June 21, 2009 - Sunday HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
Today is Roma - a 7 hour trip. We happily left our rundown hotel for a better one in Rome. Bathroom break woke up much of a sleeping bus. We tried to liven it up with some travel charades and yog-oing (yoga on a moving bus). Sandra won with a 9 second tree pose. We passed through many miles of vineyards in the Tuscany region and ended up at another Autogrille for lunch. Now we are closer to Rome, thus passing through ugly suburbs. It is difficult to imagine Italy with all the modern buildings. Enzo honked at all the tiny corners as we weaved through the back country to our hotel. Steph switched up the order the rooms were to be assigned in, since Ali and Tanya seemed to get the raw end of the deal each time. As we pulled up to the hotel on the hill, we knew right away that this was no Lido di Jusolo.
the palace
steph and johanna's room
Sandra and Amanda's view
The Szymanski's bathroom
The Grand Hotel, Helio Cabala encompassed all we imagined about Italy. On top of the hill stands the main hotel while we stayed in the small villas on the mountain side. Tanya and Ali scored the biggest room with a loft, we nicknamed it “The Palace”. They hosted our “by fars” and quotes as well as our church meetings, since it was the Sabbath.
Our meeting began an opening hymn of “I am a Child of God” and then a short lesson from the Ensign by Sandra. We each shared our thoughts and closed with a benediction in French from Amber. Sandra and Amanda’s room had no power so they were moved into the main hotel which felt less like Italy, much more Americanized. The sunset over the Tuscany valley took our breath away, we finally arrived in the Italy we imagined!
Enzo drove into town where we ate at I Belloni. We ate pasta Carbonara with Scollopini (veal) and a weird but good cabbage salad. For dessert we ate cake! Sandra and steph with the Chilan boys and Brisa. We made them laugh because we are hilarious. The rest of Utah ate with Texas and the Kelleys.
On our ride home the whole bus tried to convince Enzo to take us bowling, but to no avail. We started to do our usual car singing on the bus, Enzo tried changing the channel by clicking an imaginary channel changer at us, rude. He then stopped the bus mid-turn on a round about and searched for a cd he wanted to share with us. These Italians live by their own rules. Everyone met at The Palace for a dance party. Tanya and steph shared their African dance with the girls, then Lindsay and Brisa came over to play games. We learned to play Monopoly, the card game. Bonding.
QUOTES:
I feel so 2nd class back here - steph
My tray has a hole in it!! - steph
Gondolier... gone to bed - pat
I’m yo-going - ali
You’re like teenage boy - ali
I don’t think this (arm out to the side - soccer mom stop) wil save you - ali
Come on car, the bike did it - vera
Oh my gosh, I would just push you down - steph
A railrow... a railrow... (-ali) ...”Duhh”... a railroa”duhh” car? - Sandra
Hey my mother packed for me... -tanya
Its okay, I’m fine - Sandra to Amanda (about blankets)
Grandma doesn’t match up with her - ali you mean racially? - Sandra
I was like (grab, grab, grab) - ali (bum reference)
I’m sandra’s main man - steph
I’m click clacking in Africa - ali ...When you were living on the railrow? -steph
He needs a chiropractor, he’s carrying his whole team on his back -schuyler
Is that a harry potter thing? - Brogan
I’m not in italy ordering moose piss! - ian
That was a cheap crappy one, I’ve been working real hard on these - pat (jokes)
He doesn’t want you blowin his woofer - pat
CHANGE! CHANGE! CHANGE! - Enzo (our singing- he tries to switch stations)
Enzo’s trying to change the channel - Amanda
He was sad, he lost Amanda - steph
No its an airplane - Theresa
Sometimes rich people die anyway -steph
BY FARS:
Making Enzo laugh-our goal for the day. Pizza at lunch. Yog-oing on the bus. good mad-libs. Arriving in real Italy. Biker through the puddle. Ali and Tanya’s room. African dance. Amanda’s ink marks on the ceiling. Enzo dancing on the bus. Enzo stopping mid road to find a CD. Amanda carrying an ant to the hallway. Monopoly. Hot Tamales.
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