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Tuesday, June 27, 2006



Today we packed our stuff again and left the nice hotel in Agrigento. We drove north to Piazza Armerina to see the Roman Villa. It was absolutely amazing! The house was huge and had running water, a communal bathroom, a swimming pool, a throne room, and many other- 40 rooms in all. And all of the flooring was done in mosaic tiles that we could still see! It had been covered by an earthquake and was very well preserved. Our tour guide was a retired teacher and he was great. We drove another hour into the countryside and went to a restaurant/hotel where they grow and use all their own products- it was wonderful! Our waiter was an old man who could not have had any teeth left. He and Anna, a 13 year old from Spain, got into a huge argument about the football match for this evening- Spain is going to play and he said they would lose. What made it even funnier was that Anna was talking in Spanish, and the man was talking in Italian, and Giovanna had to translate for both of them! He also did tricks for Anna after their shouting match- he put a small cigarette inside his mouth and turned it over with his tongue without burning himself. He also blew an egg from one shot glass to another (which Jeanine did also) and he turned a glass of water over real fast without spilling. He was very entertaining.

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