Have I really only been in Italy for one week? Are we all sure it hasn't been a year? My flight adventure seems years ago, and I feel as if I have been eating Kinder gelato my entire life.
Some observations I have conjured up during my week in Ascoli:
1. I should have brought an umbrella. But I'd much rather use umbrella euro to buy Kinder gelato, so I might just have to brave the rain. Hopefully it ends soon, but I'm in Italy so I don't really mind.
2. I don't know if I need to contact Dateline NBC about this or anything, but there are no grown up dogs here. They are all puppies, and they all wear fashionable coats.
3. My goal for getting mistaken for a real Italian just once is out the window. I don't know wether it is the ghostly pale skin, the freckles, or being relatively Sasquatch-ish, but all of us Americans stick out like sore thumbs here.
Meredith, Kelsey, Jess, Ben and I got a taste of the nightlife on Saturday thanks to our new friends! It was really fun. People are making less vomiting sounds at us, which we all appreciate.
On Sunday, our whole group took a one hour bus ride to the city of Ancona, which is on the Adriatic. It was beautiful despite the downpour going on. It's where the Italian rapper I like is from! I didn't see him, but I did see an opera! Similar enough. It was called L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love). It was a beautiful modern adaptation. They had to use the understudy for the main actress. The chandelier stayed put. BUT, the curtain call was quite different from anything I had ever seen or participated in in American theatre. I could feel Gary Barker, Tom Martin, Nancy Bell & co. cringe. No uniform bowing, not quick, all in all it probably took 5-7 minutes. Which is apparently the norm for Italian operas, especially because the understudy did such a good job.
Meredith, Ben, and Kelsey are finishing up their homework and then we are braving the rain to get some gelato.
Ciao da Ascoli Pioggia,
Mary Rose
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