Saturday and Sunday

My internet is totally broken now, so I will try to update my blog as much as possible when I can go somewhere with internet.  It will probably be a month until we have internet in the house again.

I am combining two days in one blog, Saturday and Sunday. 

On Saturday, I woke up at around 11 and then fell back asleep until 12.  After lunch, Janie and her host mom came over and we all went to the paper museum that’s near our house.  Fabriano is famous for its paper.  We walked around for a while and looked at everything and then we went into this art class.  There were a ton of really good artists there and we watched them paint for a while.  They asked if we wanted to try anything and Janie did a couple of sketches since she’s an amazing drawer, but I declined because I suck at anything having to do with art. 

After a little while, Janie and I left and we went to the center to go shopping.  Janie bought a couple of things and then we went back to my house and she was dropped off at home.  I got ready for dinner, and then my host parents and I went to a restaurant and met up with a bunch of Lorena’s family.  I have never heard my name said in so many different ways in my whole life.  Somebody came up to me and asked for my name and I told them and then I spelled it.  Usually when I spell my name, everybody pronounces it with the “o” sound when it is supposed to be said with the “I” sound.  I’ve pretty much gotten used to it because nobody pronounces my name right here, but last night, everybody was determined to pronounce it right.  It took a while, but a few people finally got it down. Everybody was still talking and eating dessert when Roberto and I left because I had a party. 

We went to pick a couple of my friends and then we were dropped off at the party at someone’s house.  Janie and some of my other friends were already there.  We danced and talked the whole time and then Janie and I were picked up at 2:30 to go home. 

Today, Sunday, I was woken up because Janie had texted me at around 10:30 and I couldn’t get back to sleep after that so I just stayed in bed for a while.  At around 12, Janie came over and I got ready for the day.  We had lunch and then Janie and I went on a walk that lasted a little more than an hour.  We didn’t know where we were going.  We were just picking streets and following them.  We ended up in a very beautiful place with a lot of fields, and then we had to turn around to go back. 

When we got home, we left again to go to some caves about 30 minutes from Fabriano in a place called Genga with my host parents.  They were the type of caves that have the mineral formations coming down from the ceiling and building up from the ground.  It was super beautiful, but unfortunately, no photos.  We were there for about two hours and then we dropped Janie off and returned home.  I was exhausted and I’m a little sick, so I just sat around all night.  Before dinner, I got to skype with my mom for a little bit and then I skyped with a couple of my friends after dinner until the internet went out when I was in mid-conversation.  I am a little homesick tonight and it definitely didn’t help that I didn’t get to finish talking with my friends.  I was also supposed to skype with my sister tonight. 

Hopefully tomorrow will be better.  Back to school…

Buonanotte!

~Devon