Picnic

Gazebos in a public park in San Martino. About 250 student, faculty and families attended and the rain held off.

Someone brought an octopus/mussel/calamari salad. I pounced on that.

Tiramisu, anyone?

The city of Viterbo

Ellie T., Frank and Jeanne's older daughter.

Mary T.

Some SYA girls and their host siblings.

Myself and Elena Z., the woman who team teaches Precalculus with me.

Can you pick out which are American and which are Italian?

From left, Katia D. (Italian), Santo M. (Ancient History), Eleonora T. (Host Family Coordinator), Elena Z., Alessandra T. (Italian), Frank T. (Latin), Terry D. (English), Hwei L-D. (College Counselor).

Tug of War between students and the kids under the age of 11.

The struggle

The agony of defeat

Host moms versus kids

The dads

Baseball with Italians is fun. They have NO idea how to play the game.

Italian boys have CLEARLY never held a baseball bat in their lives. The kid here, looks ok, but to see him swing.....oof.