This weekend Andrea (the exchange student from Canada, who lives in the town next to mine) and I had the opportunity to visit Catania. We left friday afternoon after school and were dropped off with a very nice rotarian family. After dropping off our stuff we were treated to the nicest bakery in Catania. Both Andrea and I got cannoli's that were way too big, but way too good not to eat. Afterwards Bruno (22) and his niece Martina (11) took us on a walk through the city. We climbed to the top of a church were we could see both Mount Etna (The largest active volcano in Europe) and the ocean.
Later that night we met up with three other girls from Rotary who all live in Catania. They were all very nice but all four (including Andrea) were 16 and I am 18, so I didn't really make much of a connection.
The next morning Bruno drove us to see Mount Etna! He was an amazing host, and so generous. It was about an hour and a half drive out of the city but he volunteered to take us. Mount Etna was so gorgeous, especially coming from a place with no mountains. There was also a little cart selling all kinds of local flavored honey which was giving amazing free samples!
After seeing the volcano we got lunch and then headed down to a little fishing village. They had beautiful natural rock towers in the water that we explored and climbed.
Later that night we said goodbye to Bruno after an amazing weekend and went to a sleep over at one of the other girls houses. The next day Bruno's older brother Francesco (Martina's Dad) picked us up and took us to the bus station. We caught up on some sleep on the bus back to Ragusa. When we got back to my apartment we took an hour to rest before getting ready to go to Ibla Buskers the visual and performance art fair In Ragusa Ibla. We saw a puppeteer and a fire juggler but didn't get to many of the big shows. We were able to meet up with Matilde, Simonetta and a few of their friends for dinner and a small Gelato after.
It was a great weekend but I'm excited to spend some time at home.
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