiECHHrxU9c/s1600/066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471568235257143026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkwBr4k3Q02n6zJ7QwCbRog6BU9fOz7rdMCSyOBl4ZQ_GBOSVFFZZw-1l1seqG6w9w0mS4Q9JL8xjUugA33d3qRjd138cy3xS5lxAnz0EOEMO-4euzMYJEMh3A35Cfr3jhiECHHrxU9c/s320/066.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Here is tempo d'ercole.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy5264t18IWTlxiU77SvUfu7ALxhVTP58v-5Or9U3DUeQ7xWNOsYX37ThEoZxptcLPK-xEdjvLnTbQYlX7exu6II4E7uWw7bfupuyvD77MEPl40-1Bfog3vxZdhnVH70eBHxIKou6jR0/s1600/064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471568576141620898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy5264t18IWTlxiU77SvUfu7ALxhVTP58v-5Or9U3DUeQ7xWNOsYX37ThEoZxptcLPK-xEdjvLnTbQYlX7exu6II4E7uWw7bfupuyvD77MEPl40-1Bfog3vxZdhnVH70eBHxIKou6jR0/s320/064.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD882fZdRCOSP5jRjRor9-9DvjZid2FGLKN0RXOHVtgPwYeJ2tQIapmVsVw0-0EggHC_nHAhmimZkrTPTfO2Mn-uxOxSlVUzvNQ1CRu9C0Dwxv497KwAZXLKqvVJ6dRxoVDntYkUDxWwA/s1600/067.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471568907783010530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD882fZdRCOSP5jRjRor9-9DvjZid2FGLKN0RXOHVtgPwYeJ2tQIapmVsVw0-0EggHC_nHAhmimZkrTPTfO2Mn-uxOxSlVUzvNQ1CRu9C0Dwxv497KwAZXLKqvVJ6dRxoVDntYkUDxWwA/s320/067.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Part of the group. Ok, my silly face. The girl that was taking the picture told me that the camera wasn't on so I was going to help her, although obviously it was on because look at my expression! haha.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe49ONuX9r38mjtF7cc50hczJ8XsT4eLwF-_m7_5k9ZN9G2CQzUq-Zlgw7qpP7yHxGjD1wCaVz3YuOGKavHXV441qQ3Fgt1OpHId2xVJH9TTAOm51TgOox3fwajMh2JrE0rkuOVw1SjI/s1600/068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471569334657028482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe49ONuX9r38mjtF7cc50hczJ8XsT4eLwF-_m7_5k9ZN9G2CQzUq-Zlgw7qpP7yHxGjD1wCaVz3YuOGKavHXV441qQ3Fgt1OpHId2xVJH9TTAOm51TgOox3fwajMh2JrE0rkuOVw1SjI/s320/068.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Doug, taking a picture with the ladies.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZCEBMIGekJF1CJKxzpJdejY9OTYQhCkbZNUUUi5_wa3AlIiGFBy8HvTWABlWc0XT0rSv7zbfGI547cQsT59Pj5guqNm0m2_b9NY1oqOaqwQLGOzXfpvPcVmMdtFaEtq1aiAw3RO3lHQ/s1600/070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471569788489220514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZCEBMIGekJF1CJKxzpJdejY9OTYQhCkbZNUUUi5_wa3AlIiGFBy8HvTWABlWc0XT0rSv7zbfGI547cQsT59Pj5guqNm0m2_b9NY1oqOaqwQLGOzXfpvPcVmMdtFaEtq1aiAw3RO3lHQ/s320/070.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>There were lots of homes between the little side streets that we walked through.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildAOo1mcIO5mPuMdtNcwzvN_cTuiqxdE1Mk638VXf0HwXL3bzDu9dp_EusSvWBDc4EXAN0rFpuWPyOj6O2PfUrVJpvsRQdZIi93zYfDKuvAre74Zxte-TWd5NQHizfKBS4KbSdLoAzWk/s1600/073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471570105780635650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildAOo1mcIO5mPuMdtNcwzvN_cTuiqxdE1Mk638VXf0HwXL3bzDu9dp_EusSvWBDc4EXAN0rFpuWPyOj6O2PfUrVJpvsRQdZIi93zYfDKuvAre74Zxte-TWd5NQHizfKBS4KbSdLoAzWk/s320/073.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrNdDhFlkf5G5E2-fE6OIrLO7GbongB8W_kYJQoYav4jU7e51RM_V3qaeAgiHvKs3iMn6hNAYv1dwrF6FjvwPM8z2IKgoFJwJ2jqQU8Vwtp_YOAFg2XN8UtK5OoRzn0PrRoKktqT8fTk/s1600/074.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471570473395500738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrNdDhFlkf5G5E2-fE6OIrLO7GbongB8W_kYJQoYav4jU7e51RM_V3qaeAgiHvKs3iMn6hNAYv1dwrF6FjvwPM8z2IKgoFJwJ2jqQU8Vwtp_YOAFg2XN8UtK5OoRzn0PrRoKktqT8fTk/s320/074.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaCf6wDwpGX5vyCVPNhec9g3lSfrve-7FTSRKcw00zX3KS2mXfMm2tNvESdDxsGL7H-pQKZFEydoH76vAcQtQA1PYXEIYLF_YEXVM51geI85vem9k-QGwUb1X-jFeMlhFvq_3EzQP31Y/s1600/078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471570804972324706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaCf6wDwpGX5vyCVPNhec9g3lSfrve-7FTSRKcw00zX3KS2mXfMm2tNvESdDxsGL7H-pQKZFEydoH76vAcQtQA1PYXEIYLF_YEXVM51geI85vem9k-QGwUb1X-jFeMlhFvq_3EzQP31Y/s320/078.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Umbrelli umbrelli boys selling a woman two umbrellas through her window.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruhZHnF5Q7YhTHshASP5J2UfPd-yUiEA60dLdXN43UNdiffr2gCfQpHBbVxgqUyST8CWmihCSN3H5RcEJ2WxdQvLkLJ_LyYrZk_QpOyPrxfiKVkCYUYLYQr3xLYRj8kIIyVEr5WjXSWo/s1600/079.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471571125921316962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruhZHnF5Q7YhTHshASP5J2UfPd-yUiEA60dLdXN43UNdiffr2gCfQpHBbVxgqUyST8CWmihCSN3H5RcEJ2WxdQvLkLJ_LyYrZk_QpOyPrxfiKVkCYUYLYQr3xLYRj8kIIyVEr5WjXSWo/s320/079.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0_1iZJzvgMjbs-uoZnmcAGUhyW0QW9lgFXBrOg50wy1EWQWWGCV4_bokvMxDIu9UnOdfB21ZMxqxq4uvGV0P6aF_Z4rqtwYP8BQCgZGhZ8IcXPix4aFLOs83JjTXWRA2MTfoaufhKfY/s1600/080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471571590561855490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0_1iZJzvgMjbs-uoZnmcAGUhyW0QW9lgFXBrOg50wy1EWQWWGCV4_bokvMxDIu9UnOdfB21ZMxqxq4uvGV0P6aF_Z4rqtwYP8BQCgZGhZ8IcXPix4aFLOs83JjTXWRA2MTfoaufhKfY/s320/080.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> Some unique photo shots that I took as we were walking back down the hill.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiACiuLySpcoi5pd277WBuCaDd-YTdTF1XoCAR6w0Nbi7ASs1PJaQFoo_cODRSPkfO6L0IDy0BHbt8YKHU1qmedCVagMeUvOIS1_OGE0PAJLsqiHhfF-25EUNDkv2pq2MdAldtAqL2MtY/s1600/081.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471571969408503378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiACiuLySpcoi5pd277WBuCaDd-YTdTF1XoCAR6w0Nbi7ASs1PJaQFoo_cODRSPkfO6L0IDy0BHbt8YKHU1qmedCVagMeUvOIS1_OGE0PAJLsqiHhfF-25EUNDkv2pq2MdAldtAqL2MtY/s320/081.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNTdToRaAALdqu5pzYM0Ed7c2kToWy7J3DTb3CjoKb7S2hOm9839OtVWFYcuH0ZnsDbRtsEerEb5YMDO9ViSia-cQE6hl1ByCjdGJHVPyOEWRgmmX61XGvz70zM2JKkAOo6uyLGXzugY/s1600/097.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471572414227860402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNTdToRaAALdqu5pzYM0Ed7c2kToWy7J3DTb3CjoKb7S2hOm9839OtVWFYcuH0ZnsDbRtsEerEb5YMDO9ViSia-cQE6hl1ByCjdGJHVPyOEWRgmmX61XGvz70zM2JKkAOo6uyLGXzugY/s320/097.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Love this. Isn't it cute with the beautiful blue that contrasts wonderfully with the pink flowers? And the white polka dot curtain just ties it all together and makes this picture perfect.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZKJvB-0DsjdWXkfdGUoVIZnUfn-839N8B4Fi97IIc1CCf7p8_qna0SPMV37DXVdS-c-umOF-JjLdSYSdk5MHZVZ0xCJvmxjoBYFEZrHRDQFe6Qftb62z7ZUNgaqQllmBuJ2Qazj3Coo/s1600/098.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471572763639280370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZKJvB-0DsjdWXkfdGUoVIZnUfn-839N8B4Fi97IIc1CCf7p8_qna0SPMV37DXVdS-c-umOF-JjLdSYSdk5MHZVZ0xCJvmxjoBYFEZrHRDQFe6Qftb62z7ZUNgaqQllmBuJ2Qazj3Coo/s320/098.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Ciao! </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">On our way down the hill, a lady invited us in to see her bread exhibit. It was wonderful and so creative. Here are few pictures that I took:<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2_f-7HUGR_zp16rpboyntfIFeI6q1f2IFZc34Oki1v6MN0onjC5G7vf7mqnz4bIb5xCuJdZ4K91nceYSsdOVfd7Z6GkcilMVbtRtIKyEqY_BuOYeh7jbTDzYkyMD4w2tmKygUO6XWQk/s1600/112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471573398379825906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2_f-7HUGR_zp16rpboyntfIFeI6q1f2IFZc34Oki1v6MN0onjC5G7vf7mqnz4bIb5xCuJdZ4K91nceYSsdOVfd7Z6GkcilMVbtRtIKyEqY_BuOYeh7jbTDzYkyMD4w2tmKygUO6XWQk/s320/112.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XDNEfufR_uYTtFYvT_EaGjqCIp0FPkfkqCKUqiyt3YXtsS-lPm8Nk9CS6Ha7rMlWf9Mdt81dvJsVFMat_cVcwHuHFE6BAazYL9r8L4546lyF0C3CTAH0CZ2SpUhe5m2dLdLnw2MgPN4/s1600/113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471573785690872706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XDNEfufR_uYTtFYvT_EaGjqCIp0FPkfkqCKUqiyt3YXtsS-lPm8Nk9CS6Ha7rMlWf9Mdt81dvJsVFMat_cVcwHuHFE6BAazYL9r8L4546lyF0C3CTAH0CZ2SpUhe5m2dLdLnw2MgPN4/s320/113.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLUca-I_RTVwt4wCkBQFvO2ELspCMYvENQSmZsiTjHUJLiBdmD2OkgDhN4qMiRYZeiyDcRdug8NMtsF5kbTpX6tnL2m9UCDTDJoVd3Hoen1o7u1dheDugdvarwepuZhhU0rBjKNVtC04/s1600/114.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471574097019147570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLUca-I_RTVwt4wCkBQFvO2ELspCMYvENQSmZsiTjHUJLiBdmD2OkgDhN4qMiRYZeiyDcRdug8NMtsF5kbTpX6tnL2m9UCDTDJoVd3Hoen1o7u1dheDugdvarwepuZhhU0rBjKNVtC04/s320/114.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pane. means bread.<br /><br />***</p><p align="center">On our way back to Pietra Pinta for our lunch.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mhpm35CoAM2pq9w6UCpV4-6VWw-Ndc6iW5ZORz2xUJpie-39wx82MdZdjlHWMRQ4MWv5itFqUxWcPk4U49qh3rZIvINWH99o51M2QZFgU93pXK-bECnHe98Qoo_HPDXMXElhdI_cHlI/s1600/119.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471574661793300978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mhpm35CoAM2pq9w6UCpV4-6VWw-Ndc6iW5ZORz2xUJpie-39wx82MdZdjlHWMRQ4MWv5itFqUxWcPk4U49qh3rZIvINWH99o51M2QZFgU93pXK-bECnHe98Qoo_HPDXMXElhdI_cHlI/s320/119.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Here is a close up of an olive tree. We saw fields upon fields of olive trees on our way up the mountain. They are the coolest looking trees. From a distance they have a greenish, silverish look to them. The outside of the leaf is a smooth dark green and the underlying of the leaf is a shiny silver. It sparkles as the rays of sunshine hit the leaves. The trunks are also very unique, they are all intertwined and very old looking. </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Ok, here is the beginning of our multi-course meal, served by the fam of the Pietra Pinta. All of the dishes were made with their olive oil and we were served their wine.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IYCqTzwxadm2Ot_R3HHr7DLX9ZMdHVp7qJjSvWt6hAfHIaJJbDfRVUla7TfX_AkvJewZOaushvUT-zRKWetNSY5NRcP2XEEAE42432qRC4Dur3gX6E9gNeJpNwhciNve_W4JndiF1NI/s1600/121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471575011294675330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IYCqTzwxadm2Ot_R3HHr7DLX9ZMdHVp7qJjSvWt6hAfHIaJJbDfRVUla7TfX_AkvJewZOaushvUT-zRKWetNSY5NRcP2XEEAE42432qRC4Dur3gX6E9gNeJpNwhciNve_W4JndiF1NI/s320/121.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Bread to start. Of course. What would a meal be without bread in Italy?<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMFpFQKtou7_lSUIk5urhSzBzDmUd1g4q0IuIHv5YDziV5CRTeSmM88ao6tpkbBzkq4VwyyjgM92ksWk1sOqHZv9k2LWN-KaX0x0Tjb1FrVfAaDii8XGqY4WuuLHIhNfopQHnHLOLt-Q/s1600/124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471575297841807746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMFpFQKtou7_lSUIk5urhSzBzDmUd1g4q0IuIHv5YDziV5CRTeSmM88ao6tpkbBzkq4VwyyjgM92ksWk1sOqHZv9k2LWN-KaX0x0Tjb1FrVfAaDii8XGqY4WuuLHIhNfopQHnHLOLt-Q/s320/124.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> Course number one. This was the dish that incorporated most of the local food. Here we have some pancetta, a pomodori gratinati (a tomato stuffed with bread crumbs, olive oil, parm cheese, parsley), cheese (I honestly don't know what type it was, but it was a hard cheese, and no it was not mozzarella), eggplant, quiche with zucchini, sauteed mushrooms, sauteed roasted bell peppers, sauteed zucchini, and purple cabbage for a splash of extra color. fantastico!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oxDcgHMGVX01-V8OyA-XqwWG2qPcBbQRtD57dj110bOtH8WLO_zoU6sDFSMLhmT1nxkoJ0bK9Qf5RuX00MUfkvs-OjNSvy1IudHvIFEvAZGk3XireVYeSeVUFZtRvjRH5dIrzVrr_cI/s1600/125.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471575750706116370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oxDcgHMGVX01-V8OyA-XqwWG2qPcBbQRtD57dj110bOtH8WLO_zoU6sDFSMLhmT1nxkoJ0bK9Qf5RuX00MUfkvs-OjNSvy1IudHvIFEvAZGk3XireVYeSeVUFZtRvjRH5dIrzVrr_cI/s320/125.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pietra Pinta's olive oil. Yes, I bought some for the fam. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVbrnm50DZZ5Ff8Z7U_QqqWu52RFd5L1AFb89l1suqlsXuFpJpjbW-BbYuRqH6_UeMWv7xjuCarvQ5QrMnCOUQqJhcwfTDUx42x0ZvqB-zPT1SY_eDP5SoinTATn0VmXy6aNHS2n6XeA/s1600/126.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471576069664852690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVbrnm50DZZ5Ff8Z7U_QqqWu52RFd5L1AFb89l1suqlsXuFpJpjbW-BbYuRqH6_UeMWv7xjuCarvQ5QrMnCOUQqJhcwfTDUx42x0ZvqB-zPT1SY_eDP5SoinTATn0VmXy6aNHS2n6XeA/s320/126.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Pietra Pinta's white wine.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAPcMMFnTXVrhVDUGiJrUjp3weNUK5HKDE15cXr9g3tS2ubReva2zdjvXG1hyphenhyphenZdFVvxCxNpJ2yqCGtbr4QgHbxNGZCeMsv7-Nst9YvCP9ZbTSCM7ZBNZlSGvQMUEV_knjxeiI-86ocVY/s1600/127.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471576412856369330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAPcMMFnTXVrhVDUGiJrUjp3weNUK5HKDE15cXr9g3tS2ubReva2zdjvXG1hyphenhyphenZdFVvxCxNpJ2yqCGtbr4QgHbxNGZCeMsv7-Nst9YvCP9ZbTSCM7ZBNZlSGvQMUEV_knjxeiI-86ocVY/s320/127.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Course number two. This was a risotto type dish. It was an al dente barley, mixed with a creamy sauce. Added in was some chopped asparagus and a little surprise...whole walnuts! delish.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tqXmGg8H87r9ozqArBwO95_Fns6NAkq-iBKL6-jsBqfmwfhuagtGXne_hbyYJBef57WMQT1LoK0Pzvrascm1TQ51SwKAuFCSW21yPaZn6YaxQQ5XtOKYZcTncU353slv4XqhhiwgZVQ/s1600/129.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471576739744031122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tqXmGg8H87r9ozqArBwO95_Fns6NAkq-iBKL6-jsBqfmwfhuagtGXne_hbyYJBef57WMQT1LoK0Pzvrascm1TQ51SwKAuFCSW21yPaZn6YaxQQ5XtOKYZcTncU353slv4XqhhiwgZVQ/s320/129.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> This was a picture of my friend Erin's plate, she opted for the veggie version of course three. She has here, grilled artichokes, potatoes, and grilled zucchini.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3sISFRurAgFO_7aX0uOssLnXiZdYyd3Lcf8S3fqFi1kARvcox-2o2JAEdYKNyHTNhxDTrpFNrtregn8ajNISF4LHyJAb03vT6fJ8EacZjARgeVjpSB0BLGG_nNPFnyf4FG3oNZWot0w/s1600/130.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471577168376315202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3sISFRurAgFO_7aX0uOssLnXiZdYyd3Lcf8S3fqFi1kARvcox-2o2JAEdYKNyHTNhxDTrpFNrtregn8ajNISF4LHyJAb03vT6fJ8EacZjARgeVjpSB0BLGG_nNPFnyf4FG3oNZWot0w/s320/130.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Course number three. I wasn't much of a fan of this dish, but it was still pretty. None of us knew what type of meat that was...possibly veal? Mine was very very fatty, so I didn't even try it. But the potatoes were awesome. Mom, I thought of you when I ate these. ha! :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWECS-hST87WHyvRPgZB5fg2ijhvVH77lhyphenhyphenbW-yS0Fv3YkRSjqlzzyP4rRJC0mIBhcxiQdb2vPQVm5CECkRW493cjVVmzck4bGxj3Pyu9ROIHwFktQj6Yao98pIOFlS0A-NW032E7JNMs/s1600/131.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471577481597527394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWECS-hST87WHyvRPgZB5fg2ijhvVH77lhyphenhyphenbW-yS0Fv3YkRSjqlzzyP4rRJC0mIBhcxiQdb2vPQVm5CECkRW493cjVVmzck4bGxj3Pyu9ROIHwFktQj6Yao98pIOFlS0A-NW032E7JNMs/s320/131.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>And course number four. Dolce. (dessert) Fresh fruit cup. Strawberries, apples, grapefruit, banana, kiwi, orange, and pineapple.</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Next up (on Friday), Villa Adriana (Hadrian's Villa). South of Tivoli, this was an emperor's theme park, an exclusive retreat below the ancient settlement of Tibur where the marvels of the classical world were reproduced for a ruler's pleasure. Hadrian (the emperor), was a man of genius and intelectual curiosity. Here are just a few architectural pictures of Hadrian's Villa (remember I am taking an architecture class along with these nutrition classes, so I must include these types of pics too, not just food and nutrition).<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUf5ThZTgHynlMLzJI0hpSo2jHj3pydMv3qNdRWiD4zE4Mgmfushy0orBeUi6xxWN_zQXgDWx_O-VTmdgyVQzRfT2DtEnn3LLaPnVQ1FR-ibro3MNdzThhlDl89co1d-LDQnZGtQ5mBrM/s1600/049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471577935323825074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUf5ThZTgHynlMLzJI0hpSo2jHj3pydMv3qNdRWiD4zE4Mgmfushy0orBeUi6xxWN_zQXgDWx_O-VTmdgyVQzRfT2DtEnn3LLaPnVQ1FR-ibro3MNdzThhlDl89co1d-LDQnZGtQ5mBrM/s320/049.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDmAEHe2VHmbpgr0EO-PlviePd807Cckz8x6Y_Dp2wgCEAjxC_JAdgqegFz_uWSc2x8z1-4XAIOSfWkJ9M8s5Qvdf1srVRIg8ArsXSOh_4B_fzzW4blUxrAXKo7zfEC-ayFPZ_Ygq7js/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471578330007258050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDmAEHe2VHmbpgr0EO-PlviePd807Cckz8x6Y_Dp2wgCEAjxC_JAdgqegFz_uWSc2x8z1-4XAIOSfWkJ9M8s5Qvdf1srVRIg8ArsXSOh_4B_fzzW4blUxrAXKo7zfEC-ayFPZ_Ygq7js/s320/003.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mcY_5KWC3TqZCEQ2Y89Ekrx39fkC0YigLeEt1AnSxeQAN9SFiBlbcc3r_qKWE52nYGMGaBNa_8RuT_3p-_KPvZWxSeoQgEq50nbebYAG17NyOmWpGfENNJ7KvuFl4IFSk14eDbXHt1Q/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471579202634119154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mcY_5KWC3TqZCEQ2Y89Ekrx39fkC0YigLeEt1AnSxeQAN9SFiBlbcc3r_qKWE52nYGMGaBNa_8RuT_3p-_KPvZWxSeoQgEq50nbebYAG17NyOmWpGfENNJ7KvuFl4IFSk14eDbXHt1Q/s320/007.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Unique way of putting together the buildings. It was amazing to see the architecture and to think, really how long ago they were built and are still standing today.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDivBzkCKeZdEq1wfeboWc1geCZHITs9TSJz6ppbKWUewxMvLICYwHDWnvSvZUceQlLZr_89IlmeTHCMhAi43jr8LEL3o3JOlh8T5RUXsYXOSIQeI6P4xK5MFocxnf7s9flSbJWK_05c/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471579498288549074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDivBzkCKeZdEq1wfeboWc1geCZHITs9TSJz6ppbKWUewxMvLICYwHDWnvSvZUceQlLZr_89IlmeTHCMhAi43jr8LEL3o3JOlh8T5RUXsYXOSIQeI6P4xK5MFocxnf7s9flSbJWK_05c/s320/013.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUPoit4EPGowU_E6HslIe1SOx74AHtihzON5KIkv6vT3UvOgcUcQ3vx0wQT7IBhvqCmwownFCg4F9LtZxGJnkkQbEXtZd1UnIX3he3_lTvAh_id9C3kqVx2jYLHUD3oN3c4EfVt1RafM/s1600/016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471580021974666114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUPoit4EPGowU_E6HslIe1SOx74AHtihzON5KIkv6vT3UvOgcUcQ3vx0wQT7IBhvqCmwownFCg4F9LtZxGJnkkQbEXtZd1UnIX3he3_lTvAh_id9C3kqVx2jYLHUD3oN3c4EfVt1RafM/s320/016.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTr5_-i49qrZzV7WWbFMrs7t3aBFebBmYXceNFk5JL6qCCbQ5HY0SuPtcE-vx-hgz9_hjGnntkhdn1IS54cyw9osX4T54R2-s5d_6h9Ieg2lihft-mKhxzLhnnq-aAVdoSnwOWi1idFw/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471580418952446738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTr5_-i49qrZzV7WWbFMrs7t3aBFebBmYXceNFk5JL6qCCbQ5HY0SuPtcE-vx-hgz9_hjGnntkhdn1IS54cyw9osX4T54R2-s5d_6h9Ieg2lihft-mKhxzLhnnq-aAVdoSnwOWi1idFw/s320/018.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uf4CgJTi6f9SN67BYsx8sdmVGsd_1dSIbC_jpeTv7DHWJhcuj9Hhyck2IoHYieaQ30GQXoEUQr4Cmooax0qigVenN9lpeB8ajPsftt3GmJnVTcSWyzGTFURX3flX_a94Xpnrka_vFyA/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471580928186500482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uf4CgJTi6f9SN67BYsx8sdmVGsd_1dSIbC_jpeTv7DHWJhcuj9Hhyck2IoHYieaQ30GQXoEUQr4Cmooax0qigVenN9lpeB8ajPsftt3GmJnVTcSWyzGTFURX3flX_a94Xpnrka_vFyA/s320/027.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Chris, being a goof.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_uV_U4fNCr7iUWZMSG9hMWUODH8MSDyXcXy6w5hfXGj6pFjabNTF884mr2J_crNBw5Gf-7LIZnIRik1MrLlH8ZCIzJ8NTkEgsv5B4GgWMTcCia6VATrjxIzaEZcW5CZlT_N_DsVrKrg/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471581476529426802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_uV_U4fNCr7iUWZMSG9hMWUODH8MSDyXcXy6w5hfXGj6pFjabNTF884mr2J_crNBw5Gf-7LIZnIRik1MrLlH8ZCIzJ8NTkEgsv5B4GgWMTcCia6VATrjxIzaEZcW5CZlT_N_DsVrKrg/s320/030.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Some non-architectural sites I saw in Hadrian's Villa:<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLM-MYMNz32cr0v_uHKzLzeaciuksScvYtNTGr0e7idERTGWgNk7z9aUzeRlritHFWJOLGGFje1p2OYa19xQwFtH9uYMjK81Lz4iRLEnX-CeiHcwa0cArubMGjUB8k9igEWC4UqVO2D7g/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471581894601440306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLM-MYMNz32cr0v_uHKzLzeaciuksScvYtNTGr0e7idERTGWgNk7z9aUzeRlritHFWJOLGGFje1p2OYa19xQwFtH9uYMjK81Lz4iRLEnX-CeiHcwa0cArubMGjUB8k9igEWC4UqVO2D7g/s320/035.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>more olive trees! woo hoo!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcNgKEQMYsDROSHM5v6x-8wkoBuUtuP6r50rHHj-CmenElu1Hc0I2eJnkssHjUJbSWYo81UsUGf1LdaU8zfTCYZk5iQgTSnLh4uO-z3f66RidueRrZd8x65pPvi8zMNV_Ogf_m4ytflw/s1600/039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471582340904159026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcNgKEQMYsDROSHM5v6x-8wkoBuUtuP6r50rHHj-CmenElu1Hc0I2eJnkssHjUJbSWYo81UsUGf1LdaU8zfTCYZk5iQgTSnLh4uO-z3f66RidueRrZd8x65pPvi8zMNV_Ogf_m4ytflw/s320/039.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a> and MORE olive trees!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI87ElbuOdLjy33PXsLzJchNQy3mAld011M9UC-RH4BlIsnEMDRKv01lz2U4wLgiZpzP_4N1k4pafczb6UUdvDRiP_weyZLHt3_3azXTTmm0vm5405xef8rFSJoSCZHVtEA3Q_lcZUwKc/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471582641480719666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI87ElbuOdLjy33PXsLzJchNQy3mAld011M9UC-RH4BlIsnEMDRKv01lz2U4wLgiZpzP_4N1k4pafczb6UUdvDRiP_weyZLHt3_3azXTTmm0vm5405xef8rFSJoSCZHVtEA3Q_lcZUwKc/s320/047.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6p0n_Bo5a1qYD-t7MOU8BFiCZENuI1f97YFK1_AKXwpdnB9aKIHyqjqy8NDDxPA7UTBswxjUj0Mjh-UE1tanrQ7IR9zY1Y468jsmiyCVrEUwWq6jsTp0kF0bkUw4vZ3oU66UsJOojJDE/s1600/051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471583149080647186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6p0n_Bo5a1qYD-t7MOU8BFiCZENuI1f97YFK1_AKXwpdnB9aKIHyqjqy8NDDxPA7UTBswxjUj0Mjh-UE1tanrQ7IR9zY1Y468jsmiyCVrEUwWq6jsTp0kF0bkUw4vZ3oU66UsJOojJDE/s320/051.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>When we were all done touring we needed to wait for about a 1/2 hour for the bus, so what else better to do while waiting? Get a Cappuccino!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBN2Qe8tquWW40CROrcV6XQr2X5_x4G2oXa-v_t-Y40QCXIYKZkUBVT0QZd2X5ZHvGLWzcj9KZps8VWzg3agTp7SdqLa9pcvcQfFrxocP9J71opkgVFZXl99_qko9Zl0U6rlCskn0Auo/s1600/052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471583541934767122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBN2Qe8tquWW40CROrcV6XQr2X5_x4G2oXa-v_t-Y40QCXIYKZkUBVT0QZd2X5ZHvGLWzcj9KZps8VWzg3agTp7SdqLa9pcvcQfFrxocP9J71opkgVFZXl99_qko9Zl0U6rlCskn0Auo/s320/052.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My friend Mary and I.</p><p align="center">Once we caught the bus, we headed up the mountain to see a local market in the town. Unfortunately, the food market that Dr. Probart was looking for was no where to be found. There was a cute flower, fruit and veg market, but by that moment, we didn't just want fruit and veg for lunch.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_9IrnG4KsiJaJDZbGpXMgnajpFuyh5YMlVRmNJuZFlVDM_TwKf4kZGw-ERtF_dy9XWphiAs1P40iKBP3S9U9caGJ4z_JhEol6JY9n8xrVh7BWQTMFEPGIe7oGJobxtXq3q2hjXnZWvs/s1600/055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471584244516319266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_9IrnG4KsiJaJDZbGpXMgnajpFuyh5YMlVRmNJuZFlVDM_TwKf4kZGw-ERtF_dy9XWphiAs1P40iKBP3S9U9caGJ4z_JhEol6JY9n8xrVh7BWQTMFEPGIe7oGJobxtXq3q2hjXnZWvs/s320/055.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>So we found this cute place. It was called an Italian garden. We decided to eat outside since is {wasn't} raining. We could have sat inside, it was beautifully decorated and extremely fancy. I thought the prices were going to be outrageous but they were a fair deal. 7 euros for my meal.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxMM82_p9PpGlsLiQ1Qqw02cvUxe4gyHTeZp0tFDYTU950FdaUn1AtWZTtYieZnfS7Ekf3EAo_7n_mWnRKoIE-xO_lNM6_fA4oiRsxloFZjyGG0vzAe1B0MwEWg0HsyhQJUfxAg820wA/s1600/058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471584702834494898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxMM82_p9PpGlsLiQ1Qqw02cvUxe4gyHTeZp0tFDYTU950FdaUn1AtWZTtYieZnfS7Ekf3EAo_7n_mWnRKoIE-xO_lNM6_fA4oiRsxloFZjyGG0vzAe1B0MwEWg0HsyhQJUfxAg820wA/s320/058.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW3Nqp-9xuwOSzVoCEoXxhRXLIDhBQ_HQc-BbZm70Vcv3x8NLZQZit4UHLXDx4XPKl-tgtrilyrmvvpjXxZyaFunNDj665hcPkU8NBVpnyRQqpO2FOVMMaCZLm8nWI3JJ89idyWsOK9c/s1600/059.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471585124481490258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW3Nqp-9xuwOSzVoCEoXxhRXLIDhBQ_HQc-BbZm70Vcv3x8NLZQZit4UHLXDx4XPKl-tgtrilyrmvvpjXxZyaFunNDj665hcPkU8NBVpnyRQqpO2FOVMMaCZLm8nWI3JJ89idyWsOK9c/s320/059.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Our bread. This was the first time we were served whole wheat Italian bread and not white. Both are fantastic, of course. Pane means bread. Wholemeal bread (whole wheat) is called pane integrale.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4CU28Zuox4y40tVhtOzwO0YwhcmElz0erbMVN50uGzIvLIUXCwdX3m0k-39SYIPvJxRZCall84-O9mk_VV131kR8gDjKrEyjL3Qc62wKupppx32Q7_tQ4IwhE8ZmlgjGocOkKwTkl3M/s1600/060.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471585454056382754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4CU28Zuox4y40tVhtOzwO0YwhcmElz0erbMVN50uGzIvLIUXCwdX3m0k-39SYIPvJxRZCall84-O9mk_VV131kR8gDjKrEyjL3Qc62wKupppx32Q7_tQ4IwhE8ZmlgjGocOkKwTkl3M/s320/060.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>My pranzo (lunch). Linguine Bolognese.</p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">After lunch, we traveled to the beautiful gardens of Villa Deste.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW4Hq1Bi6X_HwR84-l_RPv9fm0AgDfwoaaM13awZVTMG83tp8I4CHs9xaB3vLrrv355LYWd_jXyaUhsikx4na3gyksxVPQ5MwymgbQJZyn4lmZF_vqQx4BArqPJT0ZZkFffMe7Bt0wjk/s1600/061.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471585903521803954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW4Hq1Bi6X_HwR84-l_RPv9fm0AgDfwoaaM13awZVTMG83tp8I4CHs9xaB3vLrrv355LYWd_jXyaUhsikx4na3gyksxVPQ5MwymgbQJZyn4lmZF_vqQx4BArqPJT0ZZkFffMe7Bt0wjk/s320/061.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOkak9YcZXstaQ8eaz-RdBzL2WbbNm7Df7TQamSJ6EdcshX3zpxI_mYpal84aAh6aD_xXnh6yNBl2rVa85LugR7ZEcl1fyRoMDwFVpedsDPJqtzGTwYnHOd7_SvsDAkMizDfso3uW5Zg/s1600/062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471586282899518418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOkak9YcZXstaQ8eaz-RdBzL2WbbNm7Df7TQamSJ6EdcshX3zpxI_mYpal84aAh6aD_xXnh6yNBl2rVa85LugR7ZEcl1fyRoMDwFVpedsDPJqtzGTwYnHOd7_SvsDAkMizDfso3uW5Zg/s320/062.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>More lemon trees. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxr1seTMCabjIhMYE3M95BxcLJXuGEnteM2RpP81WGkzenXPgWUw36KKyHtmvKrIvZnSSYtvO04JfHkKO3WYCWnprgpnrnW33ToRxmHeQpvDJy_6BXp4phmxMLS9SGqURdV_afuivcXc/s1600/064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471586712401503282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxr1seTMCabjIhMYE3M95BxcLJXuGEnteM2RpP81WGkzenXPgWUw36KKyHtmvKrIvZnSSYtvO04JfHkKO3WYCWnprgpnrnW33ToRxmHeQpvDJy_6BXp4phmxMLS9SGqURdV_afuivcXc/s320/064.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>More outstanding views. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471591532978142434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRG1_utiuFYjg9kDR2HGnaYqqJAUt4uUYPDIOhoMSATB0SrW51CRZQulvfuqi2L9Ct3nH4YRjj99195f3V4XJFRb6lJgSUBnYCPGhJZkCytjZrnxP65OFxB3CN6-WqfyStHwD0fhQr8g/s320/078.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Nicole, Mary, Natalie, Abbie, and me!<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1afkU7o_xKqzDqpPJuBVteIbJBuKfiASqw26vFa6J8OeoYo3g9Sy5GErVGYMcWl8aiKrPLkx1QT0Y8ngwl1CuvWNzoaSYMfZEqw3OjaNWOt91DKtC7O59QldEIRaOLJ02jXXE1nWujHw/s1600/084.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471591973057748578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1afkU7o_xKqzDqpPJuBVteIbJBuKfiASqw26vFa6J8OeoYo3g9Sy5GErVGYMcWl8aiKrPLkx1QT0Y8ngwl1CuvWNzoaSYMfZEqw3OjaNWOt91DKtC7O59QldEIRaOLJ02jXXE1nWujHw/s320/084.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mo-QqUwWUAQoCMxDNLxUQgT5lf5H7ZHdOSulQLkc0ZO2mDwSZIJFAMXEL585qIf_3w22W55PMCPVmiJdGskRFWkpS6oMmzE-7xUxmEbOoSAxbPWU9luVXyfVunqwzSqf0QCqLLH-a9o/s1600/086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Next is updates on the fabulous cooking class we had today in an Italian woman's home, her name was Valeria. She was so hospitable to us, it was just too kind. But I won't say much more, I will save it for the next post. Tomorrow is Sunday and I am not quite sure what our plans are yet, but I have tons of papers to write! Next week we are still in Rome on Monday and Tuesday, but Wednesday we leave for our northern trip-Pienza, Florence, Modena, and Parma. Anyway, that is a little while yet, so I am just going to focus on tomorrow. I have been really craving cold cereal with milk and/or a pb&j, so I may just go to the market tomorrow and I need laundry detergent! :) </p><p align="center">Love and Kisses.</p><p align="center">Ciao! :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-12483522162147231542010-05-13T14:21:00.000-07:002010-05-25T08:39:55.954-07:00Playing catch up, city walk through Rome, first authentic dinner, first day of classes<div align="center">Ciao tutti bella! (a homeless man said this to us as we were passing, I think it sounds very pretty) Come va? I am doing well. :) I am back and ready to stay on track! Here we go:<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLRp5KlZtd5JGU7tvesT7nuhIEV35uNcRAJUeOQJ62bgGxjmjU9rehpcx-kOthMOsH0acshMGlXN1W1MzJRmg5XjQNLe_2jBP2nWKkDP9jFYRhqfK5jdTKtZjdm2u7gKJ6Ky-06FU0g0/s1600/064.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470868706194141954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLRp5KlZtd5JGU7tvesT7nuhIEV35uNcRAJUeOQJ62bgGxjmjU9rehpcx-kOthMOsH0acshMGlXN1W1MzJRmg5XjQNLe_2jBP2nWKkDP9jFYRhqfK5jdTKtZjdm2u7gKJ6Ky-06FU0g0/s320/064.JPG" /></a> This is a snapshot of the Santa Maria in Cappella (our apartment)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">***</div><div align="center"><br />After group introduction and orientation we took a walk around the city of Rome with our nutrition professor, Dr. Claudia Probart</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Here are just some candid shots that I took as we were strolling along:<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMegCRYLccpCbIIQhrjN-SOKmGKXpfdvO2vSF7PAaGXRHq0fHrpkfRHWkrFpfyNdr3FSMzkCuiDKKSzFxq3bwFbXbLXaShw6NyPO2HwX-wuiWiQS8RKw3ckt0WCjHHFk8Y_SbGdat8GkE/s1600/069.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470868999279174562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMegCRYLccpCbIIQhrjN-SOKmGKXpfdvO2vSF7PAaGXRHq0fHrpkfRHWkrFpfyNdr3FSMzkCuiDKKSzFxq3bwFbXbLXaShw6NyPO2HwX-wuiWiQS8RKw3ckt0WCjHHFk8Y_SbGdat8GkE/s320/069.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJxSyix0vJpFvxm2706_AaA2gL1yoQn9cFbUV4TXtQyxCoXBKjJseRnMbRb8ksJczadYAAIV7La7SPWxDV6H1RH2ZlIUfUGXnwu98I-jLUkK82a7LIbQCM_aepkbnk3YDPrplfTTMtQg/s1600/070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470869445434600194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJxSyix0vJpFvxm2706_AaA2gL1yoQn9cFbUV4TXtQyxCoXBKjJseRnMbRb8ksJczadYAAIV7La7SPWxDV6H1RH2ZlIUfUGXnwu98I-jLUkK82a7LIbQCM_aepkbnk3YDPrplfTTMtQg/s320/070.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOb1Ndtof4MqfLxBiNX9cuH3gaWYsHr7HqbYR-34qoerTBXf-lG7dsoSZihBsWZjqtxNconjWubclMK3wJha8TCbAPlcMOFsXGFikqjobXU6OAsFMkAHytbaxoWqMnAHo-rSeUgWLfC0/s1600/071.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470870021510242834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOb1Ndtof4MqfLxBiNX9cuH3gaWYsHr7HqbYR-34qoerTBXf-lG7dsoSZihBsWZjqtxNconjWubclMK3wJha8TCbAPlcMOFsXGFikqjobXU6OAsFMkAHytbaxoWqMnAHo-rSeUgWLfC0/s320/071.JPG" /></a> The water here in Italy is supposed to be the purest around. It is very safe to drink from the tap and from surrounding fountains throughout the city. You can taste the freshness and crispness of the water, Italians do not add chemicals and such like we do. It is very refreshing!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yUc2Uay07Wy4XN0XEBEu9Q-JYKrzHNQTlop5KrIdjZLo7At9OT4X02xryXY_aB2ZtstXw-_acr0RMdmGWC808c3zOC5Uj5EivXVC6nM_DI47RjVpx-UpaRk8W2ORAfzbqFDrRpCvKWQ/s1600/073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470870411532520194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yUc2Uay07Wy4XN0XEBEu9Q-JYKrzHNQTlop5KrIdjZLo7At9OT4X02xryXY_aB2ZtstXw-_acr0RMdmGWC808c3zOC5Uj5EivXVC6nM_DI47RjVpx-UpaRk8W2ORAfzbqFDrRpCvKWQ/s320/073.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM26RJsg5H_kkmVyW0XiyTBe6kIpl5ffQ8hQLKxYlgaXhJjVjMFYiLm9kfnJVqiL77XCTBnQIex9CdZtkyA_Ffju5y2ahOf3ZdDyo5-DnfXEWWnJ44vqbrwjeMik6XNgBIJW_7lDc2XWM/s1600/074.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470870768754703362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM26RJsg5H_kkmVyW0XiyTBe6kIpl5ffQ8hQLKxYlgaXhJjVjMFYiLm9kfnJVqiL77XCTBnQIex9CdZtkyA_Ffju5y2ahOf3ZdDyo5-DnfXEWWnJ44vqbrwjeMik6XNgBIJW_7lDc2XWM/s320/074.JPG" /></a> Mid-way through our stroll, we stopped for a bite to eat in a local pizzaria. Dr. Probart bought us all 2 slices, and it was delicious! We got the plain cheese with just tomato sauce and mozzarella. You can taste the freshness of the pizza and the homemade tomato sauce.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bXDxmo8VZURhXP15YtWq5KEZxySuKpGnzv50lo4XYLhvw4zbUcnGctTD2sxw6tdqJtS7W0ZHHu1gO2v5Ix_i3jjlFnU_caiUp8k5T5VPQ6EEHR9n4nziUdJSB_C38QHhSg1NWgtk9K8/s1600/076.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470871077418290578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bXDxmo8VZURhXP15YtWq5KEZxySuKpGnzv50lo4XYLhvw4zbUcnGctTD2sxw6tdqJtS7W0ZHHu1gO2v5Ix_i3jjlFnU_caiUp8k5T5VPQ6EEHR9n4nziUdJSB_C38QHhSg1NWgtk9K8/s320/076.JPG" /></a> This was the outside of the pizzaria.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOSH06pe1wxODiAp0VEzD5C8hzMJwOsoMEp5CjIU1ICk00_nnV0Mxmet-vyY6HubC1GNUpHv6lLRVmsyj41GZFDOpI3WcaI_UB-i2QuPwBOKzyLgWB6cJ9k7AH2jix6HlUdfsNaJz7p8/s1600/077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470871454582796322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOSH06pe1wxODiAp0VEzD5C8hzMJwOsoMEp5CjIU1ICk00_nnV0Mxmet-vyY6HubC1GNUpHv6lLRVmsyj41GZFDOpI3WcaI_UB-i2QuPwBOKzyLgWB6cJ9k7AH2jix6HlUdfsNaJz7p8/s320/077.JPG" /></a> Next we walked to Piazza Navona, it was very beautiful.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjpX-GYfTNLf9R_d0-_xqWk_8aYW_hFveuTlphKhZP5ucKvGqn9DKLA5P57_z56FU8-H4m6h8wgLEtYI3mL37zmyq2eBUuzk1Wwpm0gBsOJcU-NCGL9ZaMYlkzgaaIw3u_GBADFRgj14/s1600/079.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470871828609828402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjpX-GYfTNLf9R_d0-_xqWk_8aYW_hFveuTlphKhZP5ucKvGqn9DKLA5P57_z56FU8-H4m6h8wgLEtYI3mL37zmyq2eBUuzk1Wwpm0gBsOJcU-NCGL9ZaMYlkzgaaIw3u_GBADFRgj14/s320/079.JPG" /></a> The fountain in Piazza Navona.</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxaZ6au3xNSn-3pR0z3tr3nT4PdqQGPuQZh4Th-jMgKLRD_2P0P27HaeJtEapcSs6X7DOGRAe9jWseFisgVpdidp0TfrEj0MK1leS8xgoeOvbU_NC1Mq8pH_3g1OS2zhExkRMQfmkX3Y/s1600/082.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470872113279973330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxaZ6au3xNSn-3pR0z3tr3nT4PdqQGPuQZh4Th-jMgKLRD_2P0P27HaeJtEapcSs6X7DOGRAe9jWseFisgVpdidp0TfrEj0MK1leS8xgoeOvbU_NC1Mq8pH_3g1OS2zhExkRMQfmkX3Y/s320/082.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Just pretty.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPcWEYR3MKWOzUN2AJathktK49eT4188FfAxhk8T4dSeoi-zj90Y-ym3df5db89XTeEcGPSIg_2_9lIySJjh-zPTPP3KNyFBgRR-VsP1UkQcYFAdw7SJ87QRiaceX9GOtfvmmxyOXAYs/s1600/084.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470872483805715794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPcWEYR3MKWOzUN2AJathktK49eT4188FfAxhk8T4dSeoi-zj90Y-ym3df5db89XTeEcGPSIg_2_9lIySJjh-zPTPP3KNyFBgRR-VsP1UkQcYFAdw7SJ87QRiaceX9GOtfvmmxyOXAYs/s320/084.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This is part of the nutrition group across the street. They are debating, should I go? Or should I wait? The scooter drivers are crazy here! They definitely do not obey the laws, or maybe there is no law for them? Just a few days ago, one of the boys in my program got hit by a scooter (details about this later, he is doing fine if anyone was wondering). We are told by the professors to walk out in the street and put our hands out to our sides and stare directly at the oncoming driver, they should stop. Well, not so much. :) I think I will wait for the green light.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeAMnuvparRHYx2O7VeK-PLF9N3C-o6-m55Kwyy0TRvWcULQ0hjRzBRG5Ihy4potZLZZfYBzvLj3WrymNFXEExGnuvbnFA_0YjOAMyqKqYw6raaMTlwS9OyA7NDKYlmhk2j194ghN7UI/s1600/085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470872810652304098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeAMnuvparRHYx2O7VeK-PLF9N3C-o6-m55Kwyy0TRvWcULQ0hjRzBRG5Ihy4potZLZZfYBzvLj3WrymNFXEExGnuvbnFA_0YjOAMyqKqYw6raaMTlwS9OyA7NDKYlmhk2j194ghN7UI/s320/085.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Human sized hunk of meat, and can you believe I ate some? And really enjoyed it?<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEmg8nbWYl-pO64qloEw1Gkdr91L9BlugCb0HL31oIr319WQw_tnZ_YIDIzpkkQUTOzr9rfQc8bwg0k1BT7Tr8xIkXIrifWyaQcZOXWJL7tqU-WeJ5IQVzowL-K36RJJBWws0a1bMuzQ/s1600/086.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470873181035046162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEmg8nbWYl-pO64qloEw1Gkdr91L9BlugCb0HL31oIr319WQw_tnZ_YIDIzpkkQUTOzr9rfQc8bwg0k1BT7Tr8xIkXIrifWyaQcZOXWJL7tqU-WeJ5IQVzowL-K36RJJBWws0a1bMuzQ/s320/086.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFUIwJQdkcrYnI_ZjRV7UzouW8xCP2nuJ2nzQCuxmSPAsLh1H7e0YtNlb1hwDywv9vzXMr8FxmAj6I8uNl7Pp1_ChvRAnYRja1MlSUmZCTH0cnr2tPAyC6W4MT8c7Nu-Vnh2Li-A2c9c/s1600/088.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470873489969399394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFUIwJQdkcrYnI_ZjRV7UzouW8xCP2nuJ2nzQCuxmSPAsLh1H7e0YtNlb1hwDywv9vzXMr8FxmAj6I8uNl7Pp1_ChvRAnYRja1MlSUmZCTH0cnr2tPAyC6W4MT8c7Nu-Vnh2Li-A2c9c/s320/088.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Here is Dr. Probart showing us around a local market. </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Next is some pictures of our apartment:<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Wh_8otcqrPkNBr01VespCe7xbWZtQeYxTLeV8bsxuIvUYa7YMTKjMIS2dLE9XefIjQafYWQKxhG1pmPyfpcVKCdxhdVoDSQ3XYNOXhSmh5pN7S42kCPOVmyuxQEJaLabc1xphmHF7jQ/s1600/100.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470873901776138402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Wh_8otcqrPkNBr01VespCe7xbWZtQeYxTLeV8bsxuIvUYa7YMTKjMIS2dLE9XefIjQafYWQKxhG1pmPyfpcVKCdxhdVoDSQ3XYNOXhSmh5pN7S42kCPOVmyuxQEJaLabc1xphmHF7jQ/s320/100.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This is the front entrance gate that we walk through to get into our apartments.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnMnS8k2LflpsCxR-AXLhjSdGUwg7qN_Rp6n-jYemhyphenhyphenrDlLFHZw159gBNJeIvwzEDJsiglKRYcHf8AjUnG6Toc5Yuk6lZTpxAmTd0xgbMS6OkwAonMBT4hQoGGFqzw3U-fbXiX2_9QXc/s1600/101.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470874230266642210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnMnS8k2LflpsCxR-AXLhjSdGUwg7qN_Rp6n-jYemhyphenhyphenrDlLFHZw159gBNJeIvwzEDJsiglKRYcHf8AjUnG6Toc5Yuk6lZTpxAmTd0xgbMS6OkwAonMBT4hQoGGFqzw3U-fbXiX2_9QXc/s320/101.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Our little common area where most studying and assignments get accomplished. It is very spacious, right?<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB8B1QczysTJ7qhB_5kR3WWhz6seh6grSmyTyTInWNEvLG83A6hJPjc8suZ0EO93dOQ-J2wFOf6LtW1rmM6x3_lBv5ciSwthukdo29kFJaeU1LcIIf-6iSop0FRMl2ANuYxQJHG77BK0/s1600/103.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470874538272183922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB8B1QczysTJ7qhB_5kR3WWhz6seh6grSmyTyTInWNEvLG83A6hJPjc8suZ0EO93dOQ-J2wFOf6LtW1rmM6x3_lBv5ciSwthukdo29kFJaeU1LcIIf-6iSop0FRMl2ANuYxQJHG77BK0/s320/103.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4A3eBxFgdQEa1q9iS_cUeGKtJl0hyphenhyphen5xtCpzrxieklfUPC7qBq3urDeE8kFnwqTMcyIqTbF2CbN5y526OhOcdpx5tpVVu3ZsPZ2MAMkWBZR2zajc_rxivatxSDF3CwkC0v9t6Lcyov4fY/s1600/104.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470874835384753666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4A3eBxFgdQEa1q9iS_cUeGKtJl0hyphenhyphen5xtCpzrxieklfUPC7qBq3urDeE8kFnwqTMcyIqTbF2CbN5y526OhOcdpx5tpVVu3ZsPZ2MAMkWBZR2zajc_rxivatxSDF3CwkC0v9t6Lcyov4fY/s320/104.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Our kitchen, where tasty things will be created very soon! Dr. Probart is actually going to have a cooking class with us in our kitchen, possibly on Saturday? She is going to take us to the market to purchase tomato, mozzarella, basil, and olive oil to create? Caprese! yum.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1aVu1QZLTZKqYXrIU47OJYh0vAJjRtm3egcR2Lsigo3m2a_n8_qWthE8NAukz3dr79-qtJWC3v7UA9CwV2wUUGq1RILcMezmvDqnOpi1pMroIOHldBMcgqk_2O8iiCaoYlPrr_LQHj4/s1600/105.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470875114650323490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1aVu1QZLTZKqYXrIU47OJYh0vAJjRtm3egcR2Lsigo3m2a_n8_qWthE8NAukz3dr79-qtJWC3v7UA9CwV2wUUGq1RILcMezmvDqnOpi1pMroIOHldBMcgqk_2O8iiCaoYlPrr_LQHj4/s320/105.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_aQZp8JOd9U-bpzfsYFXVZi3gWU81EI6HCLb_I8kQWCaItKJa4GJt99jz17ZD1wtEOs0W64edKQ0xg7Bdc0gJ-xD_hMSOLlncAKTpeSV-8cvbVFIX_JVlsMnJnUJHKtXm9uE6mbDRRg/s1600/112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470875470629997266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_aQZp8JOd9U-bpzfsYFXVZi3gWU81EI6HCLb_I8kQWCaItKJa4GJt99jz17ZD1wtEOs0W64edKQ0xg7Bdc0gJ-xD_hMSOLlncAKTpeSV-8cvbVFIX_JVlsMnJnUJHKtXm9uE6mbDRRg/s320/112.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF06nOQgIY6MIup2rJV-wyE1zmUhjgkdiCNtvHTMui11-llcvN3Hai1qlG8RXuk8hZjFjOHagkQE8ete9Tqk7zchtjapzw4jCfNmPPCfHWEgNUNC_xIfnBPsX6vJFX2D5K2VdYCxZ1OQ/s1600/113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470875769766487026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF06nOQgIY6MIup2rJV-wyE1zmUhjgkdiCNtvHTMui11-llcvN3Hai1qlG8RXuk8hZjFjOHagkQE8ete9Tqk7zchtjapzw4jCfNmPPCfHWEgNUNC_xIfnBPsX6vJFX2D5K2VdYCxZ1OQ/s320/113.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This is just lovely, isn't it?<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCykEqBJc_3z-gHt3hViDH6eciCGyk3Bbfg7KIUxcg80PAXMKrKQLLK7bFwhT-eayAttZzmOe2I6sVBAiI_XuMOs0po9eHTMW2NbcXA5W6161eRwo1jgK1E_LFHs-7X_6c8HloI79as3s/s1600/114.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470876506658570962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCykEqBJc_3z-gHt3hViDH6eciCGyk3Bbfg7KIUxcg80PAXMKrKQLLK7bFwhT-eayAttZzmOe2I6sVBAiI_XuMOs0po9eHTMW2NbcXA5W6161eRwo1jgK1E_LFHs-7X_6c8HloI79as3s/s320/114.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcWm59E4DKL6adW53Z_cC2bcMfPIrJmYk0P6bFv0AySkn8sBStOW2x-ilegSC8VnqwcIPSpx91SUQo_h2n47TkUzuRts_s5LHemFHgTcSdhOK-doeYlicaeZpICNOxgNgqwr6dZ_kiY4/s1600/115.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470876865516377346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcWm59E4DKL6adW53Z_cC2bcMfPIrJmYk0P6bFv0AySkn8sBStOW2x-ilegSC8VnqwcIPSpx91SUQo_h2n47TkUzuRts_s5LHemFHgTcSdhOK-doeYlicaeZpICNOxgNgqwr6dZ_kiY4/s320/115.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEv5S5e8g0VoeLsWxC6IWXH_0on8sbMq7tF_UxkZmK1iv3ZRiz1_WZIaqK23UgAWXboo9vdLkSDh9I6AYkB_-9PnvvxFdMzZwWuJ16jwjOH9nEipgc-cHa6JvPzkPSoH7Lb87g39KyyRM/s1600/117.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470877217827783186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEv5S5e8g0VoeLsWxC6IWXH_0on8sbMq7tF_UxkZmK1iv3ZRiz1_WZIaqK23UgAWXboo9vdLkSDh9I6AYkB_-9PnvvxFdMzZwWuJ16jwjOH9nEipgc-cHa6JvPzkPSoH7Lb87g39KyyRM/s320/117.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9WdZshlTZlR32Atsuv0H2Xhv84aBToF9DI-v3CkrQl6mEYC8oJxatvumGJEQy-RyqeseusHxiK6FP0dlkN_KN9IMdON0rSd7iVwHv_2J_Y0rM0Rpw0agMndZBKnBGVJ9zEJiw6EsDas/s1600/118.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470878266256103986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5iB_9mE-tEgNW_iDVZjbeU6lpPSB4nSHd3yMXXbjR43Ly-Lr7k0bJSn8Sz37C6kOoCGtcIgsK_MCHcRuGKH5SD_uDCkvWPg9zJn5u65D81qa0tH6t2DtpREH_4WbPB27LD9HIAVB2Ic/s320/123.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This is my bed, sorry it is messy but it was the best shot I could take. There are also 3 other beds that share the same room.<br /></p><p align="center">***<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuuAzooSq9H3ZQaDJ1qtwrukYd8OZ1HvgtV__398e5uTQxL0VKS6cHdbdvi7reGDzI54kiC1gKQQap-qd2v1F534zxpVdRQYwIW8ZouB_e9xz-8Jj22L45xIo52uNm6yS4YzRp6XRnFQ/s1600/124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470878611375093234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuuAzooSq9H3ZQaDJ1qtwrukYd8OZ1HvgtV__398e5uTQxL0VKS6cHdbdvi7reGDzI54kiC1gKQQap-qd2v1F534zxpVdRQYwIW8ZouB_e9xz-8Jj22L45xIo52uNm6yS4YzRp6XRnFQ/s320/124.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">cute.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgSZDoJhXpSkbgV1PWZlJoYnVcZxsS_6K3xhnD3mgFwz5pMrwYYla3t766ZDfzBO85gNsMv-Cr3kQzjPhNrP6Fj1_JAub6FaB5Ig8UxndLJ_KG9DL1dPnQJaydV-T0MPy7SEBo4V5CbQ/s1600/128.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470878975960424418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgSZDoJhXpSkbgV1PWZlJoYnVcZxsS_6K3xhnD3mgFwz5pMrwYYla3t766ZDfzBO85gNsMv-Cr3kQzjPhNrP6Fj1_JAub6FaB5Ig8UxndLJ_KG9DL1dPnQJaydV-T0MPy7SEBo4V5CbQ/s320/128.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">On our way to the market for the first time, going to buy groceries the europian way.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_un7x3aLQoVCEKhNWedqgKKEjqar5GTdQYPXwa03yesvbjpUUWPAo8XYnb4xL1-fs43jOd3qk7DMBm4BanIVg8cOJYLKjwd06L9N8l6TafpBbF8uGBYkosLxoZYJSe6EzEHWgb8Gq5Vs/s1600/130.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470879325991199362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_un7x3aLQoVCEKhNWedqgKKEjqar5GTdQYPXwa03yesvbjpUUWPAo8XYnb4xL1-fs43jOd3qk7DMBm4BanIVg8cOJYLKjwd06L9N8l6TafpBbF8uGBYkosLxoZYJSe6EzEHWgb8Gq5Vs/s320/130.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">The group carrying their groceries back to the apartment. (yes, that is toilet paper you see in the bags, we stocked up!) </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">Here are a few pictures of our first authentic Italian meal. We found a little mom and pop restaurante and boy was it a good find. We had a bit of a communication problem, but in the end everything was fantastic! The mother was telling our table about the evening's specials and we were all just nodding our heads. She eventually walked away, grabbed a handful of homemade dried pasta out the basket and took it to the kitchen. We didn't realize till later that she took our nodding for a yes and she ordered the special for everyone. It was a good thing she did because this was the best darn pasta I have ever had! She ordered four of each of the two specials and we split our meals with the person sitting next to us.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTqXV2T5eaGpOsvhER3ydYVBezbBMu9z5NDxvb2_1dUsyv061vy5cFf9mk5AL-jxUijmk7SKiMEFiCw3V7v3oMRY7zpnCzQReL_eQJ0dx04f3EYtH3vC-9I2TRLpdj57jXTyFpF6Jfj8/s1600/133.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470879769020143266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTqXV2T5eaGpOsvhER3ydYVBezbBMu9z5NDxvb2_1dUsyv061vy5cFf9mk5AL-jxUijmk7SKiMEFiCw3V7v3oMRY7zpnCzQReL_eQJ0dx04f3EYtH3vC-9I2TRLpdj57jXTyFpF6Jfj8/s320/133.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">We also got wine. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IruK8qCjdvSkRZCTs8Ozu1OXQ0tGBDHL5pvKrMwVgJtNcSzWLHpyHm8tsTkdX_DzbAQ0w0koEe6CGss3Clm7JEa9Pn1KVoi8Ox2myZxdqdFOKWZJp6gHmG0s3IAiVsNfLeLHkzaqdyg/s1600/134.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470880089211042882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IruK8qCjdvSkRZCTs8Ozu1OXQ0tGBDHL5pvKrMwVgJtNcSzWLHpyHm8tsTkdX_DzbAQ0w0koEe6CGss3Clm7JEa9Pn1KVoi8Ox2myZxdqdFOKWZJp6gHmG0s3IAiVsNfLeLHkzaqdyg/s320/134.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This gentleman was a surprise, he came in and played beautiful music for us...it would be very nice if I had it recorded. Obviously he wanted some euro when he was all said and done. I gave him 10cent euro. good, right?<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9WRNhA0BOT8zkFnncYAM45IAI0H1ulT-V_Y5YqcQ8xKOZm_4-OAFn9W2LbmoST2Q2Qskj2jXzGgmRFJat303ofRTNLZMslL3GjP_wfypDhuWsuuDhYPJMt_Ii449eukBf4eNVgejf-w/s1600/136.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470880439009366082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9WRNhA0BOT8zkFnncYAM45IAI0H1ulT-V_Y5YqcQ8xKOZm_4-OAFn9W2LbmoST2Q2Qskj2jXzGgmRFJat303ofRTNLZMslL3GjP_wfypDhuWsuuDhYPJMt_Ii449eukBf4eNVgejf-w/s320/136.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">1 dish<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClUvnhedYpTM3YiwDww0Mq-c3miiyQD8WIGNgv_S5FXFPlZ8CrxoHNyR-y1sf5CL63Hrs4h2ANxhxHNTcQnVOAAWSNcSfWPUWRvsnhqll-lmzSxggwINjglw-QBm8zQ8wDA9TTJIwsQI/s1600/137.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470880898804005490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClUvnhedYpTM3YiwDww0Mq-c3miiyQD8WIGNgv_S5FXFPlZ8CrxoHNyR-y1sf5CL63Hrs4h2ANxhxHNTcQnVOAAWSNcSfWPUWRvsnhqll-lmzSxggwINjglw-QBm8zQ8wDA9TTJIwsQI/s320/137.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">2 dish<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8L9GjSyJrBL5PdDGy_yYjAwucHtsOVNBv3Xcos9PvUnfakwMew57PtHttqDPlyIx3wMNjN86f3YZuWctaMndN4G0xZqO5DlwUl-xM0N97mx52aqedik_eMBQzo4Sc-hXlndWaFbvYXIc/s1600/139.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470881270638134434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8L9GjSyJrBL5PdDGy_yYjAwucHtsOVNBv3Xcos9PvUnfakwMew57PtHttqDPlyIx3wMNjN86f3YZuWctaMndN4G0xZqO5DlwUl-xM0N97mx52aqedik_eMBQzo4Sc-hXlndWaFbvYXIc/s320/139.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This was the inside decor of the restaurante.<br /><br />***<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTaNQW2cqMm2xj3Mm3-i6xY_Zcxr2Uk_AQEzgnmjbqfJGbKPOfBkj15d4yEC-442C6o6hOF3-H8tKbM6vIW1clfFyPv86Ts8y4KutRvM_FVoq_bkPXpzrp4QOPNBVvXq9I4N_eKh9H-s/s1600/143.JPG"></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470881813405406562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTaNQW2cqMm2xj3Mm3-i6xY_Zcxr2Uk_AQEzgnmjbqfJGbKPOfBkj15d4yEC-442C6o6hOF3-H8tKbM6vIW1clfFyPv86Ts8y4KutRvM_FVoq_bkPXpzrp4QOPNBVvXq9I4N_eKh9H-s/s320/143.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Then we went back to the apartment after dinner and the other half of the group wanted to join us and go out and get some drinks. Don't worry, I was the sober one. It was only a teensy glass. :)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLtPptgjhxBTsyk9kHgbsRNqfHk7QV5_jBAescB6MTmoeM3_b-IeVQ8bcqJyHK1jHwBmOJ0byH82ol8uQotcBsYUp4Hfon2YMsS0E7eGLhXECC5e_1zsk6BZIgA__Di1noGJfStTEt7w/s1600/151.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470882242850885362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLtPptgjhxBTsyk9kHgbsRNqfHk7QV5_jBAescB6MTmoeM3_b-IeVQ8bcqJyHK1jHwBmOJ0byH82ol8uQotcBsYUp4Hfon2YMsS0E7eGLhXECC5e_1zsk6BZIgA__Di1noGJfStTEt7w/s320/151.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This was Paolo! The bartender. </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">First day of class, half with Professor Romolo Martemucci (Arch) and the rest of the day with Dr. Probart.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2Apahm3886Rbdcl8pJ8DshN1SBCixJL-wmLIZ5HNFHNtpS7OG8Wf-eOxX8k93IxzBUZ9x4oXemvLtCKWM0Ri2KYiwqbvZdzDlxEVcMtX5VoKXURSPh_c2gFuFvHPL56lZyIFn4gFuuE/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470882728321366258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2Apahm3886Rbdcl8pJ8DshN1SBCixJL-wmLIZ5HNFHNtpS7OG8Wf-eOxX8k93IxzBUZ9x4oXemvLtCKWM0Ri2KYiwqbvZdzDlxEVcMtX5VoKXURSPh_c2gFuFvHPL56lZyIFn4gFuuE/s320/001.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aUxQFSg1SO7UPN7Kdv-zJ0YNuyiTJMZi31rPbkHohnyGEsbmw8tjz_9XStJzChl3SflMFR93B8ZqVGy53198jkWHzc_amnZxLJFr0HFoorHJMDK-Md1X8uHe8LIEBoLPVZoyZbpJvKQ/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470883175541861122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aUxQFSg1SO7UPN7Kdv-zJ0YNuyiTJMZi31rPbkHohnyGEsbmw8tjz_9XStJzChl3SflMFR93B8ZqVGy53198jkWHzc_amnZxLJFr0HFoorHJMDK-Md1X8uHe8LIEBoLPVZoyZbpJvKQ/s320/004.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">This is Professor Martemucci telling us about some of the historical facts and architecture in Rome.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_zs1OTuAvmMzq92eoBeUJ_-u9QprPGkuYDgv7OUApeHz1sj0V0AdT5TZkPhlzuzELZBSwekYp87j__R9rh4iOYeaAtJU6J0L6-Fs4_JDdCnhpyq_DzgxH8q3ilfHHDdL7z_pMbZ0CdQ/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470883500891957762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_zs1OTuAvmMzq92eoBeUJ_-u9QprPGkuYDgv7OUApeHz1sj0V0AdT5TZkPhlzuzELZBSwekYp87j__R9rh4iOYeaAtJU6J0L6-Fs4_JDdCnhpyq_DzgxH8q3ilfHHDdL7z_pMbZ0CdQ/s320/005.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLEZ1D2OhMWWsk6pJpxPUtZcvLKPJqCe97Cx4uUudq8pkx584oNZN11hsDnk668PU-OW7QXbQ2S9YSDUzbNC79wnF5YxlfwBQXPPI76P56kKsMtoF-rfTwHC2XQTMMDmN9EsCJbAMIYg/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470883858290085682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLEZ1D2OhMWWsk6pJpxPUtZcvLKPJqCe97Cx4uUudq8pkx584oNZN11hsDnk668PU-OW7QXbQ2S9YSDUzbNC79wnF5YxlfwBQXPPI76P56kKsMtoF-rfTwHC2XQTMMDmN9EsCJbAMIYg/s320/007.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">The Forum.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jf1wlz1NczzoICYygDz-R3uaLJxVlNR2ORlcikgePn4oMZs1NfUBt6OEh_APsiLMacE0s5JYrzz2sGjfBqit9EROelB94Mz3KtiZXWvkqBsPfYfT95sJxfs42p3f0AqYl5l2_YgJW7A/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470884194055053650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jf1wlz1NczzoICYygDz-R3uaLJxVlNR2ORlcikgePn4oMZs1NfUBt6OEh_APsiLMacE0s5JYrzz2sGjfBqit9EROelB94Mz3KtiZXWvkqBsPfYfT95sJxfs42p3f0AqYl5l2_YgJW7A/s320/010.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ3oDEgitIiItohxZaTw1A9OEe6fPDRRUS4N20-7m_lKwbBHFT3gTK7G5iQc-J-eeiLvi7hgyJ9F0JgVAuhV1r1-qwUxnDRt8I970MkPffcWAWg92y-q_vPPz4dZc-SGCXTKb_B0zbDI/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470884472153281570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ3oDEgitIiItohxZaTw1A9OEe6fPDRRUS4N20-7m_lKwbBHFT3gTK7G5iQc-J-eeiLvi7hgyJ9F0JgVAuhV1r1-qwUxnDRt8I970MkPffcWAWg92y-q_vPPz4dZc-SGCXTKb_B0zbDI/s320/011.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodSiT8dw9GkvRdPRpho7OczygHZTfij9q16BooXr5xfN77tKB3PNPNQfl0N2kBtmu4-XReqXBolwG40GK-mrEIOBW-YO0gyNeu9thrTk5EaSdLbVEZqEsmq-Gmdjt8BmelPZjv8Zfe6k/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470884787746408130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodSiT8dw9GkvRdPRpho7OczygHZTfij9q16BooXr5xfN77tKB3PNPNQfl0N2kBtmu4-XReqXBolwG40GK-mrEIOBW-YO0gyNeu9thrTk5EaSdLbVEZqEsmq-Gmdjt8BmelPZjv8Zfe6k/s320/013.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IvdjYKqIUgwcfCHVtk1mlgsOyjsCY_BQXBD4qqvgkss4tw48lVMVDpaqnD2LFE5-IzUNI3ogtazXpOqZ-_UBeCEPfGKsBOtQTMkjc-dtveWUwXfjA83eRNGP0oVIS2P8aiKBwOzsOTA/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470885218207375682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IvdjYKqIUgwcfCHVtk1mlgsOyjsCY_BQXBD4qqvgkss4tw48lVMVDpaqnD2LFE5-IzUNI3ogtazXpOqZ-_UBeCEPfGKsBOtQTMkjc-dtveWUwXfjA83eRNGP0oVIS2P8aiKBwOzsOTA/s320/014.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">A few cutesy Roman Empires I found.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxYhT0Bff_U54O96KwT5Ld43VtaswDioCNWdO9fF4Mzj4LZVRPk8yGBpB84zVRQdRhaddlGpTyJua4FPYpwp6ez0C4Tsx6qSHbEfebanYmb6bfRBZ8HcqxJLtCRjJIJsXQBvjg0yCGDA/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470885585636163618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxYhT0Bff_U54O96KwT5Ld43VtaswDioCNWdO9fF4Mzj4LZVRPk8yGBpB84zVRQdRhaddlGpTyJua4FPYpwp6ez0C4Tsx6qSHbEfebanYmb6bfRBZ8HcqxJLtCRjJIJsXQBvjg0yCGDA/s320/017.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Little Italiana kids. It is so lovely to here them speak the Italian language.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrmGNgjJQgi9TrWrmhyphenhyphenkWpuEVeHTnNk_UNusrFR90MzgMakqnsOOJ-WqrxtxwEm1GgD6LToNBPy3sTqxM_J0V-oVbhbiW7Y3d74mvDKtOCiycp8GQ5vn83kYHhEZEL3Od90ZHIWOQ_bI/s1600/019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470885890494843794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrmGNgjJQgi9TrWrmhyphenhyphenkWpuEVeHTnNk_UNusrFR90MzgMakqnsOOJ-WqrxtxwEm1GgD6LToNBPy3sTqxM_J0V-oVbhbiW7Y3d74mvDKtOCiycp8GQ5vn83kYHhEZEL3Od90ZHIWOQ_bI/s320/019.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">The flowers are beautiful here in Rome. I love the stucko of the buildings and all of the window pots, they always just look so perfect. Lots more of these types of pictures to come! </p><p align="center">***</p><p align="center">On our way to Dr. Probart's apartment for an Olive Oil and Wine Lesson</p><p align="center">Here are just a few photos off of Dr. Probart's balcony. You could see almost all of ROME.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingCz9oDvaiMoMCCXGH0IlAGhY2YiVl4ZH6lxS1ZVTLKfZgO7vhxrVln_3djrnHG5gFKl1qfDNxxeZLjtQwvRpM3Pm2zbZqhex1csxxd4nQ5hyphenhyphenxka5pksMhJ7gdinhYOBY5mp_3f0vDIg/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470886200830825890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingCz9oDvaiMoMCCXGH0IlAGhY2YiVl4ZH6lxS1ZVTLKfZgO7vhxrVln_3djrnHG5gFKl1qfDNxxeZLjtQwvRpM3Pm2zbZqhex1csxxd4nQ5hyphenhyphenxka5pksMhJ7gdinhYOBY5mp_3f0vDIg/s320/024.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GWrqq-GaUelruxTOSJe6lOUlOhkLdaA_BTgTQFOrkoQ1ixR7CIDDEjkmuv9nja_vSa3jlYDpF6rMzelry2CoJL_vWAzXu0TasDEDO9xozozj1MwYjaBVjO9EieYxyd5g8aYiD2ItpFU/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470886548022606226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GWrqq-GaUelruxTOSJe6lOUlOhkLdaA_BTgTQFOrkoQ1ixR7CIDDEjkmuv9nja_vSa3jlYDpF6rMzelry2CoJL_vWAzXu0TasDEDO9xozozj1MwYjaBVjO9EieYxyd5g8aYiD2ItpFU/s320/025.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VYfycrun9YMlD_74GQB_HmH5Kbmtqux7cr-daFbbc_oc-Mls4h9NIHHTqirV80A0Z7Nu3InvJmKat9yRtQL0mkfNKxTecCX4Fpzoe2_VHfV3BjwAzpz7NmfCxhihi5eG4fBHR7nRBGE/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470886906936876834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VYfycrun9YMlD_74GQB_HmH5Kbmtqux7cr-daFbbc_oc-Mls4h9NIHHTqirV80A0Z7Nu3InvJmKat9yRtQL0mkfNKxTecCX4Fpzoe2_VHfV3BjwAzpz7NmfCxhihi5eG4fBHR7nRBGE/s320/027.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlIM3rUzJVGHhYpWq_M_fTYAuPRdmGdEvFXNsON0-AWJV8c8JpNOIQ3HoGHsAYmV4fMJarGTwHRxJidk3Mr7IMvVCWt5Lg_gGPXFCHAArMYLTkmfRs-WEZTGIsUZSV44PQUVHxfpIRws/s1600/028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470887259382523026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlIM3rUzJVGHhYpWq_M_fTYAuPRdmGdEvFXNsON0-AWJV8c8JpNOIQ3HoGHsAYmV4fMJarGTwHRxJidk3Mr7IMvVCWt5Lg_gGPXFCHAArMYLTkmfRs-WEZTGIsUZSV44PQUVHxfpIRws/s320/028.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">First wine to taste. We needed to determine color, legs, olfactory, taste, and we learned the history of each wine that we tasted.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aQnPfvTI6iGnrSxwJdhFHkAtrxxVxqJZnL4k2nJEw7sZ17SHnmMtjDV7kYz-VuZEKp8FgFXPOPEzzqfS8zdDIxuMpKcbpcz6_EFZiOl7EETuLcO-qO9JtDwbUsKWEgG4YedFHogspQ4/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470887547868575090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aQnPfvTI6iGnrSxwJdhFHkAtrxxVxqJZnL4k2nJEw7sZ17SHnmMtjDV7kYz-VuZEKp8FgFXPOPEzzqfS8zdDIxuMpKcbpcz6_EFZiOl7EETuLcO-qO9JtDwbUsKWEgG4YedFHogspQ4/s320/029.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Cheese, meats, breads (the pinkish lighter colored meat is part of the human sized log of meat that I showed previously).<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX-8aX-_RewbvfJa0z58ydZQPyZu5NSLpKTg9B1YzhLPKTMnX6joyaOKkyfUzn2mEPaYH06UuGkuUG-x2N6v6Qo0-PZO27v8jdhR2jj2YYc3KD59HIt0iKzavKhpUeJAiFcVyjE8Yo08/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470887880914723906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX-8aX-_RewbvfJa0z58ydZQPyZu5NSLpKTg9B1YzhLPKTMnX6joyaOKkyfUzn2mEPaYH06UuGkuUG-x2N6v6Qo0-PZO27v8jdhR2jj2YYc3KD59HIt0iKzavKhpUeJAiFcVyjE8Yo08/s320/030.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">The hard cheese, parmigiano reggiana, my favorite.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK1zaw7CfE0juZ0xEnOUVXDSpPI92b2rvJ7J4RsfRRsNNcmmYudutu-7EW4conoqKMGLaVclI9QiKp_o8F16VJVdO3vEZSiqBd9bqQ5EU3ApjKaPKMMcpZcxknef40ijrbZI8ZAFScOc/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470888270228083538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK1zaw7CfE0juZ0xEnOUVXDSpPI92b2rvJ7J4RsfRRsNNcmmYudutu-7EW4conoqKMGLaVclI9QiKp_o8F16VJVdO3vEZSiqBd9bqQ5EU3ApjKaPKMMcpZcxknef40ijrbZI8ZAFScOc/s320/037.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Later that evening, some of us whipped up a delicious and quick pasta meal with what we had left in the fridge.<br /><br />*** </p><p align="center">Just a few extra random pictures:</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyanDrteLhguWGjzISY1G3pQe0u12ppK4SxCshsQZG5PZFYnNQ2-05dKTQf5ExVSHk3dFTu_kQfwdTCmMkw4YwOyB1R0I7QVMVaMdG3NdkuAy3MNQrEpabEKD9OcBInXfyJUVD_K16Vl8/s1600/039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470888673865516578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyanDrteLhguWGjzISY1G3pQe0u12ppK4SxCshsQZG5PZFYnNQ2-05dKTQf5ExVSHk3dFTu_kQfwdTCmMkw4YwOyB1R0I7QVMVaMdG3NdkuAy3MNQrEpabEKD9OcBInXfyJUVD_K16Vl8/s320/039.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Here is my Pantheon Institute student ID card.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w-vhZQi0DEgvcEj_mB9v8sxq0xncMEv2s6JbDszXRzRPf6G1qXPVC4KrDUARlBbqo66mCYHOQeVzZGIujtpJ_JewQjx95vxuD4VPNtZnIzfv6pm-nMz408EeP8h5q-kNLit3o0QA0N4/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470889037338610290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w-vhZQi0DEgvcEj_mB9v8sxq0xncMEv2s6JbDszXRzRPf6G1qXPVC4KrDUARlBbqo66mCYHOQeVzZGIujtpJ_JewQjx95vxuD4VPNtZnIzfv6pm-nMz408EeP8h5q-kNLit3o0QA0N4/s320/032.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">And my lovely dirty, dirty socks. This is what the bottom of my feet look like even with sneakers on! </p><p align="center">Coming up: Pictures and details of our day trip to Cori, olive oil frantoio and local food. Tomorrow, we are leaving bright and early for Villa Adriana.</p><p align="center">Talk to you soon! xoxo.</p><p align="center">Ciao! :)<br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /> </p>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022855627843326286.post-38192727545061439832010-05-12T15:28:00.000-07:002010-05-12T16:50:12.117-07:00I am here! In Roma!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqgICsntibJW1qSa2p9lX9ajU-kvyWiL3_cpwy2dNUGEk9q5AiPuJL4EhYEzV68Ni7vFP2X1GQECw5o_Yvr9u_DpXiO8lJZ_Bp-Kgd4MjD6PfvdnvfS-SQgRNNWp3UMYc7IoTrLBYnw4/s1600/063.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470528932936736738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqgICsntibJW1qSa2p9lX9ajU-kvyWiL3_cpwy2dNUGEk9q5AiPuJL4EhYEzV68Ni7vFP2X1GQECw5o_Yvr9u_DpXiO8lJZ_Bp-Kgd4MjD6PfvdnvfS-SQgRNNWp3UMYc7IoTrLBYnw4/s320/063.JPG" /></a> (This picture is not supposed to be here, I was going to include it later on but it is being fussy as to where I stick it, so you will in enjoy it now. :) (still getting used to blogger, hang in there with me) It is an orange tree that I talk about later in the post that is in the garden at the Santa Maria in Cappella (our apartment).<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXevDuxVCYQBRveWNtdzCAcQdt_AzubVw6MEHcPId6JFIyWnzBYl5LNlf_VSfJRKpRgqyg6_xTVeLMYK0EJyyllIBA1W4qru2ou5nD0hMWbDpXjAzF-I0981ZWxu0jVJWJZq-e1fGnb8U/s1600/062.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470527840449746210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXevDuxVCYQBRveWNtdzCAcQdt_AzubVw6MEHcPId6JFIyWnzBYl5LNlf_VSfJRKpRgqyg6_xTVeLMYK0EJyyllIBA1W4qru2ou5nD0hMWbDpXjAzF-I0981ZWxu0jVJWJZq-e1fGnb8U/s320/062.JPG" /></a> Some of the girls in the nutrition program that were on my flight. Here we are ready to depart! Thanks momma for taking the pic! :)<br /><br /></div><div align="center">Wow! Where has time gone? I am already in day 3 here in Italy and tomorrow is day 4! I don't even know where to start, I have so much to say!<br /><br /><br />Well, let's start from the beginning. My flight was pretty good. Besides the yucky food, the small foot room, me hitting an Italian man in the head with my carry on duffel, changing the movie screen to German so that I couldn't watch movies, and our 3 hour delay...everything went swell! I was fortunate enough to get a seat next to a girl in my program, she is very nice and we have a lot in common. Once we FINALLY arrived at the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome, we needed to find the Pantheon Institute shuttle driver to take us to our apartment. We knew that we would have trouble with this because of our delay, and...we did. After we all got our passport visa stamped, we went and captured our luggage then walked up and down the airport trying to find the Pantheon Institute shuttle driver. As we walked up and down the airport, literally all heads turned...everywhere we went! One man stopped us and said, "You Americana?" "You looking for something?" but he wasn't very much help. After our arms were falling off and an hour had passed, the shuttle driver finally found us! We walked another approximate mile to the bus with luggage in hand, the shuttle driver was very nice and helpful. As we drove along admiring all of Roma's view, we listened to Fireflies and Lady gaga through the bus radio speakers. :) We drove approximately for a 1/2 hour until we arrived at the Vicolo Santa Maria in Cappella (our apartment). We checked in, got our keys and found our rooms. We are staying in an old monestary that shares half for the Pantheon Institute students and the other half is a home for the older folks (they are very sweet). We have a beautiful courtyard in the center of our building that has orange trees, grape vines, and an array of beautiful flowers. Once we were all settled in and unpacked, we went on an arrival and neighbourhood orientation. Our professor had not yet arrived so we tagged along with one of the other student groups, their TA and professor (HDFS, child development). They showed us where our classes will be held, where we were to meet for orientation the next day and some fabulous and cheap pizzarias that all of the students go to (which is where we had dinner). Sorry no picture, but it was fantastic! I was towards the end of the line and by the time I reached the counter to order, there were only two types of pizza toppings to choose from, zucchini or bacon. Obviously I chose the zucchini and it was so yummy. We cleaned the pizzaria out, he was literally left with just a few smidgens for the next customers. Let's just say that those Italian men in line after us were not too happy. After we aquainted ourselves with the city for a little bit we stopped in a local market to get our first experience of purchasing grocery items the europian way. I did well, I must say. :) After grocery shopping, we headed back to the apartment to get ready for bed because we were all very tired and we needed to get up very early the next morning for the welcome reception and orientation with Pantheon Institute staff.<br /><br /><br />Day 1 in Roma complete. I am actually going to end now and {hopefully} finish catching up tomorrow. We have been on the go with tons of homework assignments already. It is a little overwhelming right now, but I am adjusting well. I didn't post for the first couple of days because I am having charger/converter problems so I have been borrowing and my laptop keeps dieing, so I am sorry. I thought I could catch up on all of the information that I want to say, but I am getting too tired seeing that it is 1:30am here and everyone else is asleep. Also, we need to meet Professor Probart at 7:45am for our day trip to Cori, olive oil frantoio and local food tomorrow! Pretty excited. I am going to try and complete all of my homework assignments on the bus ride so that I have plenty of time in the evening to update everyone.<br /><br />I hope everyone is doing well, I miss and love you all! xoxo.<br /><br />Buona notte! (Good night!)<br /><br />P.S. Sorry if there are lots of spelling errors, seeing that I am extremely tired and spell check is only in Italian so it tells me that everything is spelled wrong! HA!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/100/D20AC3FA93ADF86A7DB1BFAD09D33D93.png" /></a><br /></div></div>Sahirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003044586670630394noreply@blogger.com2