sicily.

so saturday i hopped on a plane and landed in beautiful sicily. it was a warm 22...celcius that is. i am living here for a week with another host family in Caltanisetta. This isn't known as being the most beautiful city, but i love it. i live in a great house with an amazing view. they have many flowers and plants...including cactus...i know...its perfect for me. this whole week i am visiting schools, museums, and other important places in sicily. saturday we went shopping around the center and i went out with my 15 year old sister. we went to eat pizza with AUS (monique from Australia...she doesn't like me calling her monique so i call her AUS or TAZ(TAZMANIA) or Moni.) and then just visited some of my sisters friends then headed home. Yesterday i woke up late and had some yogurt. my sister and i sat outside and soaked up the sun. they have a pool that overlooks the hills...its gorgeous. i have taken many pictures, but you will have to wait for those. i was going to go to the beach with my parents, but AFS planned a meeting, so instead i went to Mcdonalds then to an old sulfur mine and then pizza. we went with AUS, another american, michael, and a few others...who don't speak english so i haven't been able to comunicate very well. today we woke up and went to a small run down school. we were split up and moni and i went into an english class. we didn't do much except laugh at our own inside jokes as everyone stared. after one hour in that class, we went with them and the rest of the AFS peeps to the cinema for a movie...in italian. it was Alice in Wonderland...which was good. but we coulnd't understand them the whole time. for some reason, moni is really good at understanding people when they talk, but can't speak very well. i can't undertand a thing, but i can talk pretty well. we are a fabulous team. when the movie was finished, everyone went back to their school while the AFSers all split up. we went to a Classical school where they study latin and greek. when that school was over, my sister came out and we came home. later tonight i am going shopping with moni and then my sister will join us and we are going out. not sure where or when...just know its happening. it has been crazy and fun and totally different. my favorite part has been the weather :)
ciao
sarah.