AFS end of stay orientation
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San Cataldo
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Exchange Week at Lecce
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Random day in Lecce and my new sunglasses
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Pasqua and my bday party
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Exchange week in Trento
Group pic
Another group picture at a university in Povo (a little town near Trento)
more pics
Ashley, me, and Kendra
Castle di Buonconsiglio
The main castle at Trento
Castle
another pic of the castle
Kendra and I
Kendra and I in front of the castle
stairs
the stairs and different levels of the castle
view
a view of trento from one of the windows in the castle
wall
a cool wall in the castle
the castle
part of the inside of the castle
view
another view of Trento
ceiling
a really pretty painted ceiling inside the castle
castle
A view of the castle from across the street
funky glasses
me, ashely, and kendra with our funky 3D glasses
street
the street where i lived in trento for a week
computers
one of the four computer rooms at a school in Trento
gym
the work out room in the school. I just want to point out that this is was a really nice school and totally not typical of italian schools (at least those in the south), all of us exchangers for the week had our mouths hanging open
lockers
the first time i have seen "lockers" in 6 months
blackboard
a huge chalkboard in a room used for drawing class
meeting
some afser's eating before our meeting with a class from the school
circle time
the meeting
games
one of the groups for a game
pictionary
we played a game similar to pictionary
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communication
things things for successful communication (esp between different cultures)
tv
yea thats right the school actually had a tv in the entrance
church
another church in trento
street
a street in trento
building
a cool building in trento
Villaggio SOS
a presentation at a village where kids without homes stay. But the kids stay in a house with four or five other kids and a person they can call mom, it makes it so they have more of a normal family life
presentation
part of the presentation
venice
my first glance at venice
on one of the 417 bridges in venice
Manuel, Lilla, Kednra, Yi, and Antonio
building
a building in venice
Manuel, Ashley, and Amalia
Manuel, Ashley, and Amalia
kendra and I
kendra and i in venice
il gheto
the tall buildings in the gheto, they are taller than the rest of venice because when the people ranout of space they had to build up instead of out
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water
where people used to get water
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gondola
a gondola
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noi
me, kendra, and manuel
passageway
a passageway in venice
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house
ashley and i infront of a house in venice on the water
venezian water
the water in the canals in venice
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gondola sign
the sign for the gondola ride
Amalia and Cristina
Amalia (Brazil) and Cristina (Columbia)
on the gondola
part of the group while riding on the gondola
kendra and I
kendra and i on the gondola
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gelato break
Ashley and I eating gelato, for me mint chocolate chip and chocolate mousse
masks
a mask shop
piazza
piazza of the main church
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St. Mark's
Kendra and I in front of St. Marks
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Antonio, Nina, and Rodolfo
Antonio, Nina, and Rodolfo in front of the cathedral
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volunteers
the afs volunteers who took us to venice
gondola man
me with a gondola man
red hats
the ladies of the red hat society from holland
on a bridge
me, kendra, and amalia on a bridge
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on the train
amalia, ashley, baolong (china), manuel, kendra, and i on the train
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museum
a futurism museum
group pic
a group pic at the museum
brasilian flag
kendra, amalia, and i with the brasilian flag
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paintings
paintings in the train station
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by the fountain in piazza duomo
lilla, ashley, amalia, me, kendra, and baolong
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Lea and I
lea and i at the last night in trento
the chinese
Yi and Baolong
Baolong and Ashley
Baolong and Ashley
hugs
kendra and baolong
peace
Laura, Baolong, me, ashley, and kendra
ashley, ofo, and yi
ashley, ofo, and yi
waiting to eat
me, kendra, amalia, the host sis of amalia, and ofo
pizza
the pizza i got with french fries and mozerella of bufala
kendra and I
kendra and i
Daniela (volunteer) and Amalia
Daniela (volunteer) and Amalia
more pics
kendra, me, Dear, ashley, pin pin, and daniela
ofo and kendra
ofo and kendra
sledding
kendra (USA) and lilla (Hungary) sledding on Monte Bondone
lea
Lea with a sled
the mountains
the view form the top of the sledding hill
lea and I
Lea and I getting ready to sled
Kendra and I
Kendra and I getting ready to sled
view
another view from the top of the sledding hill
afser's
Kendra, Lilla, and I
snowangels
Lea after making a snow angel
snow angels
Amalia (Brazil) making a snow angel
snow shoes
the pile of snow shoes we used to go snowshoeing
snow shoes
lea with snow shoes
snow shoes
me with snow shoes
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on the hike
an afs volunteer, Manuel, Amalia, me, and Lea on the way up the mountains snowshoeing
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eating snow
Kendra and Manuel eating snow
moutains
view of the mountains from the top of the mountain that we hiked up
Kendra and Lilla
Kendra and Lilla
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group pic
some of the group
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Trento
view of Trento from above
Trento
view of Trento from above
pic time
an afs volunteer, lilla, manuel, and kendra
Trento
view of Trento from above
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Kendra and I. Yes i look like a tomato, just a bit sunburnt
group pic
we afsers are always taking group shots
church
a church in Trento
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Piazza duomo
the piazza duomo a Trento
tower
a tower in the piazza duomo
fountain
the fountain in the piazza
Kendra and Lilla
Kendra and Lilla in front of the fountain
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Lea
Lea in front of the piazza
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pic taking time
lea and ashley (USA) taking pics
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lea and I
lea and i in front of the tower
Ashley and I
Ashley and I
Manuel and Lea
Manuel and Lea at a cafe
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train ride
me on the train ride from Lecce to Trento
train ride
Lea (Gerrmany) on the train ride from Lecce to Trento
Monte Bondone
A mountain for skiing and snowboarding, near trento. i spent a day there learning how to snowboard
ski slopes
a picture of some of the slopes
snowboarding
me on a snowboard, before i took the lessions
mountains
view of some mountains from the ski place
ski lift
the ski lift
view
more mountain views
cooking
making a tradiational dish from trento, called canederli
nice floor length plastica aprons
Kendra (USA), me, Laura (USA), and Lilla (Hungary) with our cooking aprons. Us afser's got to make dinner
Kendra and I
Kendra and I
Laura
Laura cooking
cooking
laura and lilla
ride to monte bondone
Amalia (Brasil), Lea, me, and Kendra on the way to Monte bondone for a day of sledding and snowshoeing with AFS
pom pom hats
Lea, Kendra, Amalia, and lilla with their pom pom hats
snow boots
Lilla, Manuel (Mexico), and Amalia with their super cool snow boots
moutains
a mountains near where we sledded
group photo
a group pic of where we went sledding
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AFS parties
Emmett's cake
the cake for emmett's bday
Tiffany's bday
the bday party of Tiffany back in october
Emmett's party
erinn and I in egyptian headdresses, and emmett and andreas
Emmetts bday
me, emmett, and andreas
Ella and I
Ella and I at Lea's bday party
Lea and I
Lea and I
gift time
lea opening her gift from me
afser's
Emmett, ella, dani, and I at lea's bday party
at the party
Giulia, Fede, Roberta, Lea, and I
Dani
dani eating the bday muffins with german chocolate on top
Lea
Lea with her muffins
Andreas and I
Andreas is clearly not happy to have his pic taken
Cooking, San Cesario, and chinese food
le chiacchiere
making a typical italian sweet for carnival called le chiacchiere
photo time
me with our neighbor, who is an awesome cook and helped us make le chiachiere. We call her zia Maria (which literally means Aunt Maria, even though she isnt really their aunt
frying
zia Maria frying le chiacchiere
all fried
le chiacchiere fried
me
me collecting some chiacchiere to bring to the frying pan
with powdered sugar
le chiacchiere with powdered sugar on them
la torta
we also made a cake
powdered sugar
me putting powdered sugar on the cake
beach
a beach near San Cesario, I went there one afternoon with my host sis, her friend Giorgia, and Giorgia's parents
the sun
more beach
me and giulia
me and giulia on the beach
us
me, giulia, and giorgia
more pics
me, giulia and giorgia again
another pic
giulia, giorgia, and i
weird poses
once again giorgia, giulia, and i
lea
lea taking a pic when we went to chinese food with some other afser's
dani
dani eating chinese food
me and lea
me and lea with chopsticks
empty plate
plate with chopsticks and soy sauce
chicken and mushrooms
one of the plates we got
ice cream
ice cream with fried bananas
Andreas
Andreas surprised that ice cream can be fried but loving it all the same
Spanish Lessons
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festa di 1L
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New Host family
bday party for elisabetta
me and my host family at the 7th bday party at Mcdonalds for elisabetta
waiting
Giulia and i trying to avoid the noisy party, hehe :)
eating
Giulia and I eating Mcdonalds
window view-lecce
a view out the bedroom window looking toward lecce
view- stadium
a view out the bedroom window looking towards the soccer stadium
relaxing
Giulia, elisabetta, and I sitting on the bed watching TV
Spillo
Elisabetta with the cat Spillo
genitori (parents)
Me with my host parents, Roberta and Rafaelle
me and giulia
Me and Giulua
host siblings
Riccardo, Elisabetta, me, and Giulia
Me and elisabetta
me and elisabetta
bedroom
the room i share with Giulia
La Sicilia
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bell tower
a bell tower in sicilia
cannoli
yummi cannoli in palermo
tree of lights
me in front of a tree with lights
building with lights
the cool building at night
lights
more lights in the center of palermo
bridge
the cool bridge i saw out the window of the bus
temple
the beautiful temple in the town of segesta
view
a view from next to the temple
another view
another view from near the temple
Caserta, Padula, Valsinni
view
a view from the bus ride to Caserta
la reggia
some cool ceilings outside the palace
afser's
Ella (New Zealand), me, Dani (USA), and Andreas (Norway) in front of the entrance to the palace
ceiling
this is the ceiling at the entrance, just to warn you there are lot of ceiling pictures because all the room have elaborate paintings on the ceilings
gold
i thought this ceiling was bring cool, it was in one of the larger rooms
ceiling
another cool ceiling
room
this is one of the thousands of rooms in the palace
another room
another pretty room
ceiling
yup you guessed it another ceiling
curtains
even the curtains were pretty cool
ceiling
yup more ceiling
library ceiling
this was the ceilings in one of the libraries, i thought it was cool because it has the world on it
fountain
here is a fountain behind the palace, it is actually far away but i zoomed in a lot
library
one of the libraries
horse ride
Andreas and Dani on the horse ride we took through the gardens
la reggia
part of the palace
Ella and I
Ella and I on the horse ride
la reggia
the palace, the front looks exactly the same
una porta
an arc in the town of caserta
panorama
a view of caserta
afser's
Andreas, Dani, me, and Ella
another view shot
another panorama
Valsinni
Me, Louisa (an italian girl), and Ella inside the castle at Valsinni
the castle
il castello (the castle) at Valsinni
church
a church with a haunted bell tower in Valsinni
scarf time
Ella and I all bundled up in scarves because it was cold and windy
view
a view from the bus window on the way to Valsinni
town on a hill
A cute little town on a hill, next to the convent of Padula
ella
ella posing in front of a cemetery at the convent in Padula
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Otranto and la campagna
church
the main church at Otranto
mosiac
the floor of the church is a huge mosaic with the tree of life
ceiling
the ceilings of churchs here are spierto (it means pretty cool in the dialect)
bell tower
a bell tower at Otranto
the sea
the sea at a small town near Otranto
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me, bianca, and some friends of the family in a small town by the sea
orange tree
an orange tree at the house of friends
olive tree
a really old olive at their house in the country
church
an old church in the city of Gallipoli, there were churches everywhere
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Bianca and I
cathedral
the cathedral at Gallipoli
the sea
the sea, but it was rainy and cold that day so i didnt get to go swimming
castello
the castle at Gallipoli
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Santa Maria al Bagno
more sea
Igor
Igor, the cat
campagna
the countryside near lecce
more countryside
the countryside at the house of nonna (grandma)
villa
the villa in the country that belongs to friends of the family, we went there for lunch one sunday
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Otranto
otranto
typical salento
this is typical salento, with vineyards and olive groves
castello
the castle at Otranto
martyrs room
their is a room in a church in Otranto with the bones of 800 martyrs, this is the ceiling
martyrs room
and here are the bones
ottobre orientation
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Lecce!!!
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The abandoned house i want to buy one day and fix
Porta
Un porta
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Pic from the terrazza (roof)
Borsa
My italian bought purse!!!
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The crazy couch in the center of town for a weekend
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Ampiteatro romano
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Ampiteatro romano again
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Piazza Mazzini
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The ampitheatro about 10 seconds from my house
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In the main piazza
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view from the roof, you can kinda see the ampitheatro
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A church
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Santa Croce
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Il Duomo
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on the roof
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the tourist bikes my host sis took me on with her friend
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Inside Santa Croce
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A good gelato place!!!
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the tourist train!!!!
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orientation
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sunset from the plane
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me in the zurich airport
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at the orientation in italy
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Me and Heather on the 7 hour plane ride to Zurich
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Roma
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the school where part of the orientation was at
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the lovely name tag that i had to wear at ALL times
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on the 5 hour train ride to Lecce
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view from the train
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from the train
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more train pics
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another train pic
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New York City
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Danielle and Kendra at the NY orientation
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Daniella, Kendra, and I at the New York orientation
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just after take off
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Host family
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my host papà Sergio
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mia host mamma e papà
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mia host sorella Bianca (right) and her cousin
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Bianca and her cousin Constanza while they were talking to me on msn
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Bianca, her cousin Maria, and her cousin Roberto
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Maria e Bianca
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Zoe, their dachshund
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the cat Igor, with the house in the background
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their other cat Tartina