On Friday evening, from 5 to 7:30, we held our exhibition to show the work we have done throughout the semester. It went over quite well; The Mayor, our travel agent and her husband, our Italian professor, two ladies from the post office, the owner of the local bar/restaurant San Giorgio, the landlord of one of the apartments, some of the students from the architecture school in Mendrisio and their professors, the family of one of the students here, as well as our staff here at the villa and the business students all came to see the work. It was nice that everyone seemed so interested in our projects; It is also not often that we explain our projects to other students who aren't in architecture, so speaking about our projects was a learning experience too. We will do another exhibition of our work back in Blacksburg this Spring Semester; It is actually a requirement for the travel groups to put on a display of their work.
Afterwards, we went to San Giorgio with some of the students from Virginia Tech spending the year at the Mendrisio school until it was time to meet at Frank's apartment for a late dinner. Three of the guys, Chris, Ryan C., and Matt cooked up the sauerkraut and sausage which was served with bread rolls and wine. I never thought I would like the sauerkraut, but the home-cooked version was wonderful! It was a very well done meal and a nice, relaxing way to spend the evening after setting up and putting on the exhibition.
Yesterday afternoon, we, Kristina, Ashton, Danett, Megan and I, went to Lugano. We just wanted to spend a relaxing day wandering, enjoying all the busyness of the Holiday shopping, and getting a nice cup of coffee and/or hot chocolate. It was a beautiful day and a perfect way to spend the Saturday afternoon of our last full weekend here!
Now we have only to finish up our seminar project, pack, celebrate a few birthdays, and await the surprise Frank has for us on the 10th.
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