District Meeting!!

Weeeeeee lots of fun :]
Well to start off, three of the Rome kids came on Wednesday afternoon so that they could spend more time with us. So a massive group of exchange students (Fadwa, Hilary, Chris, Tim, Cory, Stephanie Cameron and myself) all joined together at my house for Baking Wednesday (of course we wouldn't skip it). Then afterwards we all went to CHINESE FOOD! for dinner, which was positively delicious and I have been missing it so. Italians don't dig it at allllll. On Thursday we all met up in the morning at Hemingway-- our regular cafe, in which they start making our favorite drinks as we walk in the door-- and then off to Monserrato for another picnic in the park! Afterwards, we had three MORE exchange students join the clan (Charlie came from Alghero, then Sergio and Elisbeth) and we hung out in the Piazza and eventually went to Pizza al Metro for dinner... where (I think it's obvious, but in case you didn't pick up on it) you order pizza by the meter. We ate like 2 and a half meters of pizza that night. Yum.

Friday we went to Tim's "house" aka resort and played soccer and tennis on his courts, and ate blood oranges and tangerines off his trees, and played in the olive orchards and meadow. Then we went back to Sassari and caught the train to Alghero, where we met up with some of those exchange students and hung out on the piers and walked all around the city.

Friday night was our first Rotary District meeting so we met all the kids from Cagliari which was cool, and had a big ole dinner and got to hang out and get to know everyone afterwards. Saturday morning was a big long conference meeting where we were introduced and then pretty much just sat there for four hours, but oh well. We played tic-tac-toe for entertainment haha. Afterwards they dragged all of us to McDonalds and then paid the bill, which must've been massive, because we ordered excess amounts of fries. Literally like 150 orders of fries for 35 kids. We don't know what happened. They just kept coming. Thennnn the Cagliari kids left, and we pretty much could do whatever we wanted because we (the Sassari kids) weren't going home until the next day. Fortunately for us, a parade started right then! It was this crazy Carnival parade but Sardo-style, with crazy men in these ridiculous beast costumes and acting quite beastly as well. It was positively ridiculous, but we laughed a good bit :] and then went to dinner with the Alghero kids! Yay.
Sunday. We woke up early and saw the Rome kids off to the airport which was a real bummer to see them go. Then all us Sassarese kids went to breakfast then met up with Hilda and Lisbeth and walked around Alghero, and eventually went to lunch, and caught the train back to Sassari.
I guess it doesn't really sound like a super exciting weekend... but really, it was fun. I love all the kids we were with so that makes the experience a good one.
Well. I am going to Alghero this weekend as well for a change in scenery to spend the night at Lisbeth's house, so I must be off to catch the train!

Good day to you all.

Update!
Pictures:
-Top picture is Fadwa and me in the Piazza d'Italia, taken by Cameron.
-Second is Fadwa and myself in Tim's olive orchard.
-Third is me under a table at a Rotary meeting... I lost a pin... moment captured by Fadwa.
-Fourth! is our table at McDonalds! and the garbage tower we created. mmm...
-Fifth is me being attacked by one of the weird guys in the parade... and Lisbeth and Hilda not helping. Nice girls :]

-And last is all of the Sassari and Rome girls and one of the Alghero girls in a sweet echo-spot on the beach :]