Hello everybody! The Internet has been out at our hostel since Sunday evening, but I finally gave in and brought courtney's iPhone over to our classroom to try to do an update. It's tricky to type on, so I hope the spelling isn't too bad. After a rainy, cool day on Sunday, the last 2 days have been sunny and beautiful! Classes have been interesting this week, learning about some of the external factors that dictate what food can be produced in a country. We watched a movie about jamaica and how dairy farmers there were put out of business due to the import of powdered milk. It's all a little depressing, makes you feel like the banks control the world. Anyways, we're doing an assignment where we figure out the origin of all the ingredients in our food, so it should be interesting. Tomorrow we're going into Naples to work with the Italian pharmacy students.
When I talked to Mom and Dad on Sunday, I realized I hadn't explained who Lorenzo was very well! The hostel we're staying at is run by the Colella family, and they have 3 sons (Guiseppe, Amerigo, and Lorenzo) who each run one of the 3 hotels/hostels they own. There is a restaurant at the main hotel where they give us dinner for free on Sunday-thursday, and the food is just amazing. Every Monday night we have cooking lessons there, and yesterday they taught us to make panzerotto (a deep friend potato croquette with cheese and ham), pizza dough, and homemade pasta. It all seems like such simple food to make, and Lorenzo's pizza is probably the best we've ever had. I've got my fingers crossed that we're going to learn to make their amazing pesto sauce next week!
Yesterday Courtney and I went off to explore Ischia Porto and the Aragones Castle right after class. We decided to splurge on the 10 euro to go into the castle, and spent a couple hours exploring it. We both decided that the torture chamber alone was worth the money, there were some pretty creative machines in there. They also had both male and female chastity belts on display, I'd never realized there was a male version! It was an amazing day, and I should have some good pictures. We stayed there for dinner, playing the odds that we hadn't had fish for dinner at the restaurant in a while and that it would probably be on the menu. Boy, did we guess right! Apparently they had deep fried anchovies, so we definitly made the right decision!
Guess I better do some homework, sorry for the lack of e-mails!
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Kristin, Kristin, Kristin - You should have tried the deep fried anchovies - Just kidding they don't sound too appetizing too me either. I hope you can make us that great sounding pizza some time, and I will cross my fingers for the pesto as well! Can't wait to see the pics of the castle... Take Care and keep enjoying and learning
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Some hostels have age restrictions but most are open to guests of all ages including seniors who are taking advantage of cheap rates with lots of time on their hands.
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