November 1, 2009


  • Saturday

    Yesterday I had a particularly exciting Saturday trip - GARDALAND!! This is "Italy's No 1 Amusement Park", situated (funnily enough) by Lake Garda. From Brescia it's about 25 minutes on the train to Peschiera del Garda, with a free shuttle bus from there. Brilliant!

    I went with Elisa, who is also doing British Council not far from here, and her lovely little 4 year old Elliott.
    Of course it was Halloween, so the park was completely done out for that. They'd put a real effort into it and it looked great, as did all the costumes lots of people were dressed in! Enjoyed going on lots of rides, and my highlight had to be the Colorado Boat log flume ride which we ended the day with (don't think Elliott would agree!!) - below, the picture from yesterday (which we just had to invest in) and for comparison's sake, the equivalent from Alton Towers about 15 years ago...spot the terrified child in each! (Second picture isn't that clear, but when up close you can see the look of fear!!!)

                

    The whole day was a lot of fun, and also really enjoyed being able to swap British Council stories... always nice to chat to someone in the same boat as you!

    Sunday 
    Was quite exhausted today so had quite a nice long lie in! I then decided on the spur of the moment to try and make risotto from scratch. My dear friend Emily is teaching me to cook, but from Bristol, so I'm sort of on a distance learning course! She's sending me recipes to try and then I do them. I've been waiting to do the risotto for ages, and finally got round to it. So glad I did, it was really fun!! It came out really well and I was very pleased to have made it completely by myself.

    Forgetting it was Sunday, I then put some washing on. Doing washing on a Sunday is a big no no. The reason? The electricity goes off every single time I do it. Either it's because everyone is at home and using lots of power on Sundays, or there is limited power on Sundays, but anyway, if we have the boiler in the bathroom on, and computers/lights etc and then someone puts the washing machine on, it blows the fuse. It's always fine again if we just turn the bathroom boiler thing off, but it's a bit annoying! I'll try and remember not to do it again!

    Think I'm ready for all my lessons next week as I am doing a presentation on Bonfire Night with all my classes. I'm going to use the same topic for my private lessons, but have yet to think of a way to present it to the younger kids...