Sophie In Italia

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Auguroni Sophie, le foto sono bellissime ! Divertiti che il tempo vola ! Buone feste e buon anno !

Ciao everyone,
I'm having heaps of fun here in Rome. We went and saw Il Colloseo e La Fontana di Trevi plus lots of piazzas, churches, fountains and beautiful old buildings on Saturday. It was really cool seeing the Colloseum, because we caught the Subway in, and we walked out of the station and it was just right there infront of me! I haven't actually been in yet, but we will go soon. Rome is just amazing, and it's so different from Australia. There are so many fountains and statues and everything has been so carefully made and decorated. We saw the Trevi Fountain too, which, like the rest of Rome, is absolutely magnificent. It's huge! But there were HEAPS of people there, as it's a popular tourist attraction.
We went out again yesterday with Ele's friend Francesca. We visited Piazza di Spagna and Piazza del Popolo (which I loved), and just walked around the centre. It was heaps of fun.

Il cibo e molto buono, specialmente la pizza! It's all 100 times better than any Italian food you get in Australia.
I'm finding that the amount of Italian I can understand is increasing too. I can't actually say much yet, but sometimes I can get the general idea of what someone's talking about. Other times I can only catch words and short phrases.

Fabrizo and Federico returned from Brazil yesterday. They're both really nice, and Federico is really funny. He speaks virtually no English so it's lots of fun trying to communicate with him!

Ciao,
Sophie

Un Mondo Di Nougat !

MONDO NOUGAT ITALIAN EXCURSION

On Friday the 4^th of December 2009, year 9 and 10 Italian students were lucky enough to experience a taste, quite literally, of Italian culture by visiting the Mondo Nougat factory in Herne Hill.

Everyone met near the school bus bay in the morning to have number checks and so on. We nearly left without Rubèn, who thought the excursion was next week! After all the drama of nearly leaving without Rubèn, and playing musical chairs on the bus because we didn’t all fit on the first bus, we were finally on our way!

The bus ride was very comfortable, and we had our great bus driver Andrew the Chaplain. We passed through Bassendean, Guildford and finally reached Mondo’s. Everyone was excited and hopped off the bus and headed into the store. Mr Millimaci got a bit distracted by the yellow fiat parked out the front! 

So finally we made our way in and were greeted with the delicious smell of Nougat, and another red fiat 500 with pictures of Nougat on the sides and the Mondo’s Nougat sign on the front. Mr Millimaci couldn’t keep his camera away! We all had a bit of a wander and looked at all the different nougat.

We were introduced to Marco and Andrè who work at the factory and Marco told us all about the factory and the history behind it, which helped very much with our worksheets! After that, we split into two groups and Andrè showed us the process of making the nougat through the viewing window. People aren’t allowed to go through there any more because of health and safety reasons. After that, we got to order (in Italian of course) a cake/slice and a drink to have for morning tea.

 The food was delicious and everyone was very happy! Before we left we had a few more photos and got to pick a bar of nougat to take with us. We said our goodbyes and thanked the people at Mondos’s for a wonderful morning, and went back on the bus and drove to a nearby park.

The park was beautiful! We had lunch and just relaxed for a bit. Others decided to play in the playground, and let’s just say there were a few sandy people after that great idea! The park was great fun, despite the heat, and everyone had a laugh! Then, to our dismay, we boarded the bus and made our way back to school. The bus ride back was filled with talk and laughter, and really reflected the mood of the day. Everyone had such a good time!

The Italian excursion to Mondo’s Nougat factory was fantastic, and wouldn’t have been made possible if it weren’t for our fantastic Italian teachers Mr Millimaci, Mrs Petale, Miss Candaten and of course Andrew for driving us there and back.


By Emma G.