Thursday Friday

You know, the word "Torino" sounds a lot like "retorno." Those words translate into the English words "Turin" and "return," which also rhyme . . .

Today was the final written exam for Italian class, and tomorrow is the oral portion. A couple of us tried to count to 10 in Spanish last night and most certainly were not able to.

Also in the news today was some sort of carnival (perhaps Carnivale?) in which it was like Halloween in the cobbled streets of Siena. I saw pleanty of ballroom dresses, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (only Leonardo, who is the only namesake of the shelled heroes not to have original work on display somewhere in Siena), a Batman and some puppies. The older kids took to spraying eachother with silly string and shaving cream all over the Piazza del Campo, which takes me back to my days in the dorms.

I really do have some cool stuff to write about. Stick around.

Oh, and postcards are going out soon. Last call for addresses and requests.