| This summer I spent three weeks in the Tuscan region of
Italy
. The exact town was Marina Di Pietrasanta. It is a lovely small seaside
resort town. I stayed with the Pasquini family. They were very inviting
and treated me like I was part of the family.
Vitorrio Pasquini is part of the R.C. Viareggio-
Versilia Rotary Club. The meeting I went to was interesting. I had to get
up in front of everyone and say something in italian! Everyone really
likes the daughter of the family. We got along great and I'm looking
forward to her coming and staying with me.
They took me a lot of places. They live in the
province
of
Lucca
which is really close to Florence. It was the first place I went. It was
such a big city. My favorite town was the town of
Lucca
. The original city is completely surrounded by walls. It is known as the
town of 100 churches. It felt like everywhere you turned there was a
church! We went to the actual city of
Pietrasanta
a few times. I also went to
Pisa
to see the leaning tower.
While in
Italy
I was able to learn about another culture. I learned that Italians are
just as loud and fun to be around as the media portrays them to be. I was
also given the opportunity to change their minds about Americans. It was
great to talk to them about world issues and get their feed-back. I'm
really glad that I went in the exchange program and not only got a chance
to see a beautiful country but I was able to really learn about another
culture.
|
Aaron Brame