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Hello Everyone!

While I might not be good at updating this blog, at least I have been consistent in it. I think my last update was in March, so I’ll catch you up on April!

• My grandmom, aunt, and second cousin came to visit. It was fun! We did things. I took pictures of us doing them. Having family visit is cute.
• I figured out that some pastries they make here are vegan. I went pretty wild over that. There are these crazy banana almond things that are paradise (I had to teach Paradise in class today).
• I finally tried the Indian restaurant in town. It was delicious but expensive.

Apparently, April was more boring than I thought. I also ate a lot of pizza and sat outside. The weather finally got nice. There were a ton of surprise rain attacks, but that is pretty normal for April.

May has been way more exciting than April already:

• I went to my first Italian disco on Friday. Laura’s friend just started a record label and her first band was playing, so we went to see them. It was on the lake and fancy. Outside, there was a pool that changed colors and a fake piano. There was also a scary German man who yelled at us for “making a fool of him” and pictures of naked men in the bathroom.
• I went to my second Italian disco on Saturday. There was a boy strip show at this one. They pretend they are in a locker room. On Tuesday, my 16 year old student and I realized we were both there. What a coincidence! I feel the same about Italian discos as I do American discos. Here is something that I just realized: I’ve started calling clubs discos. I feel good about that.
• Laura and I had a picnic with Franco and Melissa (who was visiting Laura from Spain) on Lake Garda. It was really hot and there was a lot of wine involved. Needless to say, I was asleep for most of it. Franco’s mom made us a potato and mushroom tort that I ate most of. I was awake for that.
• One of my classes ended last night, so tonight we are having a dinner! I made cookies. They are peanut butter and chocolate chip. This is the class I made pb&j sandwiches for, so I know they like peanut butter. Thankfully. Oh man, Shannon sent me a package and it had two huge cookies in it! They were delicious. I can’t wait to eat lots of sweet cookies when I come back!!


Okay I think that covers life pretty well. See you in less than two months!