Day Three

Today it seemed that the GSE trip really started. This morning Tara and I had a vocational visit together. We went to Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “Leonardo Da Vinci”, while there we met Flavia a wonderful English teacher who had her students prepare a short presentation for us about there school.

This is a technical school for business and there are three areas of study Marketing, Information Technology or Language. The students pick an area of study when the enter high school (7th grade) and only study the theories of this subject area. Meaning they don’t study science, math, history or any other traditional subjects, nor do they take electives.

After our vocational visits we enjoyed lunch at a local cafe owned and operated by three women, which was a big deal to our driver. We enjoyed an appitizer then 1st course of gnocchi and orechiette and last course a plate of veal, cooked similar to roast beef.

SOOOOO GOOOOD!

could of done with out- it is mayo and capers in the center

 YES - this was all just my servings for lunch, they eat very very big meals around here, I may have already gained another 5 lbs.

lazzo Ghilini, is a castle built in the 18th century thaPt includes artifacts dating back to the 13th century.

Currently the castle houses the offices of the President of the Provence and also the council chambers for the Provence, it would be the equivalent of the Governor and State Capital in Richmond.

Then we went to the Cittadella, a 18th century fort used by Napoleon in the early 19th century and then again in the two World Wars.

Lastly we went to our first Rotary Club meeting, where we had “appetizers” which was more than enough for a full dinner, meats, cheeses, tea sandwiches, stuffed cherry peppers and then a large serving of pasta