Wednesday, March 7, 2012

city sidewalks

Andddd we're back! Sorry about the long delay! Just wanted to get you guys up to speed on what's been happening here in Catania! Jordan's game is coming up this Saturday in Milan and I get to fly over there with the team and see it! I'm so very excited! Also, my mom and wonderful friend, Lauren, are coming to visit us on Sunday! Hooray! This weekend will be full of fun! The weather has been wonderful lately . . . until today! It's currently storming and quite chilly outside! Summer can't get here soon enough!

For this blog post, I'll share some pictures and some stories from our walk around the city with Nate and Eric.

Here we are with the one and only George W! We found him on an Italian photobooth in the middle of the city!

 Here are the boys in front of a fountain in the middle of a piazza near our house! Very pretty! If you look in the background you can see the date spelled out with rocks and grass. How cool is that?!

Here are the boys in front of Mt. Etna! It's so neat that it's so near our house!

The ruins of what was once the 'colloseum' of Catania! Just like the colloseum in Rome! You can even walk down the stairs and venture around the ruins!  

This is the inside of the church of St. Agata! It's really beautiful and quite large! There was a service going on while we were inside - complete with a children's choir!

The famous 'elephant statue' in the middle of the city! Hence where the Catania Elephants got their name!

This is the outside of the church of St. Agata! Super ornate and very very beautiful!

That's all for now! Jordan's coming to pick me up from the bookstore since it's pouring down rain outside! The power went off a little bit ago so I think it's best to get home quickly! Sorry for the delay and I promise that we will write again soon! Can't wait for you to hear about our upcoming adventures!

Ciao, ciao, ciao


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