The "Aperitivo"

Left to Right:  Pat Scanlon (SYA-Italy Director), Brad Park
(English), Ale Tuzi (host and Italian Teacher), Richard Davis
(Latin & Greek Teacher)

 Alessandra, "Ale", is one of the Italian teachers at SYA.  She was nice enough to invite us over for an "aperitivo" tonight, the night before school officially begins for the kids.  Apparently she has hosted this party in the past.  What Brad, Richard, and myself (the three American teachers) didn't realize that "aperitivo" doesn't really translate into appetizers in the sense that there'd be just a few items to munch on.  Instead it was a few spread of food she'd prepared all day, as you can see in the picture below.  It was all good.  She even made two different kinds of rum punch to celebrate the occasion.  She really outdid herself!






Other party goers (left to right): Eleonora "Ele" Trucca (Host Family Coordinator), Gabriella Sammartino (Santo's wife), and Santo Sammartino (Italian Archaeology Teacher).







On our way home from Ale's place, we passed many examples of graffiti.  While it would be better if Viterbo was free of it for obvious reasons, not all of it preaches propaganda.  Here's one, with the help of Google Translate, that says "I do not need to dream to be happy, I just look into your eyes. I love you. I love you back."  It doesn't directly translate but you get the idea.