August 28, 2009

Friday

Aug. 28, 2009

The rain yesterday did us another favor today: it gave us an extra 30 minutes of sleep this morning. It was announced last night at dinner that instead of starting at 7:30, we would start at 8. It was still really hot, but the breezes and clouds came as usual, which helped.

Tonight, we had a “trench dinner” at Andrea and Rosanna’s house. It’s a really pretty two-story house – very Italian – and it’s in the middle of a bunch of fields. We had steak, ribs, figs, eggplant, and “pizzettas”, which I helped make. Pizzettas are like the crust of pizzas (hand-tossed style) which are fried and salted, and eaten with a spaghetti sauce style of dip. The dinner was outside, since that was the only place big enough for all 15 or so of us. After a dessert of home-made tiramisu, we gathered around a bonfire in the other part of the yard and sang songs until about 1am. It was fun, but I’m pretty tired.