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| Out of the hotel bright and early. |
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| Drove out to see the Ostia ruins! There was so much to explore! My group stayed pretty calm though. We were sent on a sort of knowledge scavenger hunt to read all the plaques, but we skipped out on some of that. |
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| We did participate in the amphitheater skit though. There were 2 or 3 other groups there, and I think at least one was French and 1 was probably Italian. We sang the exchange student chant, and their chants didn't stand a chance! |
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| Our group: Bruno (Br), Luly (Mex), Jillian (Can), Barbara (Br), Caroline (Can), Juan (Ar), and myself. We were meant to get extra points for internationality too. |
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| after the exploring time, we all got back in the bus and set off again. |
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| My sandwich and San Pellegrino for lunch at the road stop |
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| The road stop. |
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| On top of Montecassino, where the abbey is. |
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| Tasha at the top! |
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| The cloisters at the abbey had plumed doves walking around all over. |
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| Exchangers in the church |
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| The basement church behind and under the main church was all mosaic and extremely impressive! |
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| The whole abbey is made of white stone. |
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| Exchangers coming out of church! |
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| In the museum section off behind the whole worship space. |
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| And a beautiful view off the balcony! It's the only building that fits on top of the mountain, so there's a view all the way round. |
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| Alex and Caroline dancing in the parking lot during a rotary snack time. Marzipans. but yummy apricot pastry style, |
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| Caro and I compare points. |
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| The view from our balcony in Naples! (just outside, but still counts) We are pretty sure that the house across the street was (codename:) skittles. |
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| An internet session before dinner. |
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| Dinner in the dinner hall. |
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| The view off the roof! We went up to play some card games. |
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| The room in Naples looked like this. |
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