Beaches!
Alright, I will admit, maybe i skipped one class on tuesday to go to the beach. We went to Paradise Bay. It was so fun, i dont regret it for a second. We found clay! once we started afixing things to each other's backs the other people on the beach began to leave. Greg, Julia and Marlo all had fins on their backs and some how i got an... ashtray? and a parrot. After the beach we came home and had hamburgers on the grill. this time they were homemade burgers with real ground beef! and maybeYesterday (wednesday) I went to Comino. But only because class was canceled. And we had a really really great time. I got to barter with the boatman and we got to go swimming in the freezing cold blue lagoon and lay in the sun all day. then we came home and played capture the flag which was pretty fun even though only 8 of us played. it was boys against girls. boys won, but i was pretty close to catching the one with our flag. if he hadnt jumped over that wall... oh well. we got dirty and painted our faces and wore our sunglasses at night (for super stealth) and today i've posted pictures from the Rabbit, Cat, and Bonsai Show as well as our trips to Blue Grotto, Paradise Bay, and Comino.
Hotdish
Once agian, it's been a while. There just hasnt been too much to report. The weather has turned and it's now sunny and beautiful.
Last week on friday I made Hotdish for the weekly family dinner. it seemed to go over pretty well. Sunday we went to a rabbit, cat, and bonsai show. it was very strange. they had a dog show too. and i saw the biggest rabbit i've ever seen in my whole life! I took pictures.
This past friday Katie's(Idaho) parents were here and so was Paula(italian) so we had a table of 12 for family dinner. Katie's mom made cheese cake and, I dont like cheese cake, but i liked that. A lot.
We went to Blue Grotto on Saturday. it was lovely. The boys went swimming and Jenn and I were posted to J-Watch (JellyfishWatch). We did a pretty good job watching the 2 Jellyfish (JFs) that'd we could see but we werent paying attention to the ones we couldnt see. so, at the last moment i looked over and there was a JF right infront of Greg (julia's friend who's visiting). he was able to avoid it and got out of the water as fast as he could. Then an old fisherman came over plucked a JF right out of the water and proceeded to tell us how they work and how they sting and everything. it was pretty cool. and then he took the JF and chucked it up a hill!
Sunday we were supposed to have a girls soccer tournament, but the girls who organized it decided to cancel it and not tell everyone. they went to comino and 8 of us who would have also have liked to go to Comino met at 1 for a tournament that wasnt to be. we played anyway and we had a good time.
Thats really about all that i've done lately.
I've found a house in duluth with the help of my friend anne, it's nice to have that all squared away and in two and a half weeks i'm going to london for the weekend. there's only 5 weeks left of class and then i'm done!
And now for something completely different
Venice was a blast. I was really happy to see mom and dad and jake finally. They brought me all kinds of yummy food and things too. It didnt start off quite right though. I landed in Venice on saturday and they didnt have my bag. I didnt have an address or a phone number for where we were staying so they couldnt really help me beyond having me leave a discription and giving me a number to call. then, mom and dad's flight got delayed and they missed their connection and so i got to sit around in the expansive Venice airport for 6 hours. it was fun, really. fortunatly i didnt have a bag to lug around so i could go for a walk and watch the boats come in. and i had my cd player and a book. so i wasnt really that bad off. just a little uncomfortable. but, they finally got there and after a round of hugs everything was pretty much excatly like it was before i left, except we were in venice. we stayed in an apartment which was pretty nice, but it would have been better if we'd had a phone so the luggage people could call us and tell us when they were coming with my bag. I had to wait til tuesday to see my bag! We walked all over Venice and saw the Rialto and St. Marco's and the gondolas (didnt get to ride in any though) we bought some squid for dinner at the fish market one day too. that was fun. we also had fun experimenting with the various restaurants. we went to murano and i bought a glass ring (broke it the first day back in malta though... and i didnt get cut) we also went to Verona and saw Juliette's house that was coated in a thick layer of ABC gum. it was pretty nasty. and we saw a roman arena there too. We also got to go shopping in Venice for masks and souvineers. I got a pretty cool mask and a Beckham jersey. and we ate gelato every single day. my favorite flavor combo being chocolate and strawberry. and that was pretty much venice.
When i got back David was barbequing with this new guy, Neil. He was here for 2 weeks 1 week vacation and the 2nd week for a rugby tournament. So the 2nd week of spring break i got to hang out with a rugby team from Northern Ireland. They were really great guys and i had a lot of fun with them. We went to the beach one day and i looked over and there were about 15 guys laying on their backs in a straight line just glowing white. it was pretty hilarious. I got to see my first rugby game too. that is one rough sport. i thought hockey was violent, but it looks like child's play compared to rugby. man!
Receptionist Ray took a group from the residence on a hike on easter. it was a lot of fun and very beautiful. and we had a really nice easter dinner at lori's place too. probably one of the best easter's ever. I have updated my photo site so you can check out all the pictures.
the weather has been sucky since sunday, rainy and grey and gross. its depressing. AND we have to go back to classes. and thats malta for you.
