mr. miles

won the mayor election.

that's right, the new mayor of ariccia looks just like my middle school principal

i borrowed some pictures for this post from jenny and katherine w.
thanks, i'm sure y'all won't mind

we brought cianfanelli a bottle of wine as a congratulatory gift
the tag said, "war eagle"

 maurizio (one of our teachers) bought us all campaign t-shirts!
they say, "i love ariccia" & have the ariccia cityscape in green

on friday night we had a party at the palace

we invited all our new friends from ariccia

dear kak and kel, i tried to be like y'all and cook for the party

sour cream doesn't exist here

so we used yogurt...it turned out ok!

after a half hour of trying to communicate, we broke out the phrase book

it was pretty fun

an italian magician was there

this guy really had the sweets for amy. she was so amused.

dear betsy, i was reminded of el dorado

saturday we went into rome for the day

we got on the wrong metro

but it was a good day!

and at the end of the day...believe it or not...

we ate at mcdonalds. at the train station. by eager choice.

burgers, fries, and ice in our cokes never tasted so good

this is my best friend rebekah playing the guitar

praise the lord for skype

praise the lord for italy, too

he is so good

ciao a tutti