I woke up early today for Corpus Cristi festivities. I was just planning on observing, but as I was sitting at Caffé de Commercio drinking my cappuccino, I was suddenly swept up by Giordana to help lay out flowers in the piazza for the procession. Victoria and I made a heart and did zig-zags of petals along the path. It was actually pretty sweet even though it was basically an oven out there. After a little while of setting up, some of the old men watching us bought John and I something to drink. It was really nice because I felt like they really appreciated that we were helping. It felt good to help them out because they have graciously allowed us to enter their community, video cameras and all and this allowed us to thank them a little bit for their openness.
Jake even gave me the key to go upstairs and get a SWEET view of the decorated piazza. Very cool. After that, Victoria and I walked around looking at all of the flower decorations. There were some seriously awesome ones. My favorite was from the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts that said, "la mia strade che porte a te" which means something to the effect of "my road leads me to you."
We stood in the piazza and took pictures once the procession started and joined in as it neared the end. It was pretty cool processing with them because we got to see the decorations all over the village. We bailed a little before they reached the end because we were starving and I needed to get back for a Skype appointment. After Skyping, we went to the waterfall for a little bit. It was PACKED. Most of the other girls were leaving when we got there and Victoria didn't even have a swimsuit, so we didn't stay long. It was basically a ton of Italian guys there. I hopped in for a little bit to try out my boulder problem, which dissapointingly only took two tries to send and on my first attempt I just had bad feet for the start. It's kind of difficult because once that rock gets a little wet, it's CRAZY slick and I had to start in the water and I was also trying this in Chacos which stick, but are bulky. Fun nonetheless, but I wish it had been a little more of a challenge. When we got back, Charlotte and I made pasta for dinner which was tasty and killed a bottle of wine before we left for Carmen.
Good thing, because the whole Carmen experience was a DISASTER! Apparently, no one read the fine print, because on top of it being a sweltering 256 degrees on the top floor, it was a freaking DANCE RECITAL! We got all dressed up to watch some four-year-olds prance around in tutus. REALLY?!? I mean, it was cute and all, but not what I was expecting for 10 Euro. Oh well. It makes a good story, right?
Jake even gave me the key to go upstairs and get a SWEET view of the decorated piazza. Very cool. After that, Victoria and I walked around looking at all of the flower decorations. There were some seriously awesome ones. My favorite was from the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts that said, "la mia strade che porte a te" which means something to the effect of "my road leads me to you." 
We stood in the piazza and took pictures once the procession started and joined in as it neared the end. It was pretty cool processing with them because we got to see the decorations all over the village. We bailed a little before they reached the end because we were starving and I needed to get back for a Skype appointment. After Skyping, we went to the waterfall for a little bit. It was PACKED. Most of the other girls were leaving when we got there and Victoria didn't even have a swimsuit, so we didn't stay long. It was basically a ton of Italian guys there. I hopped in for a little bit to try out my boulder problem, which dissapointingly only took two tries to send and on my first attempt I just had bad feet for the start. It's kind of difficult because once that rock gets a little wet, it's CRAZY slick and I had to start in the water and I was also trying this in Chacos which stick, but are bulky. Fun nonetheless, but I wish it had been a little more of a challenge. When we got back, Charlotte and I made pasta for dinner which was tasty and killed a bottle of wine before we left for Carmen. 
Good thing, because the whole Carmen experience was a DISASTER! Apparently, no one read the fine print, because on top of it being a sweltering 256 degrees on the top floor, it was a freaking DANCE RECITAL! We got all dressed up to watch some four-year-olds prance around in tutus. REALLY?!? I mean, it was cute and all, but not what I was expecting for 10 Euro. Oh well. It makes a good story, right?
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