The Last Weekend in Castiglion

So we just wrapped up our last weekend in Castiglion. Overall it was pretty good. Friday night we had a ping-pong tournament, which yes I know sounds nerdy, that was really fun. Nobody from UT won, but hopefully we'll be able to take the doubles tournament tonight.

Last Saturday we went to a lake called Lake Trasimeno that is about a 30 minute train ride away. We had been warned that it wasn't very glamorous but decided to go anyways since we had been talking about going for so long. It actually ended up being a really great day. Only 4 of us went which is better than the huge mob we normally have. The place we went to on the lake had a small "beach," even though the sand was more like tan dirt.. but I really didn't mind. First we ate some lunch (mine was of course leftover from lunch the day before) and just laid on the beach for a while. Then we rented a paddle boat which was a blast. We went pretty far into the lake and then jumped off the sides into water that was way deep. We also found a raft with diving boards on it, so we spent some time there and then went back in. The rest of the day was just reading and napping under trees. The only bad thing about the day was that I got really really sunburn. I was basically a walking lobster for half the day and it still hasn't gone away completely. I hate sunburns, so that was kind of a day killer for me.

Sunday was mostly work. It is very hot here now, and a sunburn definitely doesn't help, so it's difficult to find the energy to get stuff done. Imagine Texas heat with no AC and that is about what it is like here. We have some puny fans in our rooms, but they don't do much. So most of the day was me trying to convince myself to do work, and the rest was me actually doing work. We give our final presentation tomorrow and they just added even more scaffolding to the loggia (the focus of our project) today, so it should be interesting. Then we just have to turn in our final art projects by Wednesday morning and we are done! It will be a relieving day, thats for sure.

I'm at the point where I am sort of itching to come home. I guess since the day is so close now it makes me want it to get here already. Hopefully I'll be able to take my mind off it while I'm traveling through Germany, but I don't really see it happening. Hopefully I'll also be able to stop stressing about money, but that probably wont happen either. Some people are just always right, especially about these things. I really should try to take more advice next time I'm on the fence about something. Anyways, I have to go super glue my wounded bag and try to finish up some of these pieces. Ciao for now!

Oh yeah, and the piazza that is in the opening scene of the video I posted is the one I did my short presentation on. Pretty cool, huh?