...Fogano?

I feel like its been forever since I posted anything, but I was away from technology this weekend. I spent three days with all the exchange students in Italy! So this post might be a little long.

So I spent my weekend in Brisighella, a small town next to Faenza. The town was absolutely the most beautiful place I have ever seen. It was exactly what you would think of when imagining Italy. Myself as well as 140 other exchange students stayed in a convent. It was the scariest place I have ever been! It kind of looked like an old abandoned hospital.

The room with the flags was mine!

(America, Canada, and Finland)

 The only bad part was that we had to sit on a bus for 7 hours I think to get there. However, this gave me the opportunity to meet the other exchange student in my district (2060). There are 14 of us, but I think there will be an Australian arriving in January. I can honestly say I really like every single one of them and I can't wait to spend more time with them.

(Unites States, Canada, Mexico, India, Finland and Germany/Argentina)

So during this weekend we went to meetings and discussed rules in the morning. Then, we went hiking in the mountains. The view was beautiful from the top and we got to spend some time just hanging out there. Later, we went down to the caves too!

 

That night, we had karaoke, and we tried to sing to Italian songs, but its was not very successful.

The last day, we all got up and ate and packed our things and exchanged pins (I think my blazer weights 15 pounds now). We also got a group picture. We went to a winery and tasted oils and wines too. Our district was the last to leave and we decided to tour the town, in the rain. It was tons of fun though running through Italy in the pouring rain, it's defiantly something I would recommend.

 

After a five hour bus ride to Padova, I met my host mom at the train station and took my first ever train back to Bassano del Grappa.

(Me taking a typical exchange student picture with my blazer and flag.)